Those are all good points you mentioned, folks.
Here are a few that were not yet mentioned. missed, whose omission surprised/annoyed me. In many cases, I spent money outside of the dealership to fix the indicated omissions. In a few cases, it was too costly or impractical for me as a buyer to do so.
1. Add daytime running lights (standard!).
2. Have turning signals visible to driver when he/she looks at the side mirrors.
3. Add more technology to the packages. Simply go to any Ford Dealer and see what they provide in their mid range cars (like their hybrid sedan for $10K less than a Genesis). Most should be in basic packages, some are in option packages (side impact warning proximity detector, adaptive cruise control, ability to plug in a hard drive for really large music and video libraries), etc.
4. Better than "meets minimum" quality carpet in passenger compartment and trunk. Also put a reinforced rubber "heel rest" on the drivers side floor mat for the right foot (otherwise carpet will wear out at that point).
5. Better than "meets minimum" sun visors and sun visor mirrors. Also, add a 2nd visor on both sides, to allow you to shade both the front and side windows at the same time.
6. Add a quieter, smoother transmission (esp. at low speeds). Either get one that meets/beat the basic Toyota or GM car's smooth shifting, or go to a CVT.
7. Turn off 2 or 4 cylinders to save gas at appropriate cruising speeds.
8. Opera lights over the shoulders of rear seat passengers, designed not to affect the driver's night vision (ie, don't light the whole compartment, just the book the rear seat passenger is reading).
9. Make the
wing badges standard on every car, don't force the buyer to get them in the
aftermarket (hood, trunk, air bag, wheels, etc.). I bought mine in the
aftermarket, and they were not too expensive, and look great!
10. Provide bright metal (stainless steel?) covers for the external B pillars. I bought mine in the
aftermarket, and they were not too expensive, and look great!
11. Provide lighted door sill (Hyundai logo) even on 6 cylinder cars (too darned expensive to add as
aftermarket feature).
12. Wood trim steering
wheel should be readily available on higher priced 6 cylinder car (too darned expensive to add as
aftermarket feature).
13. Upgrade the acoustic fabric you use on the ceiling and sun visors - it works great, but looks like canvas, not luxurious at all.
14. Have "free service for the 1st year (oil changes, car wash). This will get people in to the shop, and cause them to return year after year. (Also, they'll look at the new Hyundai while waiting, which might sell a few more cars).
15. A louder horn. If practical, a two level sound - one for city, one for highway..
16. A better wind dam for the sun roof. Although pretty good, the present set up still allows wind into the car when the roof is back.
17. A door remote with more range. I almost have to be less than 40' from my car in order to have it receive the signal. That's not much use when trying to locate your car in a large parking lot, or when using the alarm to call for help if assaulted 100' from the car in a parking lot.
18. An attractive, conservative
rear deck spoiler or lip, perhaps built in to the trunk lid, instead of being bolted on. I haven't seen an exciting
spoiler anywhere for the Genesis.
19. (Not a design thing, but a marketing ploy)- have a "trade up" incentive for existing owners to trade up to a higher level car. For example, to get loyal Genesis owners to move to the Equus, Sonata owners to move to the Genesis, etc. This assures "Hyundai-friendly" owners become early adopters of new cars/models... and those are the folk you want to be praising new Hyundai designs to their peers.
20. Pay customers (like you and me) for providing so much feedback and design/redesign information and suggestions in this forum. Perhaps give us employee pricing on our next Hyundai.
Now I REALLY like that last idea!
