So who's going to get a Hyundai Genesis?

[Street Reeper]

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...dan/index.html

Man if this car was around when I traded in my Max I would have been all over it!!

375 hp, rear wheel drive all found in an actual clean looking traditional sedan.

[Magikone69]

i admit the car looks hot, i seen a few on a trailer heading to a dealership and i didnt realize they were hyundai until i saw the lone tiburon hanging on the back. Id love to check one out in person, see how the quality is compared to other hyundai cars. I cant wait for the genesis coupe..i wonder if a tweaked version of that V8 will ever make its way into the genesis coupe...possible 375-400hp v8 rwd hyundai coupe anyone?

[irish44j]

tempting that the coupe will be out in the spring when I'm looking for a new ride...

the sedan is larger than I want for my next car. i'm looking to downsize from the max....

[MorpheusZero]

Throw a manual in there, give me 40 grand and I'll be very interested.

[FunLovinMaxima]

FWIW, Car and Driver didn't seem overly impressed with the driving experience: http://www.caranddriver.com/layout/s..._4_6_road_test

[rteenie22]

im thinking about it if they depreciate like other hyundais it will be a really good deal after someones put 10k miles on it.... but im still holding out hoping nissan will put a 6mt in the maxima or maybe that new G50 will come with one....

[mtrai760]

You can't polish a turd. That being said, Hyundai has come a LONG way in the last 10 years. I went from 'I will NEVER buy a Hyundai', to, 'Maybe someday'. The maybe depends on them continuing the trend they are on though.

[rteenie22]

the new for 2006 sonata was the "maybe someday' car...
the azera was the "scratch your head and really think about it car"
the genesis is the get off your a*# and go get one Hyundai...doesnt get any better than that. powerful v8, rwd, nice design, lovely interior wit good fit and finish and a good warranty.... its a smallish lexus ls that can hang with the gs for the price of the es!!!! maybe someday???

[irish44j]

Originally Posted by mtrai760

You can't polish a turd. That being said, Hyundai has come a LONG way in the last 10 years. I went from 'I will NEVER buy a Hyundai', to, 'Maybe someday'. The maybe depends on them continuing the trend they are on though.

I think it's funny how people don't think that Hyundai can't make a good car. I'd venture to say that Hyundai is making better quality cars these days than most American manufacturers.

Hyundai builds 350,000 ton supertankers, I'm sure they can build good cars

[irish44j]

Originally Posted by FunLovinMaxima

FWIW, Car and Driver didn't seem overly impressed with the driving experience: http://www.caranddriver.com/layout/s..._4_6_road_test

That's for the sedan....the coupe is going to be a whole different animal I think.

[MorpheusZero]

Originally Posted by irish44j

I think it's funny how people don't think that Hyundai can't make a good car. I'd venture to say that Hyundai is making better quality cars these days than most American manufacturers.

Hyundai builds 350,000 ton supertankers, I'm sure they can build good cars

Any manuf. who puts money into it can make good cars. The problem is that the demographics for each model don't care about having a GOOD car enough to pay for it, thus it doesn't happen.

[mtrai760]

Originally Posted by irish44j

I think it's funny how people don't think that Hyundai can't make a good car. I'd venture to say that Hyundai is making better quality cars these days than most American manufacturers.

Hyundai builds 350,000 ton supertankers, I'm sure they can build good cars

I didn't say that they don't make good cars today, I said they have come a long way in the last decade, they used to make total crap. I had a neighbor that almost died when his caught on fire in the 90's. Personally, I'm giving them a few more years before I completely trust there product, but I have been impressed so far.

[irish44j]

^^ I was only quoting you out of convenience, not directly responding to you personally...

I'm not 100% sold on Hyundais either, but they're getting close to companies like Nissan in terms of quality (still probably have a way to go to get to Toyota, lol).

the reason their old cars were cheap crap is because they wanted to make cheap cars for cheap people....now they decide to make quality cars for non-cheap people and I'm sure they'll do fine....

[MrGone]

No.

[irish44j]

Originally Posted by MrGone

No. I prefer quality, so I drive a Dodge

[bigEL]

Originally Posted by rteenie22

the genesis is the get off your a*# and go get one Hyundai...doesnt get any better than that. powerful v8, rwd, nice design, lovely interior wit good fit and finish and a good warranty.... its a smallish lexus ls that can hang with the gs for the price of the es!!!! maybe someday???

Preliminary reviews don't put the Genesis handling/driving experience anywhere near that of a GS. And it may have the price of an ES, but there are a lot of choices in that price range, and I'm not terribly impressed by the list of "luxury features" either. Most of those features are available on plebeian cars like the Camry (some even come standard on upper trim levels). Hyundai is hoping to recreate the success of Lexus, but times have changed and copying what Lexus did 10 years ago simply will not work today. Hyundai must come up with something really revolutionary if they want to make a go at the luxury market. Currently I don't see any market for the Genesis, unless there is an untapped market of Buick buyers who want RWD.

[rvamaxima]

I always thought all the tiburon needed was rear wheel drive.
Here's a link to the coupe.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/hyundai-genesis-coupe.html
And the HKS SEMA car.
http://www.autounleashed.com/hyundai...appear-at-sema

[95 maxima se]

wow tht hks genesis coupe looks so sexy

[Magikone69]

Originally Posted by 95 maxima se

wow tht hks genesis coupe looks so sexy

i agree...i like the loks of the car. nice to know they are offereing performance parts for the car. Wish they could have worked a deal out and offer that parts at the dealership to keep the waranty

[magneto112]

Ummm....yea. I have NO problems with this car. I think its fantastic.

[MorpheusZero]

I've said it before and I'll say it again... give it a manual and we're talking. I do like the car.

And those "Porsche style" exhaust tips look horrible on it.

[Magikone69]

ok...that black vip style genesis is hot..the tips arent the best choice but the rest of the car looks great..i love the rims

[liqidvenom]

I saw two on the highway friday and those cars looked amazing in person on the road. It was a very very good looking car.

[SuperStasiu]

Dam i can't believe that im saying this but hyundai is looking good
dam this pic is najs

[04BlackMaxx]

What the hell is that symbol on it? No hyundai emblem FTW!