RE: Hyundai Soup The Coupe
Tuesday 8th April 2008
The Hyundai Coupe has been around for a while, so to mark this fact a special edition has been wheeled out.
Inside there are quilted, heated, front seats, that give better support than the standard items, and there are a number of other sporty bits and pieces to lift the cabin.
Hyundai Soup The Coupe
Special edition Hyundai Coupe loaded with extras
While there is no power increase the ‘TSII’ does get a new sports suspension and four exhaust pipes, which the company says makes the car sound ‘sportier’.
The Eibach springs should give the Coupe better handling and the car has been slightly lowered, giving it a better stance.
A larger boot spoiler has been bolted on to the back of the TSII, and it is available in four colours - Stone Black, Rose Red, Crystal White or Carbon Grey.
The 17” alloys have been finished in anthracite.
The 2.0 litre 4-cylinder 16-valve DOHC petrol engine is unchanged, developing 141bhp.
It can crack the 0-62 mph sprint in 9.3 seconds and reach a top speed of 129 mph.
All these extras mean the Coupe is now £1,575 over the current Coupe SIII 2.0, coming in at £19,595, or about the same price as a Golf GTI.
Discussion
surely they could have found an extra 20bhp from somewhere?!
they have been cheap with the engine here..... saying that this is a fantastic cheap car. It offers some of the thrills and spills of a performance car for not much money, coupled with fantastic tuning oppertunities. Thats why it has been a partial success for Hyundai....
140bhp out of 2000cc even makes the americans efforts in pulling big BHP out of smaller cc's proficiant...... I mean come on i have a friend with a 1071cc 1971 mini cooper which lays 150bhp on the ROAD and its naturally aspirated.... (i mean its a 50year old engine design!) 165-185bhp with an ecu remap and cams/manifold easy peasy... It was probably done to up the MPG, but with those performance figures i would want 60+mpg.....
Still i suppose it makes it even cheaper and easier for joe public to tinker with and fettle, this is like the complete oppersite of the Nissan GTR...
140bhp out of 2000cc even makes the americans efforts in pulling big BHP out of smaller cc's proficiant...... I mean come on i have a friend with a 1071cc 1971 mini cooper which lays 150bhp on the ROAD and its naturally aspirated.... (i mean its a 50year old engine design!) 165-185bhp with an ecu remap and cams/manifold easy peasy... It was probably done to up the MPG, but with those performance figures i would want 60+mpg.....
Still i suppose it makes it even cheaper and easier for joe public to tinker with and fettle, this is like the complete oppersite of the Nissan GTR...
GingerWizard said:
It offers some of the thrills and spills of a performance car for not much money
for 20 grand I'm struggling to think of any cars i'd not rather have over it in it's class. Way behind the competition, even the diesel skoda fabia vrs is on par with it for performance. looks spot on.
however i just cant understand why they didnt strap a supercharger to their V6 lump, stick an LSD on the damn thing, get rid of the back seats and watch it sell in droves
EVO modded a coupe in their fast fleet some time ago and i recall them saying that hyundai were going to see how it went and maybe introduce some of the mods onto a future version.
its almost as pointless as the nurburgring edition VXR
however i just cant understand why they didnt strap a supercharger to their V6 lump, stick an LSD on the damn thing, get rid of the back seats and watch it sell in droves
EVO modded a coupe in their fast fleet some time ago and i recall them saying that hyundai were going to see how it went and maybe introduce some of the mods onto a future version.
its almost as pointless as the nurburgring edition VXR
I understand that Hyundai looked at some tuning bits for this car (chips, cams, exhaust etc) but that the cost was getting prohibitive 'cos they'd have to get it all approved by the government. It's the same with that Astra I suppose - we'll all have to get used to aftermarket conversions rather than factory stuff for low-volume specials.
Someone told me that the 2-litre lump in the Hyundai Coop is the same engine (or block at least) as the Mitsu Evos. So in theory, you could drop one of those into a coupe and have a car which goes like the Evo but doesn't look like a bodykitted Taxi. I suppose 420bhp could be problem through the front wheels though.....
Someone told me that the 2-litre lump in the Hyundai Coop is the same engine (or block at least) as the Mitsu Evos. So in theory, you could drop one of those into a coupe and have a car which goes like the Evo but doesn't look like a bodykitted Taxi. I suppose 420bhp could be problem through the front wheels though.....
eightseventhree said:
For that price though its in the Astra VXR / Civic Type R / ST Focus / Golf GTI range. This does not get close to the performance / handling of these i guess.
Saying that i do like the styling
It would be interesting to see a magazine do a comparitive road test of these. I suspect that the Hyundai would come last, but I'm not sure how much by. It certainly looks better than all of the cars mentioned above.Saying that i do like the styling
Edited by eightseventhree on Tuesday 8th April 08:07
When I read the article heading I thought to myself - now that sounds interesting a tuned hyundai coupe, I had hoped for something with about 200bhp and a purposeful but subtle bodykit and a korean price tag. But no its a tarted up coupe with NO extra power. If Hyundai wants to be taken seriously by sports car enthusiasts it needs to BUILD A PROPER SPORTS CAR!!!!!
(Puts former Hyundai sales manager hat on before commenting):
The reason they don't give monster power is because they give you a five year warranty, so engine life is important.
(Removes former Hyundai sales manager hat):
That said, Honda manage c240 BHP from a N/A VTEC 2.0 in the S2000 with no reliability issues, so maybe they should try harder. Hyundai are followers of technology, though, not leaders.
The reason they don't give monster power is because they give you a five year warranty, so engine life is important.
(Removes former Hyundai sales manager hat):
That said, Honda manage c240 BHP from a N/A VTEC 2.0 in the S2000 with no reliability issues, so maybe they should try harder. Hyundai are followers of technology, though, not leaders.
cowellsj said:
That's some weedy engine.
Does Hyundai have to turn the wick down that much to get it through their 5-yr warranty period.
Damn, beaten to it!Does Hyundai have to turn the wick down that much to get it through their 5-yr warranty period.
In their defence, I sold these for 4 years and we NEVER had engine problems. We WERE always trying to get Hyundai to produce one with a bit more power though. They never listened...
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