"Some people say, 'You're entry level and cheap,' " said Mike Anson, a Hyundai spokesman.

The Hyundai spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said no employee cutbacks had been made or announced at any Hyundai companies.

The problem was caught early by engineers, according to a Hyundai spokesman, Miles Johnson, and thus affected only about 2,000 V-6 models.

The company will never accept it," said a Hyundai spokesman.

A Hyundai spokesman said the judge in the case had agreed not to jail the 78-year-old former presidential candidate because of his age.

A Hyundai spokesman said the changes would affect 404 executives and would mark a generational shift in the group's management.

A Hyundai spokesman, Mike Anson, said the Santa Fe would not get a stability control until costs came down.

"She appears to be in good health," a Hyundai spokesman, Lee Young Kyu, said.

But a Hyundai spokesman said the amount of damage from labor unrest so far was "a trifle."

Full production of about 2,000 cars a week, or 100,000 a year, is expected to be reached in 1991, said a Hyundai spokesman, Greg Young.