I have a friend who is in her 2nd Hyundai and loves them.

I bought a 2000 Kia Sephia (my first brand new car) and had wonderful luck with it. It was a great little car. I got rid of it for something bigger at 104K miles but she was running like a dream even then. Kia is (or was at the time) owned by the same company as Hyundai.