Hyundai RWD Coupe Announced
The news regarding Hyundai’s decision to extend into rear-wheel drive territory has certainly got everyone talking. The initial product which Hyundai will use to launch this new rear-drive architecture will be the Genesis luxury sedan, though rumours have surfaced regarding an affordable grand touring coupe similar in size and nature to Infiniti’s G37 Coupe or BMW’s 335i. What’s more is that, as rumours had it, this coupe wouldn’t necessarily be the replacement to the Tiburon, but rather a new model and one that could potentially sport Hyundai’s new “Tau” series V8 engine. These rumours were partially confirmed by Hyundai’s VP of Product Planning, John Krafcik in an interview with online magazines Edmunds and Winding Road.
While a rear-wheel drive coupe is in the works, it won’t be featuring the eight-cylinder engine. Krafcik promised that the car would have an impressive power to weight ratio, which suggests that Hyundai may either be pursuing forced aspiration, or, a higher output version of one of its existing V6 engines. With direct injection and a higher compression ratio, the 3.8-litre V6 could easily boost its output to near 300 horsepower. Meanwhile, the production version of the Genesis is expected to make its debut this November at the LA Motor Show as a model year 2009 product, and will feature V6 and V8 engines from launch. And the yet to be named coupe? All Krafcik would say regarding the production schedule is that it would be launched after the sedan.
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