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| The Tiburon will still exist. Hyundai is planning a new coupe for the tiburon with Veloster cues. It will remain FWD. No word if the Turbo Engine will appear for it. Maybe the Theta 2.4L and turbo Theta engine. | |
Hyundai will develop a luxury brand afterall. Wont appear until 2010 calendar year at the earliest. The VI which will replace a flagship Korean market sedan. The VI will be based on the BH sedan but will be larger and even more luxurious. So it will happen. Just not now.
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Replying to: rv65 (Mar 17, 2008 3:06 pm) |
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Replying to: paisan (Mar 17, 2008 1:31 pm) Genesis Coupe will be about 10" longer, the wheelbase will be about 12" more, it'll also have the 3.3 V-6...I think it's possible for the Genesis Coupe in V-6 form to weigh in around 3300...which really isn't all that bad to be honest. I'm sure if someone wanted to get it track ready...they could pull amenities out like the seats and replace them with lighter racing style seats, maybe a carbon fiber hood, hatch and wing. I think it can be done. Guess we'll have to wait and see when they drop hard factual numbers.
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Replying to: allmet33 (Mar 17, 2008 4:52 pm) Minor correction. Press release states it will have a tweaked (300hp) Azera 3.8 At least thats what one of the CA Hyundai suits was recently quoted as saying.
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USA Today ran a story today on "bang for the buck" cars, i.e. cars with over 300 hp at a reasonable cost. They highlighted the Genesis coupe, saying it would have 306 hp in V6 form and would undercut the Mustang GT, which starts at $26k. Quote in the article from Hyundai VP Jack Krafcik: The Genesis coupe will "be a triathlete, lean and efficient, not a big muscle car." http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-03-16-horsepower_N.htm |
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Replying to: allmet33 (Mar 17, 2008 1:03 pm) In fact, I'd say the same thing about the new Accord, the new Acura RL, and several other misguided imitations of something not worth making, let alone imitating. Every time an Asian maker knocks off that abominable "flame surfacing," it lends new fuel to the criticism that they can't create, only imitate. As I've written before, the shame of this is that Honda in particular has shown the ability to design a clean car (S2000, last-gen Accord) when it wasn't obsessed with the "safety" of being derivative. Rest assured this isn't the fault of the designers, but the gutless executives who rule them.
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Replying to: dborth (Mar 17, 2008 5:29 pm)  That being the case, then expect the Gensis Coupe to be slightlier heavier than if it did have the 3.3. I can see the Coupe coming in around 3300 lbs (no more than 3400 lbs), which isn't terrible considering it's going to pump out just over 300 hp. I still think it's going to be a very respectable machine. 
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Replying to: tonycd (Mar 17, 2008 7:09 pm) 
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Replying to: allmet33 (Mar 18, 2008 5:32 am)
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