Surprise, surprise; 14 official, high-res images of the forthcoming
Hyundai Genesis Coupe found their way into the internet this morning,
despite Hyundai’s initial plans to reveal its first rear-wheel-drive
coupe at the New York Show opening on March 19, 2008. To be totally
honest, the Genesis Coupe’s appearance is no shocker for us here and
not because of the LA Show Concept, but because we had the chance to
see the production model in a set of pics shot during a marketing
presentation that took place in the US in June 2007.

Despite the fact that we don’t have a press release in our hands yet,
Hyundai did reveal a few official details on the coupe last year.
According to the Korean carmaker, the Genesis coupe will be powered
by a 3.8-liter V6 engine producing more than 300 Hp. Matted to a
six-speed manual gearbox, the 4,666 mm / 183.7 in. long 2+2 coupe
will sprint from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in under 6.0 sec. Sales of the
Coupe in the US are expected to start in early 2009.

Although this hasn’t been verified, at last year’s marketing
presentation it was said that the Genesis Coupe will also be offered
with a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder unit producing 215 Hp with
prices set at $19,900 and $25,900 for the 4- and 6-cylinder models
respectively. We’ll have all the official information on the Genesis
Coupe at next week’s NY Show opening.

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"JLA" <info@jlaenterprises-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Surprise, surprise; 14 official, high-res images of the forthcoming
> Hyundai Genesis Coupe found their way into the internet this morning,
> despite Hyundai’s initial plans to reveal its first rear-wheel-drive
> coupe at the New York Show opening on March 19, 2008. To be totally
> honest, the Genesis Coupe’s appearance is no shocker for us here and
> not because of the LA Show Concept, but because we had the chance to
> see the production model in a set of pics shot during a marketing
> presentation that took place in the US in June 2007.

> View the attachments for this post at:
> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.p...07937#13007937
>

They copied the Tiburon?

 

"JLA" <info@jlaenterprises-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Surprise, surprise; 14 official, high-res images of the forthcoming
> Hyundai Genesis Coupe
<snipped>
> Although this hasn’t been verified, at last year’s marketing
> presentation it was said that the Genesis Coupe will also be offered
> with a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder unit producing 215 Hp with
> prices set at $19,900 and $25,900 for the 4- and 6-cylinder models
> respectively. We’ll have all the official information on the Genesis
> Coupe at next week’s NY Show opening.

I for one, Am underwhelmed. I thought the American version was supposed to
have a 375 HP V8?
Bummer.
Jack Cassidy

 

"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in message
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>
> "JLA" <info@jlaenterprises-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:EqSdnVBG3NV0bkPanZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>> Surprise, surprise; 14 official, high-res images of the forthcoming
>> Hyundai Genesis Coupe found their way into the internet this morning,
>> despite Hyundai's initial plans to reveal its first rear-wheel-drive
>> coupe at the New York Show opening on March 19, 2008. To be totally
>> honest, the Genesis Coupe's appearance is no shocker for us here and
>> not because of the LA Show Concept, but because we had the chance to
>> see the production model in a set of pics shot during a marketing
>> presentation that took place in the US in June 2007.
>
>> View the attachments for this post at:
>> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.p...07937#13007937
>>
>
> They copied the Tiburon?


The current Tib looks nicer. This thing looks fat.

 

Out of curiosity, how do you reconcile your pictures with the official
website? The one there doesn't seem to look anything like a Tiburon. Are
you implying that Hyundai is taking a page from American car companies and
having more than one model with the same name?

http://www.hyundaigenesis.com

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hyundaitech wrote:
> Out of curiosity, how do you reconcile your pictures with the official
> website? The one there doesn't seem to look anything like a Tiburon. Are
> you implying that Hyundai is taking a page from American car companies and
> having more than one model with the same name?
>
> http://www.hyundaigenesis.com
>
> --
> Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.hyundai/
> More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html
>
HT
I think he was referring to the coupe
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.p...07937#13007937 which has
Genesis on the rear deck but looks like there's a lot of Tiburon in it
to me.

 

I would agree. I have an '04 Tib GT and thought that the new Coupe took far
too many styling cues from it. The new model doesn't do much to separate
them aesthetically which would make sense on a model with a higher
pricepoint.

