Hyundai Genesi go flying off transport truck in South Korea
Posted Mar 25th 2008 2:57PM by Michael Harley
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Etc., Hyundai

Hyundai expects the
2009 Genesis Sedan to fly off the showroom floor. However, few were probably amused when a pair of the brand-new Korean sedans took a leap from a transporter. We don't know many details other than the incident occurred somewhere in South Korea. Of course, we don't consider this incident extremely newsworthy, but as a blog we do find these automotive-related human errors with expensive aftermaths rather fascinating. Keep 'em coming.
[Source:
CarScoop]
Tags: Crash, Cruched, hyundai, hyundai genesis, hyundai genesis coupe, Hyundai Gensis Sedan, hyundaigenesis, HyundaiGenesisCoupe, HyundaiGensisSedan, Incident, Transporter, Wrecked
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
f3rg @ Mar 25th 2008 2:59PM
Man, what a waste. :(
Seoultrain @ Mar 25th 2008 3:02PM
That beige one looks beautiful on its side.
Brett- BMW Advo @ Mar 25th 2008 3:13PM
noo.. nowww they look good!
zamafir @ Mar 25th 2008 3:17PM
so is that bentley esc badge making it stateside? :P
John R @ Mar 25th 2008 3:18PM
Between this and the wrecked GT-R in Malaysia Ebay is going to be a "good as new" parts bonanza.
sophie @ Mar 25th 2008 3:24PM
those genesi have klingon forehead grills (w/ pseudo-bentley badge above them) ... what happened to the vertical black bar for the korean market version? i wanted that here, but instead they got our ugly version there ...
k.w.a @ Mar 25th 2008 3:27PM
lol
polar @ Mar 25th 2008 3:28PM
Blur the back plates buy not the front... nice going. LOL
I for one can't wait to give this a test drive when it hits the states.
Jon @ Mar 25th 2008 3:34PM
I am not surprised. When I lived in Seoul it was not uncommon to see motorbikes used to deliver natural gas to homes. Of course to get the most tanks on the back of a motorbike, one has to lay them on their side in pairs, and then stack them sometimes as high as 12 or 18.
Hooper @ Mar 25th 2008 3:34PM
Since 'genesis' is a Greek word, I doubt its plural is 'genesi'.
jgp @ Mar 25th 2008 3:44PM
Correct. The proper plural is 'geneses' (or 'geneseis' if you want to be closer to the original Greek).
almost Dr. G.. @ Mar 25th 2008 4:02PM
i love the fact that there are tools like me on autoblog..
thanks dude!
Matt @ Mar 25th 2008 5:26PM
Wait, Genesis in this case is a proper noun, so wouldn't the plural be Genesises? Like Lexuses and Focuses? Hmm, not sure on this one!
Hooper @ Mar 26th 2008 9:14AM
@Matt: Re: The plural of 'Lexus'
FWIW, the plural of 'nexus' (in English, anyway) is 'nexus' or 'nexuses'.
Jordan @ Mar 25th 2008 3:35PM
Serves them right for coping so many car companies in one single design
BirdmanSTX @ Mar 25th 2008 3:42PM
... and for copying so many car companies too... :)
pscs @ Mar 25th 2008 4:03PM
the tail lights resemble the 3 series coupe...
jsjs @ Mar 25th 2008 4:28PM
That's better than Lexus doing a straight-up rip-off of the S-Class when it introduced the LS - and at least the Genesis is better looking.
psarhjinian @ Mar 25th 2008 4:33PM
Yes, they have four wheels, four doors and an engine in the front. Obviously a rip-off.
Look, if you want original, ask Scion to bring the Hako to production or Pontiac to resurrect the Aztek. Otherwise, accept the fact that people, by and large, don't want weird cards.
C.W. @ Mar 25th 2008 3:40PM
that's the perfect place for them.