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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 01:47 AM
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man i hope it doesnt have those pleated door panel inserts
Old Apr 11, 2010 | 02:20 AM
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It most certainly does...that's the part that sucks but the color and the wood grain looks so good in person.
Old Apr 11, 2010 | 02:33 AM
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im not normally critical of such things (all i care about is whats under the hood pretty much) but my first mod would be to ditch the pleat...thats just me, to each his own.
Old Apr 11, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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I used to have a really nice A8 Quattro with brown interior like that and the finish and everything was similar looking but something about that just screams cheap. The wood looks like a sticker and the seats look very uncomfortable plus the door inserts and the boxy feel of it all just seems out of place. I hope it's just the picture I know alot of things look so different in person. Either way it is an upgrade from the tC.
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Get the genesis in black and murder the car out. Car is nice.
Old Apr 11, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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Nice choice man. That's exactly what I was going to get. I was set on the Track model interior until I saw the Red extrerior/Brown interior in person, fell in love with the combo.
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 03:50 AM
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THIS! Sans the Manu-matic









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and no pleats...well that i can see...looks good...get it...GET IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:18 PM
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The pleats were from the Infiniti M35 not the Gen Coupe
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I thought you said the newer gen had em too...my bad...lol
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I wish I knew what the newer one had besides the interior, I only know about the interior since the Hyundai CEO announced it at the NY Auto Show, but said there weren't any powertrain differences.
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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I drove an auto 3.8 Grand Touring today and I'm thoroughly impressed...I found my next car...now to get it in a manual.
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awesome car for sure man! hope you find one soon enough
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sweet...then boost?...lol
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you can buy a used corvette or dodge viper for less than the genesis coupe. that and it's a Hyundai *sad face*
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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Nice pics of the M35x, i'm thinking of getting that car as my daily driver, but instead of wood i want brushed aluminum. I drove that car before and absolutely love the handling on it and the power is not bad at all.

How is your aunts fuel economy on it ?
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Here ya go.





I never used to see them, but once I got my WRX, they started popping up all over the place.
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nice!!!
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so raw ^^
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by deathbyc4
you can buy a used corvette or dodge viper for less than the genesis coupe. that and it's a Hyundai *sad face*
Actually, no I can't, for the price I can get a new Gen Coupe, you'd be high on meth to pass it up. Get over the "it's a Hyundai" crap, you have a Scion...a budget Toyota. The "Hyundai" is more of a car than anything Toyota has made, sans Lexus. Hyundai was going to make Genesis a brand of it's own, their luxury brand, but decided against it. I certainly don't want a viper, guys can't even keep that POS on the track, nor a corvette for a daily driver.

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