My 5000 mile review

[wbartel]

So, my M35 accepts full voice input of destination. Does Gen allow this or not?

 

[Sonata2009]

Yup, it sure does!

 

[justincheckin]

Informative review, thanks!

 

[mikec]

To add to the manual tranny mode, shifting on its own sometimes info... many years ago I rented a Ford Probe (a Mazda 626 under the skin) in Colorado. It had a manual mode on the tranny - and it did exactly what it was told. If you left it in "D" and tried to pull out from a stop, it tried to pull out in high gear. You were as slow as the city bus next to you! It didn't shift at redline either; the engine rev limiter kicked in and did its job.

I noticed the Genesis 4.6's tranny will drop back to 1st automatically (in manual mode) when you come to a complete stop. So you don't have to downshift half a dozen times at each traffic light. I do like that feature. But overall the manual mode doesn't do much for me... I come from 5-speed sticks with clutch pedals. Paddle shifters or +/- console shift levers just don't compare - in my opinion of course. I may make more use of it next time I visit the folks - long highway drive, up and down mountain roads where engine braking is necessary. And when accelerating to blow past a long line of slow RVs/trucks.

Thanks wallymn for the original review. Especially the comparisons to the BMW and M45 since I considered those briefly. I'm not a BWM fan (long-term reliability - or lack thereof - history) and the M45 seemed too somber, tomb-like. I'm rather short so I felt like I was sitting in a deep dark bathtub with limited visibility. And for the price? No comparison!

mike c.

 

[ImInPA]

Really great review!!! Thank you for sharing. The doors close with the "honed from a solid block of metal" sound. really great work by Hyundai.

 

[[NOBODY]]

Well, ideally the engine will not shift unless you specify it, period. In some cars with a manual mode to the automatic transmission, if you put the transmission in manual mode and run it up to redline, the rev limiter will cut in and bounce you back down 500 RPMs. But it will not change gears, and you can run right up to the rev limiter and get bounced back down again and again without forcing a gear shift.

I could be remembering wrong, but I know I've read that some luxury sport sedan has that feature. Maybe the Infiniti G37?

Not sure about the G37, but the G8 GT will bounce off the redline all day without shifting.

Great review. I did notice that the Gen sedan has bad wheel-hop (rear-end coming loose under power in transitions or turns when hitting rough road surfaces like expansion joints).