One of the first articles I wrote was about the entirely new Hyundai Genesis. The Genesis reversed Hyundai's image of an average, sometimes sub-par car company. The words luxery and Hyundai were definitley not used in the same sentence before the Genesis. It appears that Hyundai enjoys this new found interest in their cars so they decided to develop a Genesis Coupe. Something that I found interesting was that the V8 that was in the sedan didn't carry over to a version of the coupe. That seemed to be one of the things that Hyundai did so well with the Genesis, its a mystery to me why they would pull that out of the design, replacing a 
V8 with either a turbocharged inline-4 engine, or a 3.8L V6. The V6 is the more powerful of the two, giving about 310 horsepower to the wheels. Thats a good amount of power, but the next step down is the turbocharged version with only 232 horsepower. In my opinion the V6 version should be the base version, and then a step up would be either a turbo V6 or a V8. If Hyundai is really looking to change the consumers mind, mediocrity isn't going to cut it. Something that Hyundai did really well with the Genesis Coupe is made a 6 speed, manual transmission standard on both models. This gives the driver a sense of really being in control, and breaks the mold of Hyundai's crappy reputation. I was pretty impressed with the styling of the Genesis coupe, however not blo
wn away. At first glance, it has a really cool design... But after looking at it for awhile I noticed that it looked very similar to some of the old Hyundai Tiburons. While the look has been updated, there is no mistaking the similarities. I was impressed with the Genesis coupe, but here's the bottom line... Don't make a coupe who's sedan counterpart is faster. That just doesn't make sense to me. If your going to go for the sporty look make sure you can back it up with performance. The Hyundai Genesis sedan would mop the floor with both versions of the coupe, which is a dissapointment.
V8 with either a turbocharged inline-4 engine, or a 3.8L V6. The V6 is the more powerful of the two, giving about 310 horsepower to the wheels. Thats a good amount of power, but the next step down is the turbocharged version with only 232 horsepower. In my opinion the V6 version should be the base version, and then a step up would be either a turbo V6 or a V8. If Hyundai is really looking to change the consumers mind, mediocrity isn't going to cut it. Something that Hyundai did really well with the Genesis Coupe is made a 6 speed, manual transmission standard on both models. This gives the driver a sense of really being in control, and breaks the mold of Hyundai's crappy reputation. I was pretty impressed with the styling of the Genesis coupe, however not blo
wn away. At first glance, it has a really cool design... But after looking at it for awhile I noticed that it looked very similar to some of the old Hyundai Tiburons. While the look has been updated, there is no mistaking the similarities. I was impressed with the Genesis coupe, but here's the bottom line... Don't make a coupe who's sedan counterpart is faster. That just doesn't make sense to me. If your going to go for the sporty look make sure you can back it up with performance. The Hyundai Genesis sedan would mop the floor with both versions of the coupe, which is a dissapointment. 
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I remember reading your article about the genesis, and i found it interesting because this was a completely new type of car for hyundai. I saw the car at the auto show and was really impressed. I remember telling my little brother how cool would that car look if they had a coupe version of it. Now that I read your follow up article I'm excited that they made it in a coupe body style, however I agree when you say that if your going to make a coupe of the car there is no reason to downgrade on the performance. It's like awesome i got the looks i want, but the performance isn't there, which really sucks. Hopefully they realize that and maybe they can make one with both style and performance.
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