Is this Hyundai’s new RWD Coupe?

Posted Fri Aug 10 2007 10:49 PM by Ralph Hanson

Several prototypes of Hyundai’s new RWD Coupe have been spotted testing in California’s Death Valley, and we now have what’s purported to be an official rendering of the new two-door. The sketch features the same basic shape of the spied prototype but now we get a possible direction for the styling of the car's front end.

Last month, a spokesman for Hyundai revealed there would be a coupe based on the same running gear as Hyundai’s new RWD Genesis sedan and that it would arrive roughly six months after the sedan, putting its launch date sometime in early 2009.

The new car will replace the current FWD Tiburon coupe but will feature a much more powerful V6 engine and possibly a new V8 powerplant. According to the source, Infiniti’s new G35 is the performance benchmark so let’s hope Hyundai can pull it off.

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Reader Comments

Sat Aug 11 2007 12:38 PM
NaBUru38 says

This sketch looks so... Korean, but so 21st century. Hyundai semms not to want lose its Korean identity, unlike Kia, whose latest cars (Rio, Ceed) look too much European. If this sketch is real, future Hyundais will get much better styling.

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