You teaser you......

Well the wait is over!!! when i was in Vegas I had a rented car (the all new Ford Taurus!v nice!) went to the local Hyundai dealer! They had only one Genesis Coupe in stock. Have to say tho it looks amazing in the flesh from every angle! This one was silver but saw one or two on the road in different colours and I think black is the nicest colour.

The base 3.8 V6 has pretty much the same equipment as my 1.6 lol leather, air con, no sunroof, etc but as you go up the levels you get started button, climate control, etc. The seats are really nice, v similar to the Gen3 but a with more bolstering in the sides, leather was good quality too. The dials and steering wheel are really nice but if Im honest I hated the dash board! The quality is obviously improved but the design isnt great and not especially sporty.

The big question is how does it drive?? Unfortunatly I cant answer that cos I wasnt allowed test drive it cos it was sold! Apparently it is a better drive then the current car (according to the dealer) but I can vouch it does sound pretty amazing! The base V6 was 27,000 bucks which is actually really good value (works out at bout 20k in euro!). Please Hyundai can we have it with the spoiler as standard!!!!!!!!! It just looks weird without it!

Hi,
Occasional lurker on these forums as owned a gen 2 a few years ago, and am considering getting a a 3.5 when i return to the UK (Well, its toss up between a 3.5 or an older Audi TT, but I digress!)

Anyway, currently teaching English in Seoul, Korea, and am seeing more and more of the Genesis Coupes on the road - often one parked just outside my apartment. They look (and sound) great, but I was slightly disappointed when I first saw one - seem to be almost too Lexus inspired, which makes kind of makes them look a little conservative... The build quality looks fantastic however, and the one time i saw a gen 3 parked next to one the difference in quality was clear. The wheels particularly look fantastic (big 18s or 19s with red painted brembo callipers peeking out).

Price wise - was in my local pizza take out a few months back and was looking at the pictures in a Korean car mag (which is all I can do, as can barely sound out any Korean, let alone understand it!) and came across the section listing the new prices - the genesis coupe starts from 22 million won - which on a straight conversion is about £11000! I always knew domestic cars were cheap as chips over here, but its amazing what you can get for your cash...

Saw one of these on the road in Florida and I have to say its really nice... seems to be taking nice factor from all last few generations... cant believe my gen 3 is now 4 generations old!!!

they look really nice on the road. they face tough competition in the US from the Challenger/ Camero/ Mustang but i'd def take the Genesis

hey gtd!
Yeah, all imports are subject to an "exotic tax" as far as i know, which means some imports can be expensive. literally 98% of people drive domestic cars because of this, so you see row after row of hyundais, kias, daewoos, ssangyongs and samsungs (yes, they make cars here too!) means pretty much the only sporty cars you see will be hyundai coupes... I guess the "exotic tax" makes a lot of sense in a way - encourages domestic manufacturing etc...

Generally, the cost of living is very cheap though - its about 2000 won to the pound, and some sample prices would be - packet of 20 cigarettes: 2500 won (75p), cinema ticket: 6000 won (£3), 10 minute taxi journey: 4000 won (£2), 500ml beer in a bar:3000 won (£1.50), mcdonalds cheeseburger meal thing: 4000 won (£2) etc etc. As a teacher over here you can save around £7000 a year (which isn't bad when your between Uni and career, as most people teaching here are!), and thats with eating out 3 times a week and doing plenty of sight-seeing.
What was the exchange rate when you were over here? its weird for me to imagine an expensive Korea!
I've found it a pretty cool place to live - very low crime, no chavs etc, and plently to do and see if you know where to go. My parents came over to visit recently as well and absoutely loved it.
That said, I'm certainly not planning on staying any longer than my initial contract!

Yeah it's funny once you aclimatise to living in SE Asia - I spent 6 years in Hong Kong from 1995~2001 and had a ball generally speaking - especially socially.

To be honest I was one of the few guys that went to the far East and actually calmed down - for most guys it's like walking into a "sweety shop"

There's lots of very honest middle aged or older guys that will never leave due to the social life. One of my old colleagues was around 55 at the time and said to me that he had nothing to look forward to by going home to the UK.

I also did a bit of teaching English over in Hong Kong on a part time basis at the weekends. This was probably about 10 years ago now and got paid up to 50 quid an hour - which is easily the equivalent of 100 quid today. I was actually an Engineer on the New Hong Kong Airport project (Ground Transportation Centre) and didn't really need to supplement my income but teaching certainly gave me a nice little kitty for beer money as I did about 10 hours in total per week - not bad for just talking to people really

One of the things I found surprising was how racist SE Asians can be though - there's very much a lighter skinned = higher class, darker skin = lower class mentality going on. As a fair skinned Scot that did not pose any problems for me naturally

I also thought that Korean guys looked like the only SE Asians that might give you a run for your money in a fight In HK you never really saw any trouble at all but when it did "kick off" - people just came out of the walls with meat cleavers, 2x4's and sticks - definitely not recommended!

Great times though