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In recognizing that automakers don't always live up to the image that they craft for themselves, the good people at AutoPacific have created the Ideal Vehicle Awards. The awards call into question what an ideal vehicle really is. AutoPacific asks recent car-buyers to measure how closely their new ride matches up to the brand image that has been set by the manufacturer in order to find out who is telling the truth about their…

Every year, J.D. Power and Associates releases their anticipated Vehicle Dependability Study. This year, Hyundai significantly reduced the number of problems found per 100 vehicles and made the ranks of the top-ten most dependable vehicles on the list. Among non-premium nameplates, they came in at Number Three!

To put the significance of this improvement into better perspective, Hyundai had 16 fewer problems compared to last year's rating and jumped one place among all…