Hyundai Get it Right
New Coupe could give Hyundai street cred at last!
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Hyundai’s stylish HCD8 supercar concept was unveiled in Detroit.
The HCD8 is the first car to come from the all-new $30 million Hyundai Design and Technical Centre in Irvine, California. The difference is startling with the car having real presence and should appeal to enthusiasts rather than aged women from Middlesborough.
Joel Piaskowski, Chief Designer at the Hyundai Design and Technical Centre, said: "The Hyundai HCD8 sports tourer was designed to address the sporty car market and still meet the values and needs of today’s consumer. "
He added: "The HCD8 is designed to be a high-performance car for everday use. We also stayed true to the core Hyundai asset of making it good value – the HCD8 offers more value within its market segment ."
Chris Zarlenga, Design Manager of the HCD8 project said: "To increase accessibility to the rear seat we lengthened the door apertures and by increasing the height of the rear profile and optimising storage space, we were also able to add interior utility ."
The HCD8 with its supercharged 2.7-litre V6 engine, 6-speed manual transaxle and tuned dual exhaust provides performance to match its styling.
The driver can adjust the ride height a total of four inches through the air suspension. The vehicle can sit low for high-speed touring or can be raised to handle poor weather, avoid ridiculous speed bumps or any other situation where additional ground clearance is needed.
The HCD8 also features state-of-art lighting. The LPI-supplied optics use LED technology. The LED lights burn brighter, and are more energy efficient than current lighting systems. In addition, they are expected to last for the life of the vehicle. Unlike incandescent bulbs, LED lighting performance does not deteriorate during its life.
Joel added: "Hyundai is about being bold and different in an automotive market that is not usually willing to take risks. Hyundai’s dramatic growth has been fuelled by the ability to offer customers greater value at a lower price point. Now we are taking that to a new design level. The HCD8 represents what a next-generation sports car from Hyundai could be ."
Let's hope so!
LED lighting is used in homes and buildings (underfoot as well due to low heat output)
but the use of these lights in car headlights
...COOL !
I really like the look of this car. The curves + distribution of mass make it look ...solid ?
Can only imagine what it would look like in silver or black (or even red !)
I'm not a huge fan of yellow for a car colour !
Ramesh
London
>>> Edited by robertuk on Thursday 8th January 03:50
Hyundai proved they can build a good car. Let's hope this one will do the trick in the Z350 zone.
This one isn't in production is it?
'The HCD-7 strikes an imposing stance. For power, the car uses a 270-hp 4.5-liter V8'
www.edmunds.com/media/2002/chicago/hyundai.hcd7.r34.500.jpg
>> Edited by dinkel on Thursday 8th January 13:34
Big_M said:
ooops - looks like someone has cocked up their marketing research.
Article said said:
The difference is startling with the car having real presence and should appeal to enthusiasts rather than aged women from Middlesborough.
I actually quite like it.
Debs (aged woman from Essex)
If someone's going to make a Clarkson type comment about my home town, can they at least get the spelling right. There's no such place as Middlesborough.
Tony, (aged man from Middlesbrough)
(And we won last night !!! (not that anyone on here cares)
) Quite like to car tho.
t1grm said:
Just to p**s off Stig and Dontlift:
Looks a bit like a Porsche 968 from the rear
Wont piss me off chap, I have a 944 and your right it is almost as ugly as a 968 from the rear
That is one seriously horrible car, just hope I never see one for real
>> Edited by dontlift on Thursday 8th January 16:32
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