Hope Nissan is watching this...

shadow2k

Every other car I looked at before buying the Z had 4 seats. I'm not the only guy that didn't cross cars off his list because they had a back seat.

The GC was actually a car I looked at briefly. Unfortunately it is ugly both inside and out to me, so it got crossed off pretty quick. But remember, it is not expensive, it has power, and it has a superb warranty. Those three things will draw more people in than the Z's heritage. Your rep will only get you so far. It would not surprise me in the least to see a 429hp GC outsell the 370z in the states unless Nissan bumped the power output.

toxik

fine by me, i don't want nissan to make the Z an attractive car to the masses, I want it to be an enthusiast car, which only a lucky few choose to own.

my biggest gripe with the genesis, and why in the end I think a Z is a better car, even without the looks, power, etc.... I think the Genesis is trying too hard to be what is already out. The points they copied from various other car manufacturers are so blatant... its trying to be G37 too much. Hey Hyundai why don't you make something original, same as what Nissan and Infiniti have been doing, they are not trying to look like a BMW or whoever their competition is. The Z doesn't look like anything else on the road, I can't say that for the Gen.

And for those that got a Gen because it's cheap for a RWD sports car... cheap and sports car should not be in the same sentence imho.

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shadoquad

You're probably not a big fan of Miatas, then, are you?

I have no problem with affordable performance.

My only gripe with the genny was build quality and design. Also, it was hard to locate one with a manual tranny and the 6-banger in my area.

toxik

miata handling ftw... great car to get for an 18 year old as a first car.

i just don't think sports cars are meant to be cheap.

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tbonesteak

WTF......u are fail. You haven't been around a while i'm assuming. Miatas for 18 yr old first car? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA wow....speechless.

toxik

lol i haven't been around for a while? okay i will always admit where a car excels but I would never drive a miata, its so small and looks so meh. Anyone older than 30 driving that car is in some hard case of mid life crisis. Hey I can't have a personal opinion, or am I automatically wrong if you don't agree?

Edit: BTW just to see if I'm the only one with this opinion, I did a quick google and found a TON of results... here's one for example: http://vlane.com/review/8300/1997-ma...ung-enthusiast

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shadoquad

Freedom of thought... on the internet?! Are you CRAZY?!

shadoquad

That's fair enough. We can differ on this opinion. Apparently, we both agree on one car in particular

In my opinion, affordable performance is sublime. I like to see young guys driving GC's, MS3's, Miatas, base Mustangs and Camaros. It gives me hope that car enthusiasts are driving fast and having fun. That said, I think there's also definitely a place for your Porsches, Vettes, and GTR's at the top of that range, and then all the ridiculous "I hit the lottery" supercars for us to daydream about above them. I love fast cars in general, from hot hatches to roadsters to out-and-out race cars. I think they all have their place.

matt@qc

Funny you should say that, I've always seen the Z has a cheaper alternative to the other sports cars out there (Porsche Cayman, BMW Z4, M3, etc.)

The Z, to this day, is still the "cheapest" true sport car (2 seater, RWD, 300hp+) you can get for the money.

Perspective makes wonder.

tbonesteak

Good man....miatas are one of the greatest enthusiast cars ever made and they are damn cheap. So was the s2000. At their final 2 yrs of production, you could walk out with a brand new one for 28k OTD, which is accord range.

Jeffblue

WORD. seriously, i dont have too much of a problem with the Genesis coupe in particular. But the one thing that really grinds my gears about hyundai is that the copy everyone elses designs. I quite honestly don't understand how they don't get sued by other companies for overtly taking design elements from their cars