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Old 01-11-2009, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Road Warrior
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Look like the domestic car companies really have it beat when Hyundai tops them as car of the year.

2009 Car of the Year: Hyundai Genesis - Jan. 11, 2009
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Old 01-11-2009, 02:25 PM
 
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Genesis is pretty amazing. Hyundai and Kia are on mission for greatness. They made it a goal to match Toyota for reliability and that they have, but who would've thought they would surpass them in exciting, emotional design so easily. You won't see anything like the Genesis Coupe at Toyota or Honda. Unlike it's Japanese competitors, Hyundai may have achieved creating a performance car with soul.


http://www.dieselupload.com/files/547_ibryq/HKS-Genesis-007.jpg (broken link)
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Old 01-11-2009, 02:53 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, MD
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Genesis is pretty amazing. Hyundai and Kia are on mission for greatness. They made it a goal to match Toyota for reliability and that they have, but who would've thought they would surpass them in exciting, emotional design so easily. You won't see anything like the Genesis Coupe at Toyota or Honda. Unlike it's Japanese competitors, Hyundai may have achieved creating a performance car with soul.


...respect your opinion but do not agree. My family has driven mostly Toyotas and these cars consistantly get 150k+ without serious problems. Hyundai cannot match that yet because their cars just do not have the history yet...
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Old 01-11-2009, 03:04 PM
 
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Look like the domestic car companies really have it beat when Hyundai tops them as car of the year.

2009 Car of the Year: Hyundai Genesis - Jan. 11, 2009
Mock them all you want, but remember big three used to mock Toyota and those little yellow Asians building and designing Toyota cars. I guess those macho all American "real men who design cars for real men" boys can't smile any more, can't they? Can't they just spend a little less time bragging how big their ***** are and a little more time using their brains to do some useful stuff?
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Old 01-11-2009, 03:35 PM
 
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Mock them all you want, but remember big three used to mock Toyota and those little yellow Asians building and designing Toyota cars. I guess those macho all American "real men who design cars for real men" boys can't smile any more, can't they? Can't they just spend a little less time bragging how big their ***** are and a little more time using their brains to do some useful stuff?
Personally I think Toyotas are great, I think everyone would agree on it's reliability factor. I'd go with a Tundra anyday for a pickup as well (08 motortrend truck of the year). Hyundai's well maybe I'll change my mind in a few years but for now seems as if they copy the exterior and just puts in cheaper parts to make it affordable (can we say Genesis and BWM-5 series) not exactly ingenuity.

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Old 01-11-2009, 04:46 PM
 
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Toyota used to be very reliable. Unfortunately they decided, like Mercedes, they were too reliable and started cutting corners.
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Old 01-11-2009, 05:24 PM
 
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...respect your opinion but do not agree. My family has driven mostly Toyotas and these cars consistantly get 150k+ without serious problems. Hyundai cannot match that yet because their cars just do not have the history yet...
We have 130K on our Sonata, and the only serious problem we had was a hub bearing go bad, which was replaced under warranty at 25K miles.

Now, come again?
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Old 01-11-2009, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Genesis is pretty amazing. Hyundai and Kia are on mission for greatness. They made it a goal to match Toyota for reliability and that they have, but who would've thought they would surpass them in exciting, emotional design so easily. You won't see anything like the Genesis Coupe at Toyota or Honda. Unlike it's Japanese competitors, Hyundai may have achieved creating a performance car with soul.

The Genesis coupe looks pretty nice, but that 2nd pic looks a little too much like the Tiburon for my tastes.
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Old 01-11-2009, 05:50 PM
 
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We have 130K on our Sonata, and the only serious problem we had was a hub bearing go bad, which was replaced under warranty at 25K miles.

Now, come again?
Exactly Hyundai beats Toyota any day today. Japs got arrogant!
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Old 01-11-2009, 06:07 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Yep, and the Ford F-150 took it for the trucks. Hummmm, beating out Toyota it would appear.
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