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In the show of New York, the Korean builder presented his Genesis Coupé with more than 300 hp under the hood.

Built on base of the berlina Hyundai Genesis revealed in 2007, the coupe takes advantage however of a muscular motorization, just like V6 of 3,8 liters. This last one develops 310 hp in 6000 tr/min and a couple of 356 Nm. Hyundai can so cross 0 to 100 kph in 6 sec and in 240 kph. More wisely, Genesis Coupe will also exist with one 2 liters turbo, in four cylinders, of 223 horses in 6000 tr/min showing hurriedly state-of-the-art 220 kph. This propulsion has a manual box to six reports either automatic in five speeds for the 2.0t and in six speeds for V6.

Hyundai is 4630 mm long, for a footing 2820 mm, 1865 mm wide and 1380 mm high. It puts shoes on wheel rims of 18 or 19 thumbs in five sticks. The driver will have in front of him two big analogical meters to watch his speed and the regime of the engine. The music lovers will appreciate the possibility of connecting their audio reader to the system Infinity. Bucket seats are heating. And the car starts via a button thanks to the key system in pocket.

Genesis Coupe will arrive on the Asian and American markets in 2009. In Europe, a number limited by copies could arrive a little later.

Funny machine presented in New York by Scion, the “young” brand of the group Toyota not distributed to us.

According to the press release follower of the borborygme, this concept Hako Coupé “translated a dynamic global vision of the current youth”. The builder presents this car as “a sports box”. To draw this concept, the division design of Tokyo studied the last tendencies of the American youth and that of Japan. As far as these two cultures, according to Scion, influence mutually. Having said that, this automobile draws the attention with its lively color, its rectangular radiator grill and its curves. We can see it as a mixing of hot-rod American and the model xB of the brand (cousin of the Daihatsu Materia).

In fact, this concept is especially worth seeing by his aesthetic boldness. We also notice lights DEL in front as behind, vertical windscreen, truncated roof and wheels of 18 thumbs. The passenger compartment is a mixture of black and orange with metal touches. Scion also indicates that seats are easy to wash by the use of a cover it urethane and rubber. The central console separating both front seats (orange for the driver, the black for the passenger) can receive numerous objects. It is not moreover the storage spaces which miss. Addressing the young people, the designers chose to be inspired by video games for the dashboard, the control lever of the box and the steering wheel of this 4 places. Moreover, the system of multimedia has two screens because we can download some music, videos and images via Bluetooth there.