Hyundai genesis! I hope we get these.

[Pesty]

Now this is my second thread I have started about Korean cars after seeing an advert for a Kia the other day.

Stopped in a Hyundai dealers the other day to look at an I35 and really liked that 3 door coupe thing they are selling (forgot what its called)


Anyway looking around for somethign else I found this. I must be getting old or something. RWD 348Hp V6 coupe for $28k that'll do pig tha'll do




Engine:3.8L V6Power:348 HP / 295
LB-FTTransmission:6-Speed Manual
Top Speed:149 MPH (limited)
Drivetrain:Rear-Wheel
DriveCurb Weight:3,433
LBSSeating:2+2Cargo:10.0
CU-FTMPG:18 City / 27 HWYMSRP:$28,750 base

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/21/2013-hyundai-ge...

Edited by Pesty on Tuesday 21st February 21:10

[v15ben]

These are everywhere here in Korea of course and I love them. Great looking, they sound pretty nice standard and have a reasonable amount of go too! One of my colleagues has a slightly older one and it is pretty good fun. The only thing I'm not sure on is the new "group" style facelifted nose. I think the old one looked a little better IMO.

[Changedmyname]

Fair play Hyundai have come along leaps and bounds in the last few years,and this one
could well be a bench mark.




Until TG get hold of one.

[Dave Hedgehog]

i lasted about 10 seconds on that page when i saw this

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/14/1984-audi-sport...

[jbi]

Another great car we are missing out on

The v6 is the engine to get, but thanks to the co2 rubbish even if we were offered it, we would probably get saddled with the inferior 4 cylinder

[anonymous-user]

jbi said:

Another great car we are missing out on

The v6 is the engine to get, but thanks to the co2 rubbish even if we were offered it, we would probably get saddled with the inferior 4 cylinder

People in the uk are obsessed by premium brands, therefore for the time being the car won't come to the uk, as grey BMW and Audi's fill bland hole.

The Citroen c5 is a great car but sells nothing in the uk. A car like this would be around at least 30k in the uk and would therefore be too expensive in the eyes of the people buying it.

[XitUp]

How come it doesn't have the V8 that the 4 door gets?

They need to bring the Elantra hybrid over here. Its on LPG as standard, that could be the cheapest company car to run ever.

[soad]

Looks good, decent engine, plenty of bhp, rwd. But it would cost too much?

[jbi]

soad said:

Looks good, decent engine, plenty of bhp, rwd. But it would cost too much?

sells for 18,000 in the states

[anonymous-user]

if you imported yourself you could probably get it over here for around 26 -27 k, doesn't look too bad, but would be lhd and no proper dealer support but i bet residuals would be good.

[dowahdiddyman]

The 2ltr would sell well over here, 274bhp from it`s turbo engine. Would do me. Unfortunately we won`t be getting any of the more upbeat Hyundai`s, for some reason the impoters here seem to thing that the Brit`s don`t like cheaper performance cars or anything that isn`t either red,silver or bleedin blue.

Edited by dowahdiddyman on Saturday 17th March 13:11

[Pesty]

dowahdiddyman said:

The 2ltr would sell well over here, 274bhp from it`s turbo engine. Would do me. Unfortunately we won`t be getting any of the more upbeat Hyundai`s, for some reason the impoters here seem to thing that the Brit`s don`t like cheaper performance cars or anything that isn`t either red,silver or bleedin blue.

these marketing men make assumptions like that all the time.

heres the thing, how about you know, bring over 250 of them. if they sell well, great bring more. if they don't, don't.

how hard can it fking be?

havn't the british been fans of cheap performance forever? in fact didn't we just about invent it?

im all for 18k coupes with loads of power, i dont care if badge snobs look down on me from their 50k bmw's

[SV8Predator]

The Spruce goose said:

but i bet residuals would be good.

Umm, no,

residuals would be truly horrendous!

[TotalControl]

Power is more than enough to keep most happy. That looks pretty funky though, I'm liking the front. Unfortunate that it's not coming to the UK anytime soon.