Seouful Racing Gets Their Genesis Coupe
Soulful Racing, one of the many aftermarket retailers that have started to import and sell accessories for your shiny new Genesis Coupe have also finally gotten their Genesis Coupe - and they haven't waited at all to start putting parts on it! Click "Read More" to see pictures of their new Genesis Coupe in high resolution! [Source: GenCoupe Forums] We already have 2 of 2.0T models back in Korea and here's another in U.S We went with V6 and of course the base model that we really wanted. [...] Enjoy and putting aftermarket parts starting tomorrow!
Buschur Racing Gets Their Genesis Coupe
Buschur Raching has their 2.0T Track in their hands now. It's nice to see that big name tuners are getting into the Genesis Coupe with this kind of enthusiasm. As soon as they got the car, they posted up some nice pictures in this thread on GenesisForums, then moved onto the dyno and started testing boost controllers with a very mild gain before the computer started to complain and shut the car into limp mode. Next was onto the intake system where they already had a neat looking system with a carbon fiber heat shield, but then they moved onto ...
AMS Receives Their 2.0T Genesis Coupe
AMS Performance, the makers of the hellishly record smashing 1130AWHP 8.42@168.8MPH Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and Ivan's fire-breathing 850RWHP 240SX 9.0@162MPH have acquired their 2.0T Genesis Coupe and placed it in their monster garage. Click here to see the thread they posted at evolutionm along with their pictures, or see the pictures we have mirrored here by clicking "Read more"! As of 3pm this afternoon we picked up our first Genesis 2.0T Track coupe. Our special projects technician Ivan Phipps just signed the paperwork. We drove it right to the shop and started our long but detailed analysis of what needs to ...
Car and Driver Tests Genesis Coupe’s Navi with Roadtrip
Not as detailed as a full on review, but instead Car and Driver takes the Genesis Coupe out for a spin with the newly installed factory navigation system. Substantially different from the Genesis sedan; the Coupe’s navi is more touchscreen-focused and seems to do the job well.
[Source: Car and Driver Blog]
The easy-to-use system features traffic rerouting, a turn-by-turn list, and a bright display with clear maps. It also accepts voice commands for navigation and radio control. One highlight is the function that displays the selected route along with a mileage breakdown by highway, toll road, and ferry. The nav is packaged with a 10-speaker Infinity sound system and features Bluetooth audio streaming as well as iPod, USB, and auxiliary inputs. It’s XM-capable and includes a 90-day trial that also provides real-time traffic info.
Edmunds Inside Line: 2010 MazdaSpeed 3 vs. 2010 Genesis Coupe 3.8
In case you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years, you’d know that the MazdaSpeed 3 has been one of the best bang-for-the-buck cars in a long time. Over 250 delicious turbocharged horsepower, a great suspension, and at a price that can’t be beat makes the MazdaSpeed 3 a true enthusiast’s car. When Mazda came out with the new improved 2010 ‘Speed 3, there was now a competitor on the block for the cheap and fun performance. The Genesis Coupe has taken the tuner market by storm, with it’s stout 2.0T, or the impressive 3.8L V6 at it’s disposal. However, to compete in raw power with the ‘Speed 3, we have to reach for the 3.8L V6. FWD vs RWD? Turbo 4 vs. V6? Hatchback vs. svelte coupe? Edmunds Inside Line has all the details in their shootout.
[Source: Edmunds Inside Line]
Here are two cars that couldn’t be more different in appearance and layout. Hatchback vs. coupe. Front-wheel drive vs. rear-wheel drive. Turbocharged inline-4 vs. normally aspirated V6. And certainly both go about their missions with decidedly different packaging. At 103.9 inches, the Mazda’s wheelbase is more than 7 inches shorter than the Hyundai’s — no small difference when it comes to changing direction quickly.
Rhys Millen’s Mid-Engine Genesis Coupe for SEMA
SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association), hosted this year from November 3rd to November 6th, is slated to have a strong injection of Genesis Coupe straight from Hyundai and Rhys Millen Racing (RMR).
Taking the already potent Genesis Coupe a step further, they have developed a new RM460 Genesis Coupe, with a mid-mounted 4.6L Tau V8 powerplant. With over 500hp contained in the Genesis Coupe, RMR is hoping for a killer combination both on the track and on the street!
[Source: Hyundai Press Release]
The Tau V8 engine replaces the original back seat and maintains most of its original architecture with upgrades to eight individual throttle bodies and a set of JE pistons that bumps the compression ratio to 11.0:1. An engine management system by AEM has been added to speak to the factory Engine Control Unit (ECU) while maintaining all factory dash and gauge cluster functions. A Mendeola five-speed sequential transmission has been mounted to the V8 and tuned for a maximum speed of 182 mph. Suspension will be maintained by the original MacPherson strut dual-link front suspension and a five-link rear suspension setup, and upgraded with a KW coilover component.
