By DCB Editorial, August 23, 2025
You’d think that as a responsible, occasionally consumer-friendly car news blog, we’d deliver decisive and logical updates to keep readers informed about trends, events, and warnings. But when I heard about this $199 car-hacking device that specifically targets Hyundai and its sister brand Kia, our first thought was: I can live with that. Go ahead, car thieves—use this shiny new gadget to steal Hyundais and Kias. In fact, I sincerely hope you take as many of them as possible.
Hyundai and Kia get showered with lazy, undeserved praise from car reviewers. I wouldn’t buy a Kia even if you plated it in 24k gold and swore it had been owned by a stupendously famous celebrity… who, importantly, hadn’t been a guest at Epstein Island. Let me give you one simple reason: the Hyundai Ioniq 5.
The Hyundai Ioniq is so vastly overrated that I’m starting to believe motoring journalists—every single one of them—must have attended some Epstein Island pre-flight mixer. How the Ioniq 5 manages to rake in glowing reviews is beyond me. I’ve driven it. It’s as blandly Hyundai as it gets: mediocre, dull, and dressed up in a cheap costume ball disguise for journalists desperate to be impressed.
Apparently, the Flipper Zero is the culprit. For just $199, you can steal a $50,000 car. That’s what I’d call an excellent return on investment. From what I gather, the Flipper Zero is a digital tool that lets tech hobbyists access vehicle data—and clever thieves have figured out how to reprogram it to unlock, start, and drive away entire cars, never to be seen again.
Frankly, the fewer Hyundais on the road, the better. Their fake “designer” styling is laughable, they drive with all the joy of a shopping cart, and the interiors feel like a budget motel lobby. Good riddance.
As for me? I’m off to stock up on Flipper Zeros. And if I get caught, I’ll just pull out the trusty “blame immigrants” card—after all, the media already does that for everything. Call it my civic duty, performed in blissful ignorance and absolute innocence.