I agree with Paul’s review and with what a lot of people here are saying. If Hyundai wants to start playing with the “BIG BOYS” it has to offer the “Goods”. That means a Navigation system, Bluetooth, Ipod/Audio input & Satellite Radio which are available options on most of its rivals.
These options have to be of decent quality, and have good feature content also. A “Cheapo” navigation system of low quality will ruin the good job Hyundai has done so far on the Veracruz’s interior. Hyundai dealers should be scrambling to find aftermarket solutions to these deficiencies in this “Top End” SUV model from Hyundai.
Most people shop and compare similar vehicles before they buy, and if they come to one that doesn’t offer options that the rest can offer is… Why not? Are they incapable of doing it? Are those other manufactures that much better?
If it comes to “Added Costs” then maybe the Veracruz is not such a “Super Deal” after all. What I find that the Japanese Automakers have an edge over the Korean Automakers is the higher quality in the “details” and in the “Technology”. The Japanese can manage to produce a V6 in their competing models that is smaller in displacement, but offer better power and fuel efficiency than the Verecruz’s V6. That kind of technology doesn’t come cheap and where is Hyundai’s Hybrid engine offering on any of its automobiles?
I wonder what the cost of a Veracruz would be if it had these options that are available in the competing manufactures, installed:
• Voice-activated DVD navigation system with JBL® AM/FM 4-disc in-dash CD changer, satellite radio capability, MP3/WMA playback capability, hands-free phone capability via Bluetooth® wireless technology and nine speakers including subwoofer in seven locations. Navigation also displays rear-view camera.
• OnStar
• Xenon articulating headlights
• 19 inch Polished Aluminum Alloy wheels
• Tri-zone climate control
