By John Coyle

Editor

There's been a ton of buzz around Hyundai's new Genesis Coupe, so the brass wanted to make sure it debuted with a bang—literally. Not only did the company employ a pair of sexy stunt drivers—the one behind the wheel of the silver car is Angelina Jolie's driving double—to turn some donuts for the assembled crowd, they shot off fireworks as each one rolled into view. Seriously, this video is awesome. While the smoke from the detonations did get a little thick, the whole event was perfectly choreographed, and when the ladies wound them up, the 300 horsepower motors sounded great. Of course, getting a decent picture of the new sheet metal was next to impossible in the post-demonstration feeding frenzy, but I did manage to get some great footage of the cars in motion. Enjoy.

Comments

Rhett
Mar 24, 2008 6:14:06 PM

Just looking at people's comments here...although hyundai has announced this as a mustang fighter, i dont think it will steal sales away from the mustang. However, i do think it will compete more with the Nissan 350Z/Infinity G37...I am a big Mustang fan, but i also like this new genesis coupe - and if the price was right, I'd probably buy one...it's really just in a different class.

Jay
Mar 24, 2008 3:52:01 PM

I worked the car show move in, they crashed the first red genesis coupe into the structural steel of the javits during rehersal. The red genesis you see there is vehicle #2, just a fun tid bit for you guys.

Jay
Mar 24, 2008 3:51:55 PM

I worked the car show move in, they crashed the first red genesis coupe into the structural steel of the javits during rehersal. The red genesis you ee there is vehicle #2, just a fun tid bit for you guys.

andrew
Mar 24, 2008 8:58:05 AM

I have driven this car a few times. Its suprisingly fast and sounds great. I have never liked the whole foriegn thing but this is a nice car and fun to drive.

Matty
Mar 24, 2008 7:01:43 AM

looks good..but how is she gunna hold up, i think of hyundai i think of them not being able to pass inspection in a couple years and you can find one for 3 grand thats only 2 years old hahaha..i guess we'll see

Tyler Man
Mar 23, 2008 6:30:56 PM

looks like they took some styling cues from the IS250/350... but whatever. this is a great movement for any car company. a cheap, rear-drive sports car with good power. now we just need Nissan to step up to the plate and give us a Silvia again... there is no way they would lose money.

Adam C
Mar 23, 2008 6:18:58 PM

that thing is sexy

Jon
Mar 23, 2008 3:37:17 PM

cool ride, that might get me looking at one next time i'm in the market

salvador
Mar 23, 2008 2:23:38 PM

I THINK THIS A REALY GOOD LOOKING CAR AND ITS FUNNY HOW ALL THESE PPL ARE TALKING CRAP AND MOST OF THEM ARE V8 DRIVERS AND YES IT IS POSIBLE IT CAN BEAT A MUSTANG BECUAS YOU ALSO GOT TO LOOK AT THE WIGHT THE GEAR RATIOS I MEAN FROM HEAD TO TOE ITS NOT JUST ABOUT HP, IF MY 2 GEN B16 BEAT MY BROTHERS O6 MUSTANG GT ANYTHING IS POSIBLE SO NEXT TIME YOU SAY SOMTHING MAKE SHURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT

Nefas
Mar 23, 2008 9:45:52 AM

I'm not going to bash Ford or any other product. In fact, I tune Fords and I know what they can do, BUT I do tune Hyundais as well. Yes, Hyundais. Four cylinder Tiburons can make just shy of the 400hp range with a bolt-on turbo and actually be reliable. So 212hp on the 4 cylinder 2 liter is very conservative of what it CAN do.

The fact is Hyundai is 3rd in initial quality after Porsche and Lexus and it's a close third. So for those who say, "they're going to break" obviously doesn't own one.

As for the interior, check out the new Santa Fe. I have sat in a ton of cars and the interior is the easiest on the eyes. Easy to read and still looks great. I think the Genesis is going to look the same way.

