Comments on: Hyundai to offer future turbo models

By: Get Real

Get Real — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:44:41 +0000

3 “quality” companies coming together to make turbos.

Sell your stock now ’cause the warranty work is going to kill them all.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:11:22 +0000

OK. But hopefully they’ll make sure those turbos are bulletproof and work right, ’cause they can come back and bite you in the ass if you’re not careful.

By: autonut

autonut — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:57:59 +0000

The Hyundai appear not as successful as Toyota, Honda & Nissan. Those brands aimed at entry level customer and upgraded customer to higher level model. Ergo when student bought cheap car, followed by more expensive all the way to Lexus. Everywhere along the way the segemnt was secured. From popular among students inexpensive reliable models, to early professional sporty ones, to sedans etc. I don’t believe Hyundai secured professional middle class and moving upstream. I have not seen large number of Hyundais in parking lots of corporation and those were not driven by middle class. Something here amiss.

By: JedS88

JedS88 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:18:49 +0000

I thought they would do a v8 because Toyota doing one

By: TOZO

TOZO — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:13:50 +0000

V2 is 2 right.

By: Scarface03

Scarface03 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:33:45 +0000

Where exactly is Hyundai going wrong right now? They were the first to exploit the 10 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty, their vehicles are only moving up in quality, and the new designs are lookers. I too am excited about the Genesis Coupe–hopefully in production it won’t lose its styling.

They’ll be comparing the Genesis Coupe to the 3-series before you know it. It’s probably a good idea to keep the Tiburon around, there’s plenty of sales in the front-drive coupe market, but the Tibu needs a more powerful optional engine.

By: ///m

///m — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:18:43 +0000

im getting more and more excited about this car, i cant wait for it to come out and hear what owners have to say about this

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:18:23 +0000

‘A4′, are you sure he wasn’t referring to the fcat that this car will come STANDARD with a turbo, four cylinder and rwd? Whereas the Solstice/Sky can be OPTIONED as such? I’m sure he knows his industry quite well.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:23:02 +0000

Leftlane needs to learn the difference between “between” and “among.” And there’s more “failure” here, too.

I’m turned off by this news. It’s the new Tiburon now.

My Si: the Hyundai/Kia minivans are good, but so are most of the others. Price is where they win.

CA36: “Wait, I thought this was supposed to get a much-hyped V8 that would throw Hyundai right into the performance ladder?”

Thus, my disappointment.

By: F3INT))AP3X

F3INT))AP3X — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:17:11 +0000

CA36: Your right the turbo 4 isn’t going to pull too hard for this car.

Since it is a Hyundai you know that the price will be cheap (20k give or take). So buy that huge 3.8L V6 platform which is much better to build off, and use the extra money you didn’t spend on a tC/Miata/Mustang/Elcipse to put a better aftermarket turbo on that piece.

By: Veda

Veda — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:07:27 +0000

The easiest route to get a lot more power is to turbo. Yeap follow that BMW route instead of making a small more powerful engine.

By: CA36GTP

CA36GTP — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:46:37 +0000

Wait, I thought this was supposed to get a much-hyped V8 that would throw Hyundai right into the performance ladder? What happened there?

Throw the turbo on the V6 and get back to me. The turbo 4 in a car that size will be alright, but it won’t be any kind of class leader.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:28:16 +0000

I’m assuming turbo technology has improved vastly over the last 10-20 years. They seem to be cropping up in just about every manufacturer’s present or future portfolio. My only concern is for those who plan on keeping their new vehicle purchase for the duration. With regular maintenance you should be able to coax at least 150k miles out of just about any modern normally aspirated motor with minimal loss in performance. Can the same be said of an all aluminum block subjected to the additional stresses a turbocharger produces?

Remember Chrysler’s attempt to turbo every K variant form the mid eighties to the early nineties? I’m willing to bet most of them went to a premature grave simply because it was not feasible to re-engine the car given the worth of the vehicle.

By: LP640

LP640 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:24:00 +0000

its also rumoured to be rear wheel drive which would go well with a turbocharged coupe

By: A4

A4 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:05:35 +0000

and snork i think he was aware of the GTI… hence why he said rear-wheel drive. otherwise he would have just said turbo-4.

By: A4

A4 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:03:35 +0000

AND noone else has a rear drive, four cylinder turbo platform? SOLSTICE GXP/SKY REDLINE!
you lose, learn your industry before you talk

By: snork

snork — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:02:59 +0000

Yeah, I’m a fan of Hyundai’s current line-up. I may not necessarily be in the market to buy one as my next car, but atleast they appear to be moving in all the right directions.

Also, not quite “no one else” has a turbo-4…the Vdub GTI has the 2.0T direct injection, but it is FWD as opposed to RWD.

By: V2

V2 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:01:50 +0000

Thank god Mitsubishi is onboard to help them with their turbo technology. Hyundai could release a twin turbo V6 engine and it’ll still be a Hyundai!!!!! No matter what they do, these cars will always be Korean pieces of xxxx!

By: MY Si

MY Si — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:59:53 +0000

Hyundai is doing SO well with the catch-up game. The Veracruz was great and the minivans awesome. Model after model they just keep getting better and better. Reeally cant wait for the Genesis duo and the Borrego.

By: christianboy10

christianboy10 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:54:12 +0000

way to go Hyundai