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Old 03-31-2009, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by hoodwink33' post='831941' date='Mar 31 2009, 02:52 PM
I'm in Korea and have live here for the past 2yrs. When I saw the Genesis here, I had no idea what it was, but thought it was a bada$$ looking car. Whenever one passed me by, I always scratched my head and wondered...what is that. It looked like a Bentley.

Over here the the truck badge is different along with the front grill, providing it with an ultimate luxury look. If I decided to live here on a permanent basis...it would be the car I own. Very nice.

Finally, the Hyundia's, Kia's, and Daewoo's are built totally different here. It is very comman to see cars with over 500,000K on the odometer.

Maybe you've seen Katt Williams concert where he says "it looks like one..... until one pulls up next to it!
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To be fair Hyundia have been making/selling some reasonable cars for a number of years in the UK, nothing like the early built under license templates they started with, anybody remember the Hyundia Stellar ?? Was basically a badly made Ford Cortina under that fugly skin lol.
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Its not HUNDAI.
Its Hyundai like Sunday.
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Originally Posted by theXman' post='765455' date='Jan 11 2009, 08:06 PM
So, the best golfer is black and the tallest NBA player is chinese must bother the shit out of you.

Now that's funny.
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The Genesis is not a joke. I drove one before getting an e60. In some ways it has a more refined drive than the e60, but of course it doesn't have the handling edge, and yet it is not a soft car. Its somewhere between a BMW and Lexus in terms of handling and driving feel. In terms of passenger room, its huge, like a 745 or s class. I would rather drive a Genesis than a Mercedes E class.
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I'm getting one and debadging it !! See you later !!
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Yah, I think that on prestige alone, a lot of people will continue to bag on Hyundai. But the truth is, they are making solid cars now, with one of the best warranty in the industry.

I saw a Genesis on the road a few weeks back, and I was absolutely puzzled. Like others have said the design closely resembles MB, and hints of Lexus. Pretty dashing design actually.

And I want to make a comment about cars in Korea... when I traveled to Korea, I was told by the locals that foreign cars has ridiculous tariffs and taxes. It's S. Korea's way of encouraging their citizens to buy domestic.

On that note, I was also told that if you see a foreign car, they're most likely someone of influential nature such as politician, celebrity, athlete, etc. And they definitely get special treatment as well. Should a foreign car run a red light, police pretend they don't see a thing.
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Let's be real, here in America there is a stigma attached to the Hyundai and Kia names. As I have said before, they aren't cars you go out intentionally to buy, they are the ones you end up with when your credit is denied for a better car. The Genesis follows the same line, the styling is SO close to Merc and our beloved E60's that it is the perfect car for you if you wear a Rolecks, and insist on Armini suits.
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I just test drove a Genesis yesterday just for the heck of it. My dad was curious how those things performed so we both test drove one. AMAZING is all I can say. This is first hand from a non-magazine person. That thing was as quiet as a Lexus, sporty enough as a MB, but handling is obviously nowhere near our E60s. The interior quality was pretty decent, something that you wouldn't think would come from a Hyundai.

Now I still can't justify the $40k tag on those things, I'd rather get a 3 series than the Genesis with that amount of money.


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