For those who are saying they're copying, so be it. With a 111 inch wheel base the only copying I'm seeing sounds like Mercedes or BMW and if it works, why not copy? I would rather copy than make a "retro" vehicle and still not have to pay the price tag of the Lexus or comparable vehicle. The only problem is, I'm not seeing the copying that everyone is claiming.

Look at the formula of long wheel base, rwd w/limited slip, brembo brakes and turbo applications and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to say see this car is going to be awesome for both the commuter and the racer/show enthusiast and I wouldn't doubt some drift applications either.

Mar 23, 2008 7:54:55 AM

hyundia is garbage!!! would never own 1

Brian Frigsby
Mar 23, 2008 12:45:47 AM

I really wish all of you Hyundai haters would back up all of this crap that you spew out of your toothless mouths. I drive a 2006 Sonata Limited my wife drives a 2007 Santa Fe GLS 4x4 my daughter drives an 2005 Elantra GT my other Daughter drives an 2004 Tiburon GT and my son drives a 2005 Tuscon Limited. All I repeat all of those vehicles were purchased brand spanking new by my wife and I from our local Hyundai dealership the cars have mileage ranging from 12,000 to 90,000 miles and besides regular oil changes I can remember taking my daughters Tiburon in twice otherwise my Hyundai's have all held up really well while getting superior gas mileage and saving me lots of money. So when the Genesis and the Genesis coupe come out you can count on me being right there to take home one of each and maybe a Veracruz just for good measure.

Mar 22, 2008 9:22:28 PM

looks cool, though it's still too early to tell how good it will be to own. I like the design a lot. Hyundai interiors aren't the prettiest things in the world, but they are higher quality than my Honda and leaps and bounds better than anything ford offers in a similar car (rustang). Hyundais are really very high quality cars now from everything I've seen of them in the past few years. Those who swear by their mustangs can have them. I do like this car so far and the one thing that would ruin it for me is having all of the mustang idiots (lots of them) jump ship to the genesis. The mustang is a mediocre performer at best (low quality too) and is only still around because of fanboys and rednecks. It's like a former high school track star who is now really fat and out of shape. Hardly sexy at all imo.

Blago
Mar 22, 2008 6:52:53 PM

When I first read about and saw pics of this car I thought that finally Hyundai was going to do something different. Then I saw the interior and was exactly reminded of why I would never even consider buying one. Besides the low rent materials, the LCD display is a joke, its something out of a 1980's car.

jack
Mar 22, 2008 6:39:46 PM

haha tyler i don't think u know alot about mustang.....

dave
Mar 22, 2008 6:36:47 PM

For those yelling POS, I think hyundai is crushing everyone but porsche in quality according to JD power

Tyler
Mar 22, 2008 5:45:29 PM

Jack I do believe it will, because just about anything with cylinders can beat a mustang

jack
Mar 22, 2008 5:10:57 PM

haha do u really think this car is going to beat the ford mustang come on guys it a hyundai

jack
Mar 22, 2008 5:10:46 PM

haha do u really think this car is going to beat the ford mustang come on guys it a hyundai

T
Mar 22, 2008 4:26:58 PM

...the showing off might have been good, but the second you buy and drive it off the lot its going to break. Good luck getting your money back from the stealership.

Mar 22, 2008 3:01:49 PM

peice of shit

DARTSONATA
Mar 22, 2008 2:44:23 PM

I will be purchasing one as soon as I can get my hands on one. I mean I like my Sonata. But come on 300 ponies. Hope that doesnt offend any Mustang owners. Then again it probably will. Then I guess the name will be DARTGENESIS

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Mar 22, 2008 2:34:53 PM

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Metal
Mar 22, 2008 9:33:42 AM

I think it will be funny when these get on the road. I wish I had one just so I could pull up to a new shitty v8 Stang and just smoke it. The best part is that when I pass him, he can look right at the Hyundai emblem and cry.

Paul
Mar 22, 2008 9:00:10 AM

wow that accuatly kills altima and the mustang