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Filed under: Aftermarket , Coupes , Sports/GTs , Hyundai Click above for a gallery of modified Hyundai Genesis Coupes As Nissan cancels its Silvia replacement, and the Toyobaru saga stumbles along, Hyundai actually has a hot product on the pavement ready to scoop up import tuners jonesing for a rear-drive plaything. The Genesis Coupe is just arriving in U.S. dealerships, but in Korea, the car's been on the streets a while already. As such, drivers there have been hard at work modding and personalizing their rides, giving us an idea of what to expect when they start hitting the streets in earnest on this side of the Pacific. Our good friend (and O.G. Jalop) Mike Spinelli pretty much nails it when he says, " Oh Civic with stove-pipe exhaust, the bell tolls for thee. " Gallery: Modded Hyundai Genesis Coupes [Source: GenMay via Mike Spinelli ] Enter the modded Genesis Coupes originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds...
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Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedans/Saloons , Hyundai Take a Hyundai Genesis , put it in a giant taffy machine and give it a serious stretch out, add some details like a reshaped rear three-quarter and some Lexus LS exhaust tips, then call it the Hyundai Equus . Oh, and give it a price of 130,000,000 South Korean won (about $93,471 USD). That's about thirty million won more than the current generation - but have no fear, it looks like you'll be getting your money's worth. Compared to the Genesis, the Equus is about 7 inches longer, 1.5 inches wider, and it sports a wheelbase about 4.5 inches greater. Motivational choices will begin with the 3.8-liter V6 and 4.6-liter V8 currently found in the Genesis. By mid-year, a 5.0-liter V8 with 420+ horsepower - which would be at least 45 hp up on the Genesis- will be added to the menu, hauling the horse to 60 miles-per-hour in under six seconds. While we didn't originally think that the Equus was bound for America, the folks at Ward's...
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