LexFather

Thats the old one! This is the previous one and its a good looking coupe.

MPLexus301

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I have seen the car in person and would still have to disagree with you. The lines up and down the side of the car make it look like they took vertical cross sections from another vehicle and welded it together with an updated tiburon concept. Its just too busy for my taste.

That said, I still greatly respect what Hyundai has done here, just like with the Genesis sedan.

gshb

yah, but its the old one the styling is based on with the funky double flame surfacing and drooping side windows. anyways, i would think the gen coupe competes more with the mustang.

YEH

The only real similarity btwn the GenCoupe and the G35/37 is the roofline/general coupe shape.

The headlights, grill, side flares/character lines, greenhouse, rear and tailights are all different.

And one can say that the GenCoupe's roofline more resembles the 2nd gen Tib than the G35 (which came to market AFTER the Tib).

Hyundai did that on purpose b/c they figured that people would have a hard time accepting a "luxury" auto from Hyundai and a new design-scheme (much like what Lexus did w/ the LS).

As for the grill, I'd say that it is just as different from the MB grill (w/ the waterfall/klingon effect) as is that for the LS (gee, a grill w/ horizontal is really original - all it's missing is the vertical divider).

Besides - look at the grills for many Lexus, Acura and Infiniti models, particulary those from the past (pretty much the same vertical or horizontal-slatted grills that one would find in Jaguars and Mercedes, much less Buicks and Lincolns).

And look at the new RL, not that Acura designs were very original in the 1st place, aside from the funky "beak" grill, the Acura borrowed the C-pillar kink from Infiniti/Nissan (which in turn, borrowed it from BMW), the headlights are wholly unoriginal and the rear is total Saturn.

Anyhow, the GenCoupe style-wise is hit and miss.

The rear window dip was weird at 1st but it has grown on me. The side flares/character lines aren't the most elegant, but they are interesting and make the GenCoupe look more aggressive (and in the right color, make the GenCoupe really appealing in real life - as opposed to photos).

The biggest problem w/ the GenCoupe is size/shape of the grill (it's kinda in nowhere land - not big or small enough) - which is why the reddish-orange concept w/ the black carbon fiber hood looked really good (the grill disappeared w/ the black hood).

As for the G37, it's boring and a huge disappointment. The G35, otoh, had clean lines and yet, was a stunner.

joe80

genesis coupe for me

g37 is a huge disappointment in terms of a design. it looks worse in person. i loved g35 though.

joe80

nice ***. lol

and i definitely love the side. G37's side profile is just too boring for me.

overall i think g37 is more dressed up and genesis is more sporty and athletic.

and i'm partial to something more sporty.

joe80

joe80

genesis is more 'wilder' and brings out the ricer in me. and i love it.

just wait a 9-10 months. we gonna see some crazy modded gen coupe here in the U.S

joe80

that line is bold and charismatic. that's one of my favorite part of the design. someone did the photochop and got rid of those lines and it was horrible.