RE: SOTW: Hyundai Coupe V6
Discussion
My wife ran one of these from new in 06-07 whilst doing some marketing work for Hyundai, and it was a great car. I certainly enjoyed driving it more than the weedy 320i company car I had at the time!
As others have already pointed out, it is not a fast car in absolute terms but it had smooth and torquey delivery that made it more than adequate performance wise.
It covered about 45k in two years and was faultless, despite the fit & finish not being up there with the best, it certainly felt well enough put together.
Plus it had the added bonus of having a huge (for a coupe) load area easily big enough for 2 bikes and gear when needed!
As others have already pointed out, it is not a fast car in absolute terms but it had smooth and torquey delivery that made it more than adequate performance wise.
It covered about 45k in two years and was faultless, despite the fit & finish not being up there with the best, it certainly felt well enough put together.
Plus it had the added bonus of having a huge (for a coupe) load area easily big enough for 2 bikes and gear when needed!
Morba said:
There was a lot of love for the Golf VR6 that was a 2.7 and only a couple bhp more powerful. Funny that different badge makes the same stats seem rubbish.
I like the hyundai coupe, the newest versions look even better
To be honest, I'd always take a Coupe V6 over a Mk3 VR6 (which is a 2.8 BTW I like the hyundai coupe, the newest versions look even better
).
i had a lovely 1.6 beta 1st gen coupe (r reg) imported from Singapore in 2001, twas yellow with an f2 evo bodykit and for the few years of my hyundai tenure i properly got into this marque.
in fact my brother (who is in the trade) had a 2002MY 2.7 as a part ex in 2002, it was virtually new at the time and i loved it at the time. a few years later when i got my mint 1 owner UK 300zx twin turbo however, all hyundai memories and enthusiasm faded quickly.
heres what i remember in terms of the tuning scene:
As you know from the article this is called the Tiburon in US and Korea.
The 2.0 beta engine responds well to turbos (I beleive Alpine did a turbo kit) and the 2.7 delta responds well to superchargers.
For the 2.7 there was an 'Alpine' supercharger bolt on kit which would hike the power up somewhat (dont remember the figures). Other good news is that the then USDM Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V uses a similar gearbox and you can easily fit that nissan's LSD into the Hyundai. re an earlier post i think there was a Quaife unit that Evo fitted to there's.
also check 'shark racing' website and select the 2003- tiburon to see what bits will fit. (tiburon = spanish for shark?)
Also at launch, Evo ran a 'Giant Killer' piece on the Coupe vs the then Merc CLK and the Coupe did pretty well IIRC! someone can prob dig that out cos i cant find it on the web anymore.
jeez what i hyundai geek i was.
in fact my brother (who is in the trade) had a 2002MY 2.7 as a part ex in 2002, it was virtually new at the time and i loved it at the time. a few years later when i got my mint 1 owner UK 300zx twin turbo however, all hyundai memories and enthusiasm faded quickly.
heres what i remember in terms of the tuning scene:
As you know from the article this is called the Tiburon in US and Korea.
The 2.0 beta engine responds well to turbos (I beleive Alpine did a turbo kit) and the 2.7 delta responds well to superchargers.
For the 2.7 there was an 'Alpine' supercharger bolt on kit which would hike the power up somewhat (dont remember the figures). Other good news is that the then USDM Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V uses a similar gearbox and you can easily fit that nissan's LSD into the Hyundai. re an earlier post i think there was a Quaife unit that Evo fitted to there's.
also check 'shark racing' website and select the 2003- tiburon to see what bits will fit. (tiburon = spanish for shark?)
Also at launch, Evo ran a 'Giant Killer' piece on the Coupe vs the then Merc CLK and the Coupe did pretty well IIRC! someone can prob dig that out cos i cant find it on the web anymore.
jeez what i hyundai geek i was.
I just wish we didn't live in such a snob society! The nay sayers are by and large not interested because it has a Hyundai badge. If merc could have done something as good looking as the coupe back in '02 people would be loving it, and talking about passion etc etc.
Mention Hyundai and it's automatically 'white goods'. Hyundai is 'white goods' by and large same as VW is. But the performance model is great to look at and offers good performance.
And the main thing is- it won't break.
Mention Hyundai and it's automatically 'white goods'. Hyundai is 'white goods' by and large same as VW is. But the performance model is great to look at and offers good performance.
And the main thing is- it won't break.
Phenomenal bargain for £1k.
Slightly surprised by the various comments of poor handling, does the weight of the V6 spoil the balance on these? My wife has a 2.0L facelifted Gen 3 coupe and it handles extremely well; virtually no body roll and plenty of grip. Slight lack of feedback through the steering would be my only gripe. In fact I've briefly wondered how difficult transplanting the 20V turbo from my Fiat Coupe would be, so I could get the handling to go with the performance and economy.
Slightly surprised by the various comments of poor handling, does the weight of the V6 spoil the balance on these? My wife has a 2.0L facelifted Gen 3 coupe and it handles extremely well; virtually no body roll and plenty of grip. Slight lack of feedback through the steering would be my only gripe. In fact I've briefly wondered how difficult transplanting the 20V turbo from my Fiat Coupe would be, so I could get the handling to go with the performance and economy.
My father ran one of these for a couple of years from new.
The 2.7 V6 was very thirsty but underpowered. The chassis was nice enough, it wasn't going to win any handling awards but it went well enough. V6 sounded good when pushed.
For a cheap run about it makes a lot of sense, as long as you understand it will be sub 20mpg.
The 2.7 V6 was very thirsty but underpowered. The chassis was nice enough, it wasn't going to win any handling awards but it went well enough. V6 sounded good when pushed.
For a cheap run about it makes a lot of sense, as long as you understand it will be sub 20mpg.
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