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Hyundais caught testing in high elevations
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Remember: When traveling to faraway locales, always have your camera. A reader by the name of Steve did just so and was rewarded with some pictures of Hyundai's latest and greatest models. Why, you may wonder, was the Korean automaker testing these vehicles? They were likely undergoing high elevation testing, as they were snapped on Mount Evans in Colorado. The Mount Evans Scenic Byway, leading to the summit overlook, is the highest paved road in North America (thanks, Wikipedia!).
There's plenty to see here. We've all seen the Genesis Coupe before, but not in yellow, and it looks good. The Portico doesn't really get the blood boiling, but it could turn into an important Edge\Traverse fighter for the Koreans. Perhaps the most interesting car here is 
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SilverAero 12:41PM (8/23/2008)
I agree, the coupe does look good in yellow. It's a nice yellow and seams to work well with the car's lines and curves.
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SOhp101 1:03PM (8/23/2008)
Looks sexy. still not a fan of their interiors but they're really starting to win me over.
Torrent 4:21PM (8/23/2008)
I'd think it'd look like a tuner's car gone wild in yellow, but it does actually look nice.
jsjs 11:40AM (8/24/2008)
Yep - somehow, the yellow on the coupe make the lines look good, at least from behind (better than in red).
Still have a problem w/ the front w/ the too small grille (tho the black hood on the "concept" did alleviate that problem).
Not exactly a fan of the Genesis sedan's interior, but the coupe's interior is really well done (the 2009 Sonata's is pretty nice too).
Michael 12:42PM (8/23/2008)
I've been there. It's beautiful. And the climb up is great... by foot up the mountain, or by car up the road...
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Franz 12:43PM (8/23/2008)
The Genesis coupe looks surprisingly good in yellow.
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Smegley 12:45PM (8/23/2008)
That Genesis Coupe is looking very very hot indeed!
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mike 12:52PM (8/23/2008)
I love the Genesis coupe, but that front, it just doesn't do it for me. I mean look at what a great front can do for a car Camaro, Lancer, Mustang, if Genesis had a better looking front they'd unstopable.
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geo.stewart 9:29AM (8/24/2008)
+1
mike 12:52PM (8/23/2008)
But i do have to add that the back looks great
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ultima 12:56PM (8/23/2008)
@ autoblog
I think the sedan in disguise is the Kia version of the genesis..not the equus successor
the window lines are different..
http://cfs2.tistory.com/upload_control/download.blog?fhandle=YmxvZzk1MjM4QGZzMi50aXN0b3J5LmNvbTovYXR0YWNoLzAvMTcwMDAwMDAwMDE3LmpwZw==
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Benfolio 1:35PM (8/23/2008)
You and Kotse win 1,000 internets!
Kotse 12:59PM (8/23/2008)
Jeremy, your purported heavily disguised Equus in pic #1 is actually the Azera based Kia luxo sedan code named 'VG" according to other Kia web sources...and from your A-blog compatriot John Neff.
http://thecarblogger.blogspot.com/2008/07/spied-kia-vg.html
http://www.kia-world.net/index.php/2008/08/11/death-valley-2010-kia-vg-sedan-spied/
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/05/spy-shots-azera-based-kia-luxury-sedan-spotted/
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cFoo 1:02PM (8/23/2008)
wow. that yellow thing is a Hyundai? simply amazing! kudos to the Hyundai design team.
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Rainy99 1:27PM (8/23/2008)
I drank the Hyundai KoolAid. I have an '09 Sonata limited 4 cyl. I am very happy with the purchase so far. Go Hyundai!
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SCBG 1:29PM (8/23/2008)
I've driven (multiple times) and ridden via bicycle the road up Mt Evans and when you do that you can see multiple manufacturers testing their products in some degree of camo. If you drive I70 through the mountains on the way up to the primary road that takes you to Mt Evans you see a lot of camo'd vehicles. Down in Denver, if you know where to look or are simply lucky, you'll see "staging" areas for these tests. Back in '97 I saw what was probably 25+ camo'd Mercedes that would leave from the top of a parking garage (I worked in a building overlooking it) each and every morning for about a week. Most of the cars were M class which had not been released at that point.
While I believe the market for two door GT's (I'll call cars like the Genesis Cpe, Camaro, Mustang, etc GT's) is pretty small in today's world, I believe the Genesis is far superior to the Camaro and Mustang for today's world. What this really means is that the platform/design seems to be more sustainable from a sales standpoint then the Camaro (Mustang seems to sell no matter what but I believe it's market is a bit different). With that said I have no evidence to prove that.
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carfan001 1:36PM (8/23/2008)
Damn ... you could have sold those to Priddy and made some easy money!!
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carfan001 1:50PM (8/23/2008)
Damn ... you could have sold those to Priddy and made some easy $$$
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fm 6:08PM (8/23/2008)
DAM that yellow Hyundai looks good! It's the first time I've seen a Genesis I enjoyed to look at. It could still use