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    Do South Korean cars use lighter steel?

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    I have been in the motor trade all my life and feel comments about Korean steel could unfortunately be right. In 2014 I bought a new Hyundai Elantra for my wife. About two months ago we had a bad hail damage — my wife's car was parked next to her sister's 10-year-old Holden Zafira and there was no damage at all to the Zafira. The Elantra's insurance claim is going through at the moment. Hyundai may make great vehicles but could possibly be making panels too thin to reduce weight and costs.

    Answered by CarsGuide
    22 March 2016
    Carsguide.com.au

    Hyundai spokesman Bill Thomas replies on behalf of South Korean brands: "Hyundai uses only the finest grades of steel in the construction of its cars — in fact, we are the only car maker on earth that makes its own steel, so we can control its quality to very fine tolerances. It's not thinner or lighter, it's just very high quality. The new Elantra, for example, uses 53 per cent advanced ultra-high-strength steel in its body construction, which makes it 30 per cent stiffer than the model it replaces. It's also worth noting that Hyundai uses a huge amount of Australian iron ore in the construction of our steel, from Western Australia, so there's a bit of Australia in all of our cars."

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