"There were 44 people who said Hyundai wasn't paying enough, but 10 times that many thought the suit was frivolous." One Hyundai owner who wanted nothing to do with the settlement was Gary Thompson of Solana Beach, Calif., who drives a 2000 Elantra. He considers the difference between the 136 hp of his car and the 140 hp cited by Hyundai literature to be inconsequential. "These damages and attorney fees will go to the bottom line of Hyundai. The corporate officers are not going to get their salaries reduced over this," Thompson says. "So it's a situation where the perpetrators are not going to be punished, and the customers and shareholders will bear the burden of the cost."