Mercedes look-alike schools midlife crisis favourite
Virtually everywhere in the world has, or soon will be treated to Hynudai’s 4.6litre 375 BHP V8 Genesis, which is capable of making a Porsche Boxster and it’s meaty six cylinder flat engine look like a lawn mower out of the blocks.
The South Korean premium motor, however, will not be available in Europe because of its ‘poor brand image’ on our continent. Maybe a name that didn’t allude to a Gabriel/ Collins eighties rock band would have helped?
Grid Crasher extra: official Genesis website here
2 responses so far
1 Jumbo // Sep 8, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Hyundai have renamed cars for the UK market before, the Coupe in the UK is known as the Tiburon in the USA. So maybe Genesis will be released over here under a different name. Pretty impressive video - but what happens at after 5.9 seconds? Maybe the Hyundai doesnt get any faster!
2 Prez // Jun 8, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Korean Hyundai has deleted this video.
Why?
Hyundai could not control the video distorting.
Hyundai modified the video to hide the fact that Porsche Boxter driver mis-shifted while its accelerating. A Youtube User pointed it out.
Finally Hyundai has deleted the video.