Well fellas, I just got home after a long day....got up at 6 a.m., drove 2 hours to Roseville Hyundai (which bills itself as the largest Hyundai dealership in California), and to make a long story short, I picked myself up a little present.....

2009 Hyundai Genesis 3.8 w/ the Premium Plus Package
(I skipped the $4k Tech Package because the only thing I really wanted...

We got the call today that ours will be here in 10-14 days.

John Krafcik talking abouot Genesis

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yjia6K0Rnqg

I was bored and browsing around on hmaservice and ran across the PDF on how you check transmission fluid on this thing. Did anybody else see that? Holy crap! No dipstick from what it looks like. Plug in the scan tool, make sure you get the fluid to the proper temperature, run it through the gears, put the car up on a hoist, remove a drain plug, if stuff comes out then it has fluid in it. ...

Just thought I'd post this to let you guys know...

We got a bulletin today about the base model radios in the Genesis. The bulletin states that some of the base model radio amplifiers are having problems. When the cars first arrive at the dealerships, we are being instructed to "stress" the amplifier as part of the pre-delivery inspection process by turning the bass all...

http://hyundainews.ca/eng/genesis/gene...06-18-2008.html


Oh baby.... You sexy beast!!!!!!!

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Autoblog Gallery (some GREAT new shots.....I like the wheels):


I can't wait until tomorrow. After months of drooling over and analyzing every detail and new article I will actually get to sit in and drive the...

This made me laugh for 2 reasons.
1. I thought the V8 isn't going to be out until later this year.
2. As much as I love Hyundai's, who on earth would pay $50,000 for a Genesis?

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Just received the following email from my dealer.

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in the all new Hyundai Genesis! They are due at the dealership by end of the month or the first of July!

I will notify you when the vehicle arrives!!

Have a great day

Just finished reading an article about the Genesis in the August '08 Automobile magazine. Straight forward, some photographs - similar to their earlier website review of the car.

Does anyone know if the Non-Navigation Genesis comes with the control knob? I'm assuming yes, but wasn't sure. I know BMW doesn't include their i-Drive system/control knob on non-Nav models.

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The story of what's underneath -- and inside -- the Hyundai Genesis is central to the story of the car and what Hyundai's trying to do with it. The body-in-white of the Genesis has a larger total body area than the Lexus LS460 and Mercedes S-Class. Yet ten years ago, if we had asked you which carmaker would create a rear-wheel-drive V8 sedan with a body structure that is larger, yet...

It is an old adage to never buy a car in the first or second year of initial production. This would be especially true for the Gensis is new in so many ways.
I am very intriqued by the news so far and it really looks like a great car.
But, based on the suspension issues with my 2007 Azera, I'll wait to see what shows up when the professionals review it and do long term tests on...

Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. announced pricing Wednesday for its all-new premium sedan, the 2009 Genesis - the company's first rear-wheel drive performance sedan.

Prices start at $37,995 for the V6 and $43,995 for the V8.

Complete Article

A Motortrend and an AutomobileMag "first" review. Motortrend's sucks as usual but the AutomobileMag one is very well written.



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Here's a picture of 4.6 model in Korea. I believe a Hyundai employee drove this around since they are not selling this model there.


Check out the 8th picture. The parking brake is gone. It seems they'll use the auto parking brake....

Let me preface this by saying I am VERY excited to see/drive the new Genesis. It looks/sounds to be a great vehicle.

With that said, I have a few disappointments, at least in reference to the V6 model.

-No power folding exterior mirrors (Azera has this)
-No power rear sunshade (Azera has this)
-No adjustable pedals (again, the less expensive Azera has this)

If you visit hyundaigenesis.com, get past the intro, then click "specs" on the bottom - do the links on the right side of the screen work for you? "Chassis", "Warranty", etc.? They're all dead for me, tried on IE and Firefox. Looks like this one might have slipped past QA.

Half of our sales team is going on the 7th (I being one of them) and the other half on the 8th. It will be at the Marriott in St. Louis. They're going to have a road course and everything setup where we can drive the Genesis and compare to the BMW, Lexus, and Infiniti vehicles. At the Veracruz launch event the Hyundai executives told us to "have a blast, and try to flip...

