The Genesis Coupe didn’t
exactly start a tuner revolution the way everyone thought it would, but it was
a solid first effort at a real sports coupe from Hyundai. We’ve heard the next Genesis Coupe will go in a
different direction, becoming more of a luxury performance coupe, and now we
have some new evidence that it will get a badass engine.
The
folks at Korean Car Blog report that the next generation Genesis Coupe will
get three engines: a 2.0-liter turbo four, which was just killed off on the
current car, the familiar 3.8-liter V6, and a new twin-turbo 3.3-liter V6 with
around 480 horsepower.
It was
recently announced by Hyundai
America’s CEO that the Genesis
sedan will get a twin-turbo V6, so it makes sense that this engine will see
duty in the coupe as well. But the really interesting part is how it will be
sold.
According
to Korean Car Blog, this twin-turbo GenCoupe will come under Hyundai’s N performance brand,
which was announced in late 2013 but has yet to materialize. It’s awfully close
in alphabetical proximity to the performance brand of a certain German
automaker, but it’s a great move for Hyundai. I’d love to see an
affordable twin-turbo GenCoupe
with that kind of power.
Take
all this with a grain of salt until it’s confirmed, but I hope things go this
way. I’m holding out for a design that’s not far from the HND-9 Concept, too.
No comments:
Post a Comment