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Originally Posted by Jeffblue
i think a big factor is what each brand/car is striving for. Nissan is trying to be on the same level as the cayman S, which, although its not a 911, its a serious sports car. Granted, the Z is not the cayman, but lets face it for the money, its pretty damn close. Now, you've got the genesis, which is striving to be a Z/g37 for less money. Nissan is setting its bar at Porsche. Hyundai is setting its bar at nissan. Assuming they both fall a bit short, which is going to be a better car? The one thats almost a porsche cayman, or the one thats almost a nissan Z?
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Talk about buying into marketing.
The Z's target; the Porsche Cayman S, is leaps and bounds above the Z in pretty much every category, including price and differs in many manufacturer's philosophy. The Cayman being a MR layout, focuses on feel while being held down by Porsche corporate due to the 911. It's been made quite evident the MR layout of the Cayman is far superior to the RR by witnessing lightly modded Cayman S chase down GT3s at the track.
1st; The Gen Coupe is much closer to a G, than it is to a Z, for the simple fact the GC and G are GT Sport Cars, whereas the Z is an uncompromised 2 seater sports car. As a matter of fact, in none of Hyundai's literature does it aim at the Z or Nissan, it aims fair and square at the Infiniti G37.
2nd; The GC is much closer to the G coupe than the Z is to the Cayman S be it in price, layout, performance and overall package.
There are some very well thought out posts in this thread and of course, others that absolutely aren't. The Genesis Coupe is far from being perfect, and proper criticism is welcome when properly explained.
UNKNOWN 370 brought up good points, the Genesis Coupe Achilles heel is its transmission, precisely the 6MT. It was not outsourced, which all Genesis owners feel is a mistake considering it is their first true sports oriented car. The gearing is off, the feel is off and the quality is low. I'm currently on my second transmission, and they seem to have fixed the issue.
Any GC or Z owners that feel they need to compare the two are out of their minds, period. The proper comparison is with the G37.
When Hyundai releases a 5.0 GDI 2 seater coupe, we'll compare it to the Z, the Mustang, heck even the M3, until then Hyundai is improving the Genesis Coupe in its current plaform. The MY2011 have received interior material upgrades and revised transmissions. The MY2012 will receive GDI engines and should supposedly introduce the new V8 model.
Hear me right, I never really liked Hyundai, and as some of you right now, I would have literally laughed at the possibility of owning one. Today, things have changed and the little benefits gained in putting 10 to 15 000$ on a depreciating asset is definitely not worth it in my eyes and to the majority of the market.