If anybody interested in upcoming new TV commercial for Genesis, you can go to the following link and see some of the shots for Genesis.( it is from a Korean blog site)

http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/lalalala25/1368800?c=4

Here is the link http://hyundainews.com/Media_Kits/2009...is/Features.asp.

enjoy

I was out back in the yard today and my friend calls me as he's coming over. "Get up front and see the black car about to go by." Knowing I couldn't get up there in time, I asked him what it was. "It's a Genesis." I sprinted up the side yard and jumped into his car. I know the guy who has it as he works for Hyundai and always gets the newest and the best.

For those of you that know Jersey I was coming home from Wildwood on the AC expressway and I see a Lexus LS coming up the left lane. I take a look and see Genesis wheels and a Hyundai emblem, my mouth opened and I said that's a Genesis! Everyone looked at me default/bwekk.gif' 'bwekk.gif'...

Hey all, go vote for the Genesis as sedan youd want to ride in , lower left of main page.

http://autoweek.com/

Hyundai plans on spending $80 Million dollars to launch and market Genesis. They are playing for all the marbles here.

http://adage.com/article?article_id=127417

Like I said in the previous post I will likely get anxious and buy another Lux car when I get back to the states rather than wait for the Genesis. I have seen the Genesis on the roads here in Korea, and I must admit it is a handsome car. However, all I see here in Korea is primarily Hyundais so its hard for me to imagine anything else. That being said, I have done quite a bit of research on the...

This is long. It's me again. My last post was supposed to be a comparison of the Genesis, versus my interest.

Well here is some background. I am in the Army stationed in Korea. I had to go to Seoul today (Yongsan) and as I was leaving the unit I was visiting, I had to go off post, turned a corner, and there in a display window of a Hyundai dealer was a brand new black Genesis. I...

http://hyundainews.com/Media_Kits/2009...sis/Pricing.asp

Here ya go. The official pricing. No 3.3L engine.

i wonder if lexicon system is only available on top of the range model...
i will probably trade in my sonata for a 290bhp engine one...but also wanting to have lexicon system as well...dunno if it will be available and/if...at what price...
anyone got a clue??

News wire services are reporting that 700 Genesis sedans bound for the U.S. have already been pre-sold and Hyundai has received over 20,000 inquiries since the vehicle's unveiling in Detroit.
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Hyundai has already presold 700 Genesis sedans in U.S.
Posted on: May 26th, 2008
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Here is the Link to a Test Edmunds conducted in South Korea. 0-60 in 5.9sec from a stop. Not bad.

http://edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drive...rticleId=126514

Just found some more.
It seems they all just came back from Korea.






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http://autoblog.com/2008/05/27/first-d...-genesis-sedan/

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Hyundai has finally updated the Genesis website, which was nothing more than a patchwork of unimaginative images of low res quality to something much better looking, with new details, and looking far more upscale to match the luxury like ambiance of the soon to be released Genesis sedan. For those of us who have been critical of the previously released site, I think this is a major improvement.

As I stated, take it with a grain of salt - they could very well be full of it. With that said, the GM at our Hyundai dealer said that for the initial roll out of the sedan each dealership will get ONE. He didn't say what model, color, etc., he just said ONE per dealership.

If I hear any more about the truthfulness of this I'll post back. This would really suck as I'm...

SoCal Euro's eagle-eyed forum fan-boy by the name of "dub*man" caught some shots of the new 2009 Hyundai Genesis at rest in a local SoCal parking lot. We're assuming it wasn't just stopping for a quick bite at a local Korean BBQ joint. Whatever it was doing there without manny plates affixed to the back end, we're happy he caught some clearer shots of the new four-door...

Comparing the Genesis to the Sonata in front of it. Yeah, it's a weird angle but you can see the difference. Check out the wheel size difference !


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the 4.6 will be available in Canada

Saw a Genesis on I-95 heading north-bound into NJ from PA this morning while driving to work. Didn't really think about it until I read today that the car won't be available for at least a couple months. I called my local dealership and got the same story, not available until early summer at best. Now I'm wondering what I saw. Wish I paid more attention. It was definitely a Genesis...

Anyone live close to this place in Montgomery, AL ?