Hyundai are Korean, not Japanese - but they do adopt all the Japanese methodologies and are now where the Japanese brands were just a few year back.

The Hyundai-Kia group is the 3rd biggest car manufacturer in the world, ie excluding trucks, and have the biggest car factory in the world - they also make their own steel and the ships that bring them here!

Hyundai is korean not japanese.in terms of reliabilty we have had 4 hyundai in our household and they have never let us down.part ex our X2 at 10 years old and it never failed a mot.,as with any second hand car it all depends on how well the car has been looked after by the previous owners,so when viewing older cars ask to see bills for work that has been done,

Kia and Hyundai share many parts just like VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat. The engines are transmissions are identical in many models and the newer cars are simply rebodied to suit the brand. Kia Picanta and Hyundai i10, Kia Rio and Hyundai i20, Kia Ceed and Hyundai i30, Kia Venga and Hyundai ix20, Kia Sportage and Hyundai, ix35, Kia Optima and Hyundai i40, get the idea.

We have a Ceed, great car.

But the car you are looking at is 9 years old. Condition is far more important than brand. At that age you would be very lucky to get a perfectly reliabe car. Most owners are selling them because there are issues.