In the UK, we still think of Hyundais as runabouts less expensive and, really, it's true - a large number of shifted during the scrappage incentive, and you rarely see anything more than an i30 in our path. These days we get a sense of more upscale, sporty stuff from the Korean manufacturer, including an impressive I40 and, lastly, Veloster, but it is safe to say that British buyers are not ready to embrace a rival Hyundai, for example, BMW and Mercedes.
Not so in the United States, where various Hyundai extends down to the level 5-series/E-class and 7-series/S-class. On a recent trip to California, I have to taste this sporty four-door saloon, 5.0 R-Spec Genesis, provided we make it very clear that it does not come to England. It did not come to England. Okay?
Read on for the first drive CAR review of the Hyundai Genesis R-Spec 5.0.
R-Spec comes loaded: 19-inch rims, adaptive xenon headlights, sat-nav, adaptive cruise control, electric seat heat. In fact, the only option on the iPod cable car is $ 30, and U.S. customers even get a full tank of fuel. In America, it costs $ 46,500. BMW USA costs $ 62,000 for the 550i, before you add any options.
Some of the usual comfort features and gadgets are not available on the Genesis, but: no blind-spot monitor, adaptive dampers do not exist, no split-fold rear seat.
It seems, uh, intimate?Indeed, is not it? The front is pure Merc S-class, and the absence of fraud furthers type hood badging. But the incident was far from things old impersonator Korea (Equus 1999 Google just to see how far the brand has come in little more than a decade). It looks striking, well done, maybe even a little forced, with echoes of Merc and BMW, yes, but also forage more mainstream America as well, such as the Honda Accord. Either way, it's a car that regularly receive admiring glances.
Inside you have a full leather, lots of space and - in particular the higher the dash - a quality-feeling plastic, plus his own BMW and Hyundai took the Merc controlled rotary multi-media system, it works very well. This is the cabin is generally convincing, but it's a shame that the door cards and center console looks a little bland.
How to drive?As soon as you climb aboard there is some indication that the R-Spec badging may be over-hype this car: there is no steering wheel-mounted paddles that can be used to control an eight-speed automatic gearbox, and the seats are mounted high, feeling a little flat and unsupportive, and the lack of thigh support as well. Anywhere, you'll see that the journey is quite firm and a bit too bossy, but that the control body is not quite there, the car feeling a little too lightly. Steering is also less precise. At low speeds it is okay, but a lack of integrity when you go quickly through a corner, a long fast - just feels like it wants to self-center and does not have flesh to inspire confidence.
The 5.0 R-Spec badges on sedan such as this, to me, conjures up images of Nissan GT-R and high-performance M cars, but the incident did not play in that league. Instead it is a competent family car with a decent turn of speed, impressive improvements (machine-and wind-noise of silence) and gearbox tuned for comfort rather than rapid-fire gearchanges. V8 means it's fast, and it makes it sound pretty good when you floor, but it's definitely not fast supersaloon.
When you go for a hoon on a winding road, the front-end grip It was felt strongly and you can use the throttle to make the slide back a bit and pointed the nose at the top, but the incident could not cut it: a little light means to control the body does not feel quiteboth bound and you are not allowed to activate the traction control all the way off, so you can feel them regularly get in the way.
DecisionThe 5.0 Genesis R-Spec looks good and offers a very strong value, but still far from being supersaloon cut-price, simply because the performance and handling can not mix it with the big boys. This is a pretty impressive car, but we suspect that, for now, the best events are basic events.
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