Surprise, surprise; 14 official, high-res images of the forthcoming Hyundai Genesis Coupe found their way into the internet this morning, despite Hyundai’s initial plans to reveal its first rear-wheel-drive coupe at the New York Show opening on March 19, 2008. To be totally honest, the Genesis Coupe’s appearance is no shocker for us here at Carscoop -and not because of the LA Show Concept, but because we had the chance to see the production model in a set of pics shot during a marketing presentation that took place in the US in June 2007 (click here).
Despite the fact that we don’t have a press release in our hands yet, Hyundai did reveal a few official details on the coupe last year. According to the Korean carmaker, the Genesis coupe will be powered by a 3.8-liter V6 engine producing more than 300 Hp. Matted to a six-speed manual gearbox, the 4,666 mm / 183.7 in. long 2+2 coupe will sprint from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in under 6.0 sec. Sales of the Coupe in the US are expected to start in early 2009.
Although this hasn’t been verified, at last year’s marketing presentation it was said that the Genesis Coupe will also be offered with a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder unit producing 215 Hp with prices set at $19,900 and $25,900 for the 4- and 6-cylinder models respectively. We’ll have all the official information on the Genesis Coupe at next week’s NY Show opening. –Image gallery after the jump
