Hyundai Genesis Coupe Review - A pony car from the far east

Pros

* Performance and value
* Solid chassis and suspension tuning
* Lots of standard features

Cons

* Manual transmission setup needs more polish
* V6 seems a bit more powerful on paper


Hyundai has been making a pretty strong statement with its products lately. Remember the days of the Hyundai Excel? Well, times have changed. The new Genesis sedan has received accolades for going toe to toe with the best luxury sedans from Japan and Germany. Interestingly enough, Hyundai is on a mission to have pony car drivers watch out for the Genesis Coupe creeping up in their rearview mirrors. Being one of those rear wheel drive fanatics, it was time to see how the Genesis Coupe measures up.


The sport coupe has always been the ideal type of car for young adults. Americans have always had a certain passion for rear wheel drive sport coupes. Figuring out the right formula has been a formidable task for every automaker. The combination of volume and profitability has taken its toll on countless sport coupes. Ford has been the only one to stick with it — the Ford Mustang has been leading the way for over 40 years now. Toyota gave up after the Supra, Nissan is doing ok after it got back in the game with the 370Z, Mitsubishi and Dodge tried it with the 3000GT and Stealth. The Challenger is alive again, as is the Camaro after an 8 year hiatus. The Genesis Coupe certainly has no shortage of competitors to face in this day and age. The question is, does Hyundai have the right formula?
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ThierryHenry14 - 10/8/2009 1:08:54 PM

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Autospies had reputation/credibility? thats news to me...

PerformanceGuy - 10/8/2009 1:12:51 PM

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The car is decent, but it has to be compared against its real competition of the Mitsubishi Eclipse, lower level Mustangs, and even though they are FWD, the Altima and Accord coupes, as all three have similar performance numbers. This car does not compete with the 370Z and shouldn't even dream of competiting with the G37, because in both cases the Genesis is shown to be the slower poorer performing car. In the end it is a good sport car for the high school and college ages crowd, who can't yet afford the sports car.

MSP6 - 10/9/2009 12:40:47 PM

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Hyundai and Pony placed so close...

Brings back memories