They literally use the same components, which come from their two factories in Slovakia and Czech Republic. They do look different and therefore use different electrical components (manufactured by the same suppliers) but the actual running gear and heart of the vehicles are largely the same.
Maybe things have changed, but when I worked at a Hyundai/Kia main dealership for 8 years the models/engines were almost exclusively like for like.
i10-Picanto
i20-Rio
i30-Cee’d
i40-Optima
Santa Fe-Sportage
Tucson-Sorento.
If you needed parts for one manufacturer but they weren’t in stock...
It’s all about the status isn’t it, and societal sheep don’t possess the ability to look outside of the box. Stay at home wife needs a massive 4x4 Chelsea tractor to drive the kids 1 mile to school, they could choose an absolutely stonking Hyundai Tucson that will be dripping with spec, or a Kia...
Personally I would expect, given a large enough sample time, that any defects and break downs etc would average themselves out given that they are the same item.
My dislike of the fat tongued prick predates Lallana, our first season in the PL, he was near the edge of the box, Bong pulled out of the tackle but Kane took the dive anyway, naturally the ref obliged and awarded either a free kick or penalty which was dispatched. He’s a cheat, but gets zero...
The thing that I really can’t get my head around is the Welbeck/Mac disallowed goal. Firstly there’s no conclusive evidence that it actually touched his arm, I’m fairly certain that it came off his hip, however, even if it did graze his arm what the f*** is he actually supposed to do with his...