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Replying to: air_scoops (Mar 19, 2008 6:28 pm) A drive will determine its place in the market but from those live reveals with the burning rubbers, this looks promising!! |
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Any chance the Genesis Coupe will hit the dealers in the U.S. sometime end of this year?
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Replying to: air_scoops (Mar 20, 2008 5:07 am) |
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Replying to: air_scoops (Mar 19, 2008 11:47 am) Removal of the vents in the hood (looks cool, but more of an aftermarket addition) the upper, center grille...is pretty much still the same size. If you look closely, the lower grilles aer pretty much the same size with the exception of the fog lights on the production model, but if you look at the concept version...there is trim that almost equals the amount of space taken up by the fog lights. Lastly...the rear brake vents located at the rear qtr panel. Extremely cool...yes, necessary...no. Again...a nice aftermarket addition since you would only need to worry about additional brake cooling if you're gonna make this a track car and actually race it. As far as the back goes...it pretty much looks the same except for the lacking spoiler, which I'm sure one would be offered when production actually takes place. One nice thing would if Hyundai offered a GT version where one could order the Genesis coupe decked out with the carbon fiber pieces as seen on the concept vehicle. I think that would be a HUGE hit!!! The lines of the car still remain the same on the upper portion (the sides), but with the removal of the rear brake vent, the lower lines change slightly. I also think the color difference makes a huge difference. Not to mention how it was photographed. The orange concept version capitalizes on shadows to accentuate the creases and lines on the car in an indoor setting. The silver production version...well, the creases and lines are lost in the lighter color and also being photographed outside. Also, the two tone of the black carbon fiber against the orange lends itself to a more aggressive look as well. In short, the concept almost ALWAYS looks better than the actual production model.     
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Replying to: allmet33 (Mar 20, 2008 11:31 am) 
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Replying to: pat (Mar 20, 2008 11:41 am)  My bad on the initial posting.
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I found the following post elsewhere on the internet. The poster is Korean/American and found the article on Yahoo Korea. The poster is highlighting in English from the article published in Korean. According to the article, Hyundai already got advance contracts for 15,000 + unit pre-orders for Genesis in Korea, and so far Hyundai delivered only 434 units to buyers in January and 2,809 units in February. (March sales figure not yet announced) Hyundai says still 9,000 + customers are on the waiting list who have been waiting more than 3 months and Hyundai just mailed "apology letter" to the frustrated customers by promising prompt delivery. The causes of delay of the production are , according to Hyundai Motor president , there was shortage of Lexicon Audios that goes into DIS(driver information system). Hyundai anticipated that about 30~40 % of the potential customers would choose the premium option, and they initially had ordered far less audio system from German supplier. However, it turned out more than 80% of Genesis buyers all wanted this audios and this unexpected demand has caused production delay from factory. Another cause of delay was frequent "learn by mistake" problems surrounding assembly workers in the factory at early stage. The article says besides new measures for strict quality control process enforced for Genesis, assembly workers had trouble learning new technique and skills to adjust to the introduction of new "state of the art" Genesis assembly line. But most of the material supply and technology issue gone away, Hyundai plans to produce 3,000 units per month in April and 5,000 units per month from May to the rest of the year. Hope this article serves well for those who are waiting to buy Genesis in States.
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