In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:47:49 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:11:53 -0500, Becca > wrote:
> > >
> > > > When we were in Las Vegas with my family, we rented a van, it was a
> > > > Hyundai Starex. It was the first time I had been in a Hyundai and it
> > > > was very nice. Enjoy your new Sonata.
> > >
> > > My sister in law bought a Hyundai the first year or two they were
> > > available and called it her Korean Mercedes. I hadn't noticed the
> > > resemblance until she mentioned it.
> >
> > Do we live on the same planet? Are you talking about a Hyundai Sonata
> > (we just bought one), or the van that Becca just rented, or the early
> > Hyundais that were imported into the US?
>
> Doesn't "the first year or two they were available" say it was an
> early Hyundai or do I have to use your exact words to make it clear?

I just didn't remember it looking like any Mercedes I had ever seen.
But then, I'm not a big MB fan, and it appears the Hyundai Excel came in
several body styles, plus that was 25 years ago and my memory isn't that
great. We traded vehicles for a weekend with a woman who owned one,
because she was moving.

pictu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hy...ending_where_y
ou_live.jpg

article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Excel

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA