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Post by ChrisM on Jul 10, 2017 15:58:51 GMT
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 10, 2017 16:03:50 GMT
Never heard of it. I imagine it was too big and expensive for pensioners, and anyone driving a car in the segment it was aimed at wasn't going to be pursuaded out of their German saloon by a Hyundai.
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Post by Ben on Jul 10, 2017 16:20:28 GMT
Not surprised. Such a car would only really work in America or the Middle East. They'll probably do better with the spin-off brand.
I've driven one. It's actually very nice, but I can't shake the feeling somehow that it's just a big, luxurious taxi.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2017 3:32:17 GMT
Just looked at them on Auto Trader (4 for sale). Cheapest one says "EXTREMELY RARE CAR!".
They have odd badging, as they have a Hyundai badge on the boot, but the Genesis one on the bonnet.
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Post by PG on Jul 11, 2017 13:33:05 GMT
I drove something big and Hyundai badged in the US a few years ago. It was comfortable, quiet and incredibly anonymous.
At the price they were asking for this Genesis it was never going to succeed in the UK. It needed to be way, way cheaper to stand any chance.
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Post by Tim on Jul 11, 2017 13:39:32 GMT
I think I've seen a couple of those in Dundee.
If you slapped some Merc badges on it nobody would raise a query.
The £30k, 42k mile 15 plate one doesn't appear to be the used barge bargain you'd expect, although the newer ones are better value.
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Post by Big Blue on Jul 11, 2017 13:48:19 GMT
Hyundai have always done well in the US: no idea why. I think it's that they fulfil the American car-owner brief of starting first time every time forever.
I still remember the '80s radio ads:
[insipid American female voice] Sunday, Monday Hyundai. [/insipid American female voice]
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 11, 2017 14:01:38 GMT
In the US Genesis is to Hyundai what Lexus is to Toyota and it competes directly against the LS460. It does pretty well I understand and acts a range-topper and halo car for Hyundai in general. The Americans are generally much m more open-minded when it comes to new brands and give them more of a chance compared to us brand snobbish Europeans.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jul 12, 2017 13:35:14 GMT
Hyundai have always done well in the US: no idea why. I think it's that they fulfil the American car-owner brief of starting first time every time forever. I still remember the '80s radio ads: [insipid American female voice] Sunday, Monday Hyundai. [/insipid American female voice] I remember Hyundai being pronounced "Hon day" in the early stages of their US advertising, presumably to sound like Honda. Over here we used to have, "Hi tech, hi spec, Hyundai" whereas now it has gone from hi-un-die to he-un-die. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jul 12, 2017 13:38:12 GMT
Just looked at them on Auto Trader (4 for sale). Cheapest one says "EXTREMELY RARE CAR!". They have odd badging, as they have a Hyundai badge on the boot, but the Genesis one on the bonnet. One of those is new at 50.5k. A year old 9k miler is 27.5k That is some depreciation hit. I've never seen one. Or maybe I have and just didn't even notice it. |
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 13, 2017 12:41:24 GMT
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I think if anyone has seen more than one in a week, chances are it will have been Nelson
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jul 13, 2017 20:17:11 GMT
I I think if anyone has seen more than one in a week, chances are it will have been Nelson I doubt even a Hyundai dealer has seen that many. |
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