1. Yes
2. I thought Peter Schreyer was Kia? (though there is a credit to him on Wikipedia for the 2016 Hyundai Tucson).
Schreyer got a promotion as head of design for both Hyundai and Kia, tho too early for any Hyundai production model totally overseen by Schreyer (thinking that Schreyer might have had some say in some minor touches on the new Tucson).
I think Hyundai is going to scrap the genesis coupe and rightfully so.
Might ditch the
Genesis moniker for the new RWD coupe (see below).
The second generation Genesis Coupe should be just as much an upgrade to the first as it was for the Genesis Sedan.
The Coupe DOES need to come upmarket. This is important because "Genesis", whether Hyundai wants it to be or not, is a BRAND. There's no reason to have a more Hyundai-like "Genesis Coupe" than a Genesis-like "Genesis Coupe".
ALL the features from the Genesis Sedan should be found in the Coupe besides a V8. I don't feel it's necessary for the smaller car. UNLESS they're going head to head with cars like the M3, S4, ATS-V and C-AMG, RC-F, etcetera. If they ARE, then a V8 is important unless they have a VERY powerful twin turbo V6 ready to go. BMW's M3 is going to kick ass and take names with it's V6 and everybody who owns one is going to love it.
If some other car comes along to REPLACE the Genesis Coupe - then that's fine. But there needs to be something available to cover the segment...
Since the new RWD coup really pairs up w/ the upcoming compact sedan, might see it w/ a new moniker.
And agree that a V8 isn't necessary - according to those rumors, the N-performance line of the coupe will get a 3.3TT V6 w/ around 480HP - which would be more than the RC-F w/ its V8 (as I stated before, think will come in more around 350-360HP).
Don't think Hyundai has to beat the ATS-V or the next M3 in performance; just needs to be competitive.
Think reliability will be a bigger issue and would rather see Hyundai do things to increase reliability w/ high FI engines than go all out.
A V8 (FI V8) coupe would be better served w/ a higher end model down the road (something more along the $50-55k range to start).
If Hyundai can keep the production version close to the HND-9 concept and Kia the production version of the GT close to concept form - those 2 should make some waves in their respective segments.
I hope that the coupe will benefit from Albert Biermann's (BMW M chief engineer, now @ Hyundai) influence and these benefits will make their way into a performance version of the sedan. Oh my joy, if they make a legitimate competitor for M cars.
Biermann's probably the man when it comes to performance-line powertrains, but Hyundai and Kia already have good suspension/steering tuners down under.
There are a couple of Aussie publications which think the Aussie-spec Sonata has a better suspension tuning than the Genesis (notwithstanding the input from Lotus).
Just wish H/K USA (and Canada) would ditch their own tuning and just use the Aussie-spec tuning (the UK market has done that for Hyundai on some models).
