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[Cyorke]

DOnt you think that with Hyundai starting to build cars in the US they will ahve to raise their prices to some extent. I mean labor and materials are cheap in S.Korea I am assuming. But if they are having to ship parts from Korea to the US to build the cars then that increases the price. I am also sure that factory workers in AL are making considerably more per hour than the average worker in Korea. with those factors I would think it would force Hyundai to raise prices to some extent. I am sure they can have the US built cars as somewhat of a loss leader and then make the margins up on the cars that are being imported from Korea.
If they are following Toyota's lead I am sure some of this had to do with prices being raised over the course of time. I dont see how they can continue to have all of the features they do and still be able to sell cars at the prices they are selling them at.

Just another thought, I noticed that the 06 Sonatas are already running $2000 incentives right now. IF they are selling so well and dong such a good job it seems awfully early in the year to be rebating the 06's already. This is not some local add I ahve seen where the dealer claims to beselling at thousands under invoice. It is a actual Hyundai corporate ad.