Rhys Millen vs. Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. A contest of driver skill, manufacturer engineering, and raw power all mix into the pot as a car is sent hurtling up the mountain in a fight against a loose surface and the ever persistent pull of gravity. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Tim.
In case you were wondering, this isn’t a specifically prepared car for the hill climb. In fact, it appears to be the car that Rhys Millen uses for drift competitions, powered by the turbocharged V6 powerplant.
[Source: AutoBlog, Live Sockets via Tim]
“This is the first time Millen is making the run in his new Hyundai Genesis Coupe, and he’s evidently driving the same car he has been using in Formula D drift events all year long – complete with the Hyundai V6 powerplant. In fact, the car was trucked to Colorado directly from last weekend’s drift event in Las Vegas.”
NERDFACE on the Genesis Coupe
More proof that the Genesis Coupe is looking great in the tuner crowd. Chris over at NERDFACE.net, currently driving a turbo tC, was interested in taking a look at the Genesis Coupe. So he went for a spin in a side street in the V6. Nice, great value for the money, but he didn’t have a chance to try the the “get up and GO” factor and compare it to the turbo tC he has, so the salesman asked him to come back and try it out on a, well, more “aggressive” test drive. A highway onranp and a generous salesman later, he’s having the ride of his life hearing that 3.8L V6 howl up to the redline hauling two buttes along in a sports car that couldn’t possibly be made by Hyundai…
[Source: NERDFACE.net]
“The salesman wasn’t shy about letting me jostle him around in the passenger seat. He gave me those 6 naughty words: “drive it like you stole it”. I have to say, given that I was able to find that 300hp. Holy cows. The power is definitely there after all. Also, the car is quite fun with the traction control OFF. Drifting onto the freeway entrance (with not a soul in sight, of course) was the highlight of the test drive.”
SDNN on the Genesis Coupe
It’s out and people are taking notice! Dave Stall, of the San Diego News Network had a chance to try out the Genesis Coupe, and he likes it! Like others he had reservations, Hyundai? Sports car? Well, they had a hit with the Genesis sedan, why not the Coupe?
[Source: SDNN.com]
Hyundai has a lock on the market for inexpensive vehicles and it decided to make the leap to luxury. To my surprise, it worked and when it decided to roll out the Genesis Coupe I waited to see the finished product before I put my foot in my mouth.
Strikingly Deja-Vu: Cars and Driver Camaro vs. Genesis Coupe
Car and Driver does a road test between the 2010 Chevy Camaro and the Genesis Coupe…wait didn’t MotorTrend do the same thing? The pictures look oddly familiar too. Nonetheless, the content is new and fresh, so head on over by clicking here to see their comparison.
[Source: Car and Driver]
Battle of the sixes: Who’d have guessed that the Camaro V-6’s most earnest competitor would hail from from Ulsan, Korea, and not Detroit?
TopSpeed’s Genesis Coupe First Contact
TopSpeed’s Terence Keon recently had his chance to take a closer look and drive the Genesis Coupe 2.0T and V6 models. Later on in the article he even gets a chance to sit down and talk to Miles Johnson, Hyundai’s Product PR Manager who has a few words to share with the community. I love in the video when he goes “…It’s rear wheel drive, so if you want to drift this car, or hang your tail out, you can do that…so mash the gas pedal and have some fun when you’re out driving this car!”. Check out their articles and reviews, lots of pictures, and a video (yes, they have a lot of content!) here! We have linked the video on our pages too, so click “Read More” below to see it!
[Source: Topspeed.com]
Seriously, there is no other car on the market today that offers as much as a Genesis Coupe R-Spec. The tuner friendly entry level two door features 19 inch wheels housing beautiful Brembo brakes, a limited slip differential in the rear end and a boost friendly four cylinder that could easily make 250 HP at the wheels with a little motivation from the aftermarket. All for under $25,000. Try to get that with a BMW.
Rhys Millen + Stephan Verdier Drift Genesis Coupe
Movers and Losers April 2009
Kicking Tires blog over at Cars.com has their Movers and Losers April 2009 list up – guess whose up in the list again? With an average wait time of 14 days, the Genesis Coupe is squarely planted in the top 10. Interesting is that nowhere else on the list are other more “premium” cars like the the Infiniti G37 – as the list is filtered with criteria such as sales volume and model continuity. Check out their list here!
[Source: Kicking Tires]
For Movers, we only list vehicles that pass a certain threshold of sales in order to weed out limited editions, models that are being phased out, or other factors that might skew the numbers or otherwise inaccurately portray popularity. For the Top 10 Losers, we lower that threshold greatly because low sales bolster the Loser claim, though they could also indicate other factors, like a model being phased out.