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Originally Posted by ClevelandCWRU
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.
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ive not made fun of the genesis coupe directly. i think it's a great compromise to something like a G35C/G37C for people that might be looking for something sporty but doesn't make economic sense for them. this is where my comments about the walmart shopper comes in. i wanted the G, i got the G. if i wanted a M3, i would get the M3, although that will take a considerable more chunk of change from my allowance but if i wanted it that bad i would get one.
that said, and my previous posts, i do not fit in hyundai's demographics and have not driven the genesis coupe because i am not interested in getting one, cause gen-coupes to me is nothing but a copy of the G35C and 350Z and putting some hyundai goodness into one which i dont care for. and that's okay because they weren't targeting folks like me.
i never even thought of buying a hyundai so from that point you and i are different demographics. as you said, there might be a slight over lap in demographics but to compare the genesis coupe to the 370Z to me is like comparing apples to oranges. since you compared the two that says to me you consider these two cars similar... thus reinforcing my smart-shopper remark. it wasnt to really to offend, i just stereotyped you as one more in a playful manner but you originally took it offensively i guess.
even my G35C is a completely different car to my 370Z and it's both made by the same people. why would i have both cars if they were similar, right? would be a waste of money.
i suppose a valid comparison would be a used G35C vs the gen-coupe. that would be a good comparison, i think as G35C's are already phased out. i just happen to have mine still cause i still luv the car and im the original owner.
