Took my Genesis to the shop again today for some repairs, recall, and a little service work.
I got a loaner as they said they would need to keep my Genesis at least a week, no problem, I don't mind that.
So, they gave me a 2013 Sonota 4 cyl Turbo!!! Whole speed demon Batman... this thing will flat out haul the mail.......... I could not believe (with ESC on) it would burn rubber for a good 20' and then catch 2nd gear (automatic too) and burn rubber another 5-8 feet!!! I knew it had a good bit of power when I was getting on the interstate just after leaving the dealership, but, I had NO idea how powerful. I'd bet this thing will keep up or even be faster than my 4.6L Genesis from 0-50ish...... This thing does not have a turbo-lag that I could notice, and the power came on very quickly. Not roll on like the Genesis. Not complaining about how the Genesis delivers it's power more smoothly, but, on rare occasions I want to show my buddies the power of the Genesis, it's very unimpressive until you hit around 90-100 and it's still pulling like a freight train...... nothing impressive about the Genesis in roll-on acceleration IMO. Maybe the 5.0L is way different, I've never drive one, but, the 4.6L just rolls on power kinda' moderately but it doesn't flatten out till beyond legal speeds that I'm not going to attempt.
Anyway, don't know if any of you have ever driven the Sonata Turbo, but, if you ever see on one the streets and have a chance to engage in a little street race (cough cough)..... be careful..... you just might get whipped.
I got a loaner as they said they would need to keep my Genesis at least a week, no problem, I don't mind that.
So, they gave me a 2013 Sonota 4 cyl Turbo!!! Whole speed demon Batman... this thing will flat out haul the mail.......... I could not believe (with ESC on) it would burn rubber for a good 20' and then catch 2nd gear (automatic too) and burn rubber another 5-8 feet!!! I knew it had a good bit of power when I was getting on the interstate just after leaving the dealership, but, I had NO idea how powerful. I'd bet this thing will keep up or even be faster than my 4.6L Genesis from 0-50ish...... This thing does not have a turbo-lag that I could notice, and the power came on very quickly. Not roll on like the Genesis. Not complaining about how the Genesis delivers it's power more smoothly, but, on rare occasions I want to show my buddies the power of the Genesis, it's very unimpressive until you hit around 90-100 and it's still pulling like a freight train...... nothing impressive about the Genesis in roll-on acceleration IMO. Maybe the 5.0L is way different, I've never drive one, but, the 4.6L just rolls on power kinda' moderately but it doesn't flatten out till beyond legal speeds that I'm not going to attempt.
Anyway, don't know if any of you have ever driven the Sonata Turbo, but, if you ever see on one the streets and have a chance to engage in a little street race (cough cough)..... be careful..... you just might get whipped.
