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Originally Posted by kenchan
we have to give Hyundai reps for doing a great job with marketing! 
hey OP - you will one day learn that wat i posted was not there to insult you (hell, if i wanted to insult you it will be much more direct), rather to help you understand what the real world sees... and how hyundai is focusing on people like you to actually in my term 'confuse' you to possibly make the decision for their benefit. they really got into your brain well and for that we need to give them a
GL with your decision watever it is!  |
Honestly, the way the car is marketed had initially turned me off from even considering it. While doing the auto show circuit in NA, I had checked them out. I was unimpressed for 2 years. With the general trend in the auto shows of companies putting more basic models on the floor that represent what customers actually buy, turns out I had only been in the basic trimmed, 4-cyl. models. I thought they felt cheap and hated them.
For 2 years I kind of made fun of the GC actually. A couple months ago I was helping a friend car shop, and noticed one on the used lot where he was shopping. On a whim, I decided to take it for a spin. It was a well-trimmed V6, and after driving it let's just say it served up a nice big piece of humble pie for me.
Let me ask you this: Have you driven a 3.8 Track? See what it's like if you haven't, preferably a 2011 rather than the 2010. It probably won't change your mind about owning one, as you are very opinionated on the matter. But it might help you see it's a solid and capable sports coupe. The naming is stupid, don't expect it be a track car. It's really like a touring model with a sport package rather than a stripped out track-ready special...that would be the R-Spec.
It's no threat to the Z's market position as it stands now, and I agree with you that for the most part they target two different demographics. The overlap is very little, even smaller when put in perspective with the tiny production numbers of both. Next generation, all bets are off. Hyundai has too broad of a target now with its coupe, it needs to focus on one area really. With the Veloster hitting the market soon, I wouldn't be surprised if in the future Hyundai positions the Genesis Coupe as a more serious sporting machine, letting the Veloster take over much of the market that the 2.0T may have served.