Hyundai Vehicles: Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Genesis, Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Coupe, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Grandeur (Paperback)

Hyundai Vehicles: Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Genesis, Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Coupe, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Grandeur Book Description

Chapters: Hyundai Genesis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 343. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Hyundai Genesis (Korean: ) is a full-size, rear-wheel drive luxury car introduced initially as a concept car in the 2007 New York International Auto Show. Hyundai has introduced the vehicle worldwide, known internally as the BH model, and has initially market the Genesis as a "premium sports sedan," in one body style with three possible engines. The Genesis will at least not initially be introduced to Europe. A coupe version was introduced at the 2008 New York International Auto Show and will join the sedan at a later date. According to the Hyundai Chairman and CEO Chung Mong-koo, the Genesis is Hyundai's first entry into the European dominated luxury arena. According to Hyundai Vice Chairman Kim Dong-jin, the name Genesis is a reflection that the vehicle is the first of many premium cars the company will introduce. The Genesis sedan is a luxury sedan that was designed to compete with the BMW 5 Series, Mercedes E-Class, Infiniti M, and Lexus GS. Hyundai targeted 55,000 sales of the Genesis in 2008 (35,000 in Korea and another 20,000 overseas) and 45,000 in 2009, with sales goals of 50,000 per year in the United States. Introduced in March, 2007 as the "Concept Genesis," the sedan was designed by Hyundai as a "progressive interpretation of the modern rear-wheel drive sports sedan." Hyundai conceived the idea for the Genesis in 2003. The body design took three years and the total cost of the program was $500 million over a development period of 23 months. Reliability testing ran for 800,000 miles. Hyundai reportedly benchmarked the BMW 5-Series sedan during the Genesis' development; their press release indicates the Genesis body-in-white exceeds the BMW in torsional rigidity by 14%...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1028281

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