Evan

 

"hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
news:80e99312341a55fa3ab28ce6c4cf8e75@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> Out of curiosity, how do you reconcile your pictures with the official
> website? The one there doesn't seem to look anything like a Tiburon. Are
> you implying that Hyundai is taking a page from American car companies and
> having more than one model with the same name?
>
> http://www.hyundaigenesis.com
>
> --

The price range does not seem right either. I thought the Genesis was to be
high end but the other web site stated pricing in the 20k range, closer to
Tib prices.

 

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:44:14 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net>
wrote:

>
>"hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
>news:80e99312341a55fa3ab28ce6c4cf8e75@localhost.t alkaboutautos.com...
>> Out of curiosity, how do you reconcile your pictures with the official
>> website? The one there doesn't seem to look anything like a Tiburon. Are
>> you implying that Hyundai is taking a page from American car companies and
>> having more than one model with the same name?
>>
>> http://www.hyundaigenesis.com
>>
>> --
>
>The price range does not seem right either. I thought the Genesis was to be
>high end but the other web site stated pricing in the 20k range, closer to
>Tib prices.

The coupe will have a much lower price than the sedan.
-

Bob

 

> > "JLA"
<info@jlaenterprises-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message

> > news:EqSdnVBG3NV0bkPanZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> > Surprise, surprise; 14 official, high-res images of the
forthcoming
> > Hyundai Genesis Coupe found their way into the internet this
morning,
> > despite Hyundai’s initial plans to reveal its first
rear-wheel-drive
> > coupe at the New York Show opening on March 19, 2008. To be
totally
> > honest, the Genesis Coupe’s appearance is no shocker for us here
and
> > not because of the LA Show Concept, but because we had the chance
to
> > see the production model in a set of pics shot during a
marketing
> > presentation that took place in the US in June 2007.
> >
> > View the attachments for this post at:
> > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.p...07937#13007937
> >
> >
> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
>
> Here are a few pictures of the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Hyundai
Tiberon for comparison
>
> They copied the Tiburon?

View the attachments for this post at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.p...60725#13060725

 

> JLA wrote:
> Surprise, surprise; 14 official, high-res images of the forthcoming
Hyundai Genesis Coupe found their way into the internet this morning,
despite Hyundai’s initial plans to reveal its first rear-wheel-drive
coupe at the New York Show opening on March 19, 2008. To be totally
honest, the Genesis Coupe’s appearance is no shocker for us here and
not because of the LA Show Concept, but because we had the chance to
see the production model in a set of pics shot during a marketing
presentation that took place in the US in June 2007.
>
> Despite the fact that we don’t have a press release in our hands
yet, Hyundai did reveal a few official details on the coupe last
year. According to the Korean carmaker, the Genesis coupe will be
powered by a 3.8-liter V6 engine producing more than 300 Hp. Matted
to a six-speed manual gearbox, the 4,666 mm / 183.7 in. long 2+2
coupe will sprint from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in under 6.0 sec. Sales
of the Coupe in the US are expected to start in early 2009.
>
> Although this hasn’t been verified, at last year’s marketing
presentation it was said that the Genesis Coupe will also be offered
with a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder unit producing 215 Hp with
prices set at $19,900 and $25,900 for the 4- and 6-cylinder models
respectively. We’ll have all the official information on the Genesis
Coupe at next week’s NY Show opening.

A few more pics of the
Genesis and other Hyundais are in this gallery as well

http://www.jlaforums.com/album.php?s...order=&start=0

http://www.jlaforums.com/album.php?s...order=&start=0

 

Reply to message from <Evan D.> (Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:12:51) about "Re:
PICS: Are you ready for the Hyundai GENESIS - here it is":

> I would agree. I have an '04 Tib GT and thought that the new Coupe took
> far too many styling cues from it. The new model doesn't do much to
> separate them aesthetically which would make sense on a model with a
> higher pricepoint.

As a recent ex owner of a 2005 Tib GT V6, I have no problem if they
borrowed (heck took!) heavily from that car since its aesthetics was its
really strong point.

AAMOF for my money they could have taken the present Tib, dropped the big
engine, RWD and 6-speed tranny in it, and made it have the promised
performance and name of the Genesis Coupe and still score a home run in
sales, despite the increase in price.

Best Regards
Wayne Moses <wayne.moses@comcast.net> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:12:18 -0500

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