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Automotive News & Views Is There Room in the Luxury Market for Hyundai?
4250 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 6:46 AM
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These past two days alone on 10 different occasions people; -either stopped me and wanted to look at my Genesis. -people stopping and asking me what the name of the automobile and who made it. -driving along side of me, almost getting into an accident looking because they were staring at the Genesis. In every case they loved everything about the Genesis. People of all ages, background, are impressed the car as it speaks for itself. |
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The more I have my Genesis the more I'm convinced that with all the attention I'm getting is that the exterior styling is much more appealing to people than the Genesis reviews would imply. Most reviewers felt that it looked like a imitation, or that it was a combination of several luxury brands. Perhaps Hyundai was smart with it's research ( and not being lazy) and took all the best from the rest and produce a classic style that may look just as refreshing today as in 5 or so years from now. Obviously, people's perception, style and tastes will determine if my observation the Genesis stands the test of time. |
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Replying to: toye (Jul 11, 2009 7:41 pm)
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Replying to: toye (Jul 11, 2009 7:41 pm) |
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Replying to: m4d_cow (Jul 12, 2009 6:18 am) The other day I came out of a KFC and beside me was a new S class MB same color as mine and believe it or not I thought the Genesis looked more classier, cleaner That surprised me as I assumed the MB would be automatically the winner for looks and styling. Of course my thought process is bias towards the Genesis LOL |
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Replying to: m4d_cow (Jul 12, 2009 6:18 am)
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Few cars out there can get me gawking. I once actually gasped at the sight of RR Phantom next to my car, particularly because it looked perfectly capable of flattening my car (or at least threw mine out of the road).  When Equus comes to the state, assuming the looks wont change, we'll have a real hard time tellking whether it's a Hyundai or a MB S-clss knockoff (as they dont sell Crowns in US). Currently the only Hyundai products capable of making my head turn are Gen coupe, and probably the upcoming Kia Forte. Now that (Forte) looks cool despite Kia's obvious copying of some Honda Civic's lines. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 12, 2009 8:19 am) I live near the beach in Fort Lauderdale and the most common cars in the immediate area are MB,BMW, Lexus, and Infinity. The Toyotas, Honda and Hyundai are in the suburbs where the middle class families reside. Luxury cars in my area come a dime a dozen.
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Replying to: toye (Jul 11, 2009 7:41 pm) That's just lazy reviewers. There's nothing new under the sun. Every car has styling features that look like several other cars. Building a car that looks like no other in any way is nearly impossible and fully suicidal. There's a very fine line between "unique" and "weird". Combine the above with size and aerodynamic constraints, and designers have very little to work with.
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Replying to: toye (Jul 12, 2009 9:40 am) I'll admit my head turned for the first couple Genesis I saw, as I had never seen them before. But after that, it's just kind of like a 5er to me.
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