Had it come out one year earlier, the Hyundai Genesis Coupe would have been the hottest car on the market, joining only the then-aging Ford Mustang and the overweight reborn Dodge Challenger as stylish coupes with lots of power and rear-wheel-drive under $30,000.
But that timing was not to be. Instead, the 2010 Genesis Coupe – which ended its week with the DC Car Examiner last Thursday – came out at the same time as a redesigned and greatly improved Mustang and an overachieving new Chevrolet Camaro. The comparisons were inevitable.
But as convenient as the timing is for comparing this Hyundai against the Big Three’s retro muscle cars, the Genesis Coupe faces other competition as well. Sporty front-drive coupes like the Mitsubishi Eclipse and the two-door Honda Accord or Nissan Altima are easy to ignore when your spec sheet matches that of the long-awaited Camaro, but they shouldn’t be forgotten.
At least, you should not forget to compare them to the Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Whether you forget those cars once you have depends on what you want from your coupe.
To begin, what is the difference between these two coupes:
On the left, we have the Mitsubishi Eclipse, actually a liftback based on Mitsubishi’s Galant midsize sedan, which can be equipped with a 3.8-liter V6 that offers 265 horsepower. An engine that is the highlight of that car’s driving experience yet that is still flattened by the Hyundai’s 306 hp, 306 hp that appear on regular gasoline rather than the Eclipse’s premium at that.
On the right we have our Genesis Coupe, this particular car a loaded 3.8 Track model. With suspension tuning and powerful brakes that are designed for more than public streets, its underpinnings defy any passing similarities to what Hyundai USA’s CEO refers to as “sporty FWD pretenders.”
The V6-powered Genesis Coupe – as opposed to the standard 2.0T 4-cylinder turbo models – blends the basic styling themes of these “pretenders” with performance and body layout not unlike a significantly pricier Infiniti G37 coupe, creating the Hyundai that’s thrown into comparisons against the latest American muscle.
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