Remember when Lexus knocked all the traditional luxury brands on their ass in 1989 with a certain luxury sedan? The LS 400 offered a V8, rear-wheel drive and enough refinement and technology to put the Germans into systemic shock -- and that was before the car's price was announced. Lexus has been gumming up Germany's mojo ever since.
Well, here's comes Hyundai with -- you guessed it -- a V8, rear-drive luxury sedan with the 5 Series and E-Class directly in its cross-hairs. Those of you who just scoffed better read that first sentence again...
Only the above sketch has been released so far, but we'll see the vehicle, dubbed the Hyundai Genesis, in New York in two weeks.
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