I know there was a lot of praise and excitement about the Genesis coupe when it first came out, but I'm wondering if anyone actually made the jump and purchased one. If so... thoughts? A "longer than a test drive" or "not regurgitating lines from a magazine" review would be nice.

 

I'm curious too. (Not thinking of purchasing one, just curious. I've seen a number of them around here and they look pretty sharp.)

 

my neighbore has a green one. Its still gonna take me time to get over the whole hyundai thing. And really, they've only gotten to par with other manufacturers if not still a little behind. The geni coup reminds me of an '04 350z for 2010. Problem is we now have 370zs you see what i mean?

 

One of my workmates has one - a yellow 3.8. I'm not overly impressed with it so far. It just seems heavy.

But that's the only information I have on it that I can share. I would be interested in hearing from an actual owner.

 

As someone has pointed out, you can get a far quicker, better-handling 370Z for similar money to a Genesis 3.6. Those cars aren't even comparable (370Z wins easily).

 

[QUOTE=JonBoy,Nov 18 2010, 12:43 PM] As someone has pointed out, you can get a far quicker, better-handling 370Z for similar money to a Genesis 3.6.

 

Yeah, I noticed that there wasn't much price difference between the 3.8 and the 370Z (which I haven't driven yet, either), but the 2.0T is closer to what I'd like to spend. Just wondering what owners thought about them.

I'd definitely have to replace that front bumper, though. It just doesn't look good to me.

 

The only engine worth having in a GC is the 3.8 V6 imo. The 4 cyl is a dog with the factory turbo. The leather seats are nice, but some of the interior plastics are too hard and grainy imo - reminiscent of the car's $20k starting price.

A base 370Z is ~$30k, the same price as the top of the line GC, but you can get a V6 GC for ~27k, and the GC has 300 hp vs 330, in a package that weighs basically the same. Nissan has at least improved what the base Z comes with, but the GC package looks more like the Infiniti G37 coupe imo.

Overall though I think the 370Z is more un to drive - it has a locomotive quality to it and feels solid in corners where the GC feels heavy. Hyundai suspensions don't have the polish of the competition since they don't have the experience imo.

 

And drives like a G35.

 

Hmm, just a sampling of various trim MSRPs: (and hp and EPA numbers)

$22,828 - Genesis Coupe 2.0T Base (210, 21/30)
$24,810 - Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec (210, 21/30)
$25,403 - Mustang V6 Premium (305, 19/29)
$29,335 - 370Z Base (332, 18/26)
$30,628 - Gnensis Coupe 3.8 Track (306, 17/26)

$22,828 is an insane price these days, IMO. Ten years ago the equivalent dollar amount was only $17,897 due to inflation. That's nearly half what I paid for my S2000 back then!

All come standard with a 6spd manual btw, which is nice.