I don’t know about most people, but I’d rather have a luxury car without a “snob stamp” that doesn’t have a high cost of ownership like BMW, Volvo, or Mercedes. A car similar to the Genesis will end up costing you 3-4x as much over its lifetime than the Genesis. Klingon grille or not, I’d rather have the Genesis.

check the video of the Genesis review
http://www.motoringtv.com/singleview.php?vName=M08Ep22.flv

Even the reporters can’t believe the performance this car has.

Now whether I’d go out and buy it is another question. Peronsally, if I were to drop $40,000k on a car I doubt it’d choose a Hyundai, but I’m sure there’s a market for it.

Why would you get this crap at $40k?

The issue as I heard it from insiders is that for years, Hyundai dealers have carried the brand while the cars were less um, shall we say desirable. These same dealers who have been clamoring for a nice product to sell are hesitant to have to go out and build a freestanding new dealership just to house a luxury brand. At least in the short term.

If Hyundai can continue to hit at least triples if not outright home runs for a couple of years, they would then have a case to bring to the dealers for building a separate dealership for the higher-line cars.

Mark Elias

This is better than a Lexus or about ueven with an Infiniti.

This car is not for domestic buyers. 300C and G8 and CTS are in a different area, but maybe the Infiniti. will compete with those.

Hyundai always puts a lot of stuff un its cars. They are selling a lot of stuff for so little

Star Trek is a good show. Biut ionly the original

Lambda V6?

It is a Korean Infiniti G35 sedan.

Toyota has low wqualuitynow, and a 100,000-mi warranty would not work.

the Olds Aurora was a good enuff. but bnot spectacular car.

. This is how they’re going to market it. Those who want pretty things they can brag off on can stick with the germans.

Any1 would have fun in a fully loaded BMW

the veracruz isbetter than the RX

Think about the last time somebody was enthusiastic to say they own a Hyundai. (Or any other carmaker with mediocre image perception)
“So Mark, what do you drive?” “Well, I’m driving a Hyundai, but I’m in the market for a new car/It was a handmedown so I couldn’t avoid it/I got it really cheap and the list goes on for subdued self defence and explanation for the slight embarassment of owning something with an image perception. It’s all about the image.
“So Mark, what do you drive?” “Oh, I drive an 3-Series! It’s great, the performance and the legend of the 3. I love everything about the car.”
You do get what you pay for though. Time and time again, it’s proved to be true. You buy a $15,000 car, you get a $15,000 car with all the features expected of it.
You buy a $55,000 car, and you get a $55,000 car with, again, all the features expected of it for the most part.
With the Genesis, they must have cut back on SOME of things we cant see. Things that are hidden from sight, under the carpets (which look like they did come out of a Lexus) or some other way to compensate. Unless the parts supplier is smoking something.

Thank you! We appreciate the fact that we have such passionate readers!

Mark

Sometimes a car with loads of legroom is a boon…
For your own intents and purposes though, as with mine, I choose the car that offers me, the driver, what I want…

i’ll think i’ll go ahead and purchase a car that’s a copycat but has all the options i want in a much affordable price bracket. Hope you have fun in that fully loaded BMW for twice the price. If looks were everything some you guys would have been married and divorced a dozen times or in and out of relationships. Im glad I dont judge a book by its cover.

Look, leave out pricing, look at this car from an unbiased view concerning value. It’s a handsome, hopefully well crafted vehicle. But once you take away the value of the overall vehicle compared to a market that’s bloated three or four thousand dollars more than it should be, all I see it as is a phony. A fake. A copycat. It obviously takes many styling cues from BMW, which I think we can all agree on. Most of you are also saying it takes styling cues from Infiniti, but as I see it, Infiniti is still taking some styling aspects from BMW (Hoftmeister (es) kink, overall profile).

You end up with a copycat, something that many people see Hyundai and many of the Japanese manufacturers in the past as. Did anybody think that’s part of the reason why Hyundai earned literally NO respect, until they began importing and making in house designs recently?

I saw this as a clean chance for Hyundai to make something maybe a bit conservative, but original. The original concept stayed close to it’s routes and looked great. It most likely would have been watered down, but I would have given Hyundai an immense of credit more than this.

Only when you equate the value this car gives you at this price does it appear as a good choice, and not a copycat.

You bring up the exact points we look for when evaluating a car. Looks and performance do play a part in the overall package, but value is right up there as well, especially in today’s economic climate.

With the new Genesis Sedan, Hyundai has managed to hit all the key points, including the latest options, workmanship, and ride quality at a fair price.

Mark Elias

And yes, I think it’s great that Hyundai has the 10-100 warranty. It helps to add value to the vehicle. Toyota, Honda, GM and all the others should too. If the products were so robust, the warranties would hardly be used.

It’s nice to see such open minds on this board. Everybody is so quick to judge without even having had the opportunity to sit in, drive and look the thing over.