Kia is a sister company to Hyundai...I've had several Rio's, the cheapest new car sold in the US. I bought the first for $4850 new, becaue it had hail damage. The kids called the green monster, because on top of hail dents, and it was a putrid medium green color. These cars are simple and primitive, but they just run and run and run.

On the subject of electronics and reliability of same, all of my household electronics are made in Asia, we don't have any Grundig radios or TV's...why should we expect German automakers to top Asians in automotive electronics? The Japanese, and now Koreans, are just better at making electronics that actually work. Fot that matter, I have pulled several Becker radios out of mid-90's Mbz cars, and they are made in Japan. Perhaps Mbz just needs to buy their electronics from better vendors, the people who know what they're doing...

__________________
2002 Ford ZX2
2 x 2013 Honda Civics