Best for them to make sure the coupe sells well before investing in convertible development.

Would have been the only real selling point. The coupe doesnt have the power of the sedan so a convertible wouldnt have done any harm.

Now its going to be blown away by everything else in the class because it doesnt have the power or anything else that makes it more attractive than the competition.

Its just another bland Hyundai in a parking lot. Killed off because it threatened the money maker sedan.

@Sandman:

Get a clue. Convertibles account for less than 5% of total car sales in the US. I'm pretty sure Hyundai isn't making that big of a mistake. Edmunds gave the car rave reviews after driving it saying the only think it lacked was a smoother highway ride. They also said it's almost the exact same experience driving the Gen Coupe as it is driving a G37. Get a clue before trying to sound smart.

So it also rides like a typical Hyundai. This just isn't looking good at all.

Hey Gary if you like it so much, why don't you buy the under powered, under featured coupe. I need someone to laugh at.

@Sandman

Personally I do not think that it's powertain stinks. In fact I was quite excited about the first drive article posted on edmunds yesterday.What did put an end to my short love affair was the butter face. The ass of this car is pure sex but the front end is all econobox.

It doesn't even become apparent at first, but start with the grille work your way to the fog lights, and by the time you pass the headlight and are going across the front fender you realize this is not the ride you thought you had fallen for only a few body panels away.

@Sandman:

Might want to get the sand out of your vag. You obviously haven't ridden in a Hyundai ever. None of them are too stiff, they all have fairly Honda/Squishy suspension setups. You truely are a moron.

good one Gary. Haven't heard the old sand out of the crotch before. Had to dig deep on that one. You must not like yourself very much if you have to spend all your time berating other people to make yourself feel better.

Regardless its under powered and under featured. What doesn't have 200HP and a 6 sec 0-60. Its been maimed so it doesn't interfere with the money making sedan. Thats the facts get over it.

Its going to have a very hard time competing with the A5, G37, and Mustang.

Competing with the A5 and G37? Are you serious? Those cars cost literally twice as much as this one. Does Scion compete with Infiniti? Does Chevy compete with Cadillac? Get a clue.

Uhm yes. That is the point indeed. Its made to take on those models at a reduced price. Just like a Chevy Impala is designed to take on a Cadillac at a reduced price with similar features. Its a coupe going against other coupes. Whether it cost more or not is immaterial if the performance and package it includes is intended to be similar enough to steal sales from those models.

The Genesis sedan goes for the jugular of Mercs and its certainly not in the same price bracket. Why do you insist on making an exception on the coupe, because it failed??? Just because the coupe fails at taking on a G37 or A5 doesnt mean that wasnt its purpose.

Try getting a clue yourself.

@Sandman:

I like myself fine, perhaps a little too much actually...

I like how you're saying the car failed at it's goal when the damn thing hasn't even been released in the USA yet. What are it's official 0-60, 1/4 mile, EPA MPG, base price, loaded price? If you can fill me in on this information then perhaps your totally baseless claim will hold some water, but until that time I still say you need to get a clue.

It's like saying the Chevy Volt failed against the next gen Prius, not possible since neither have been released. Besides I'll take the opinion of people who have driven the car, over some keyboard jocky who has probably never even taken a car through a slalom.

What are you talking about? Chevy Impala trying to steal sales from Cadillac at a reduced price? You are truly ignorant. Are you aware that both vehicles are products of GM? The Genesis sedan and coupe are not competing against cars that cost twice as much. They are offering 95% of those targeted benchmark cars at 50% of the cost. Hence the significance of their offerings. There are a large number of people who post on this site who obviously have no real knowledge of the issues they attempt to address. You must be their leader.

Seriously how dumb are you people? Inter-corporation team battles spring up all the time. Its a way to keep competition going. That practice died out in the late 90's but is in full swing now.

Its a classic battle. In the 90's it was always team Camaro vs team Corvette. The Camaro was hands down better than the Mustang every year not because the Mustang was the bar to surpass but because they wanted it to hold water against the Vette.

This isn't a new trend. The engineering teams practice one-upmanship all the time. Either you aren't nearly as in depth as you pretend to be or you are too stupid realize the obvious. Theres enough articles and stories about these battles to fill a small library.

Its the reason why GM has such troubles now. The executives got involved in the model designs and intentionally castrated certain models to keep them from going after each others market not realizing that the competition between the two was the driving force for better cars.

The same has now happened with the Gensis coupe vs sedan. The smaller coupe should be hands down a better performer than the sedan. Theres no reason it shouldn't be. The corporate big wigs stepped in and intentionally lowered the bar for the coupe so it didnt cannibalize the sales of the sedan. Now the coupe not only wont compete with high end models like the sedan does with Mercedes and the coupe should do against a G37 but with the current specs will have a hard time finding a spot in low budget models against the likes of Mustangs and Camaros.

Lets take two new models, the Camaro and the Genesis coupe and see the numbers at the end of the year. Any takers on who will sale more?

@Sandman:

It doesn't all work like the Coke and Coke Zero commercials on TV. The coupe was never meant to and couldn't compete with the sedan. Who is their right mind is cross shopping a $40k Luxo cruiser with a $26k Sport coupe? Again, all you claims are baseless unless you can come up with some numbers for the Coupe? Is it really slower, does it handle worse, does it have less traction?

I'll restate my previous statement since you obviously didn't see it: If you can fill me in on this information then perhaps your totally baseless claim will hold some water, but until that time I still say you need to get a clue.

Camaro vs Genesis depends on if you're counting all Camaro sales or just the V6 sub $26k camaros that the Genesis is meant to compete against.

Again, you can't just decide which submodel you want it to compete against. If its in the segment then it competes against all models in the segment. If they don't bring the proper setup to take on all the models then it fails.

The Genesis Sedan came with a low and high end model. The Camaro will come with a low and high. Both brand new cars. Whats the problem with the coupe...

I dont need to do your research for you. I thought you were so in depth and all knowing. The damn thing is going to be released in just a few weeks. Its all done and the specs are out.

@Sandman:

Again, where are those specs??? There are no official 0-60, MPG, price, or any of that yet. You are obvioulsy a person who can't admit they're wrong, probably a religious nut job.

I've seen your comments. You are hardly the one to admit when you are wrong. And you pretty much are.

Common man the specs are out there. I'm not going to hold your hand here. Less than a month away from debut and you can't find them. Not much of an enthusiast.

I'm not religious at all. You got more strikes against you then worth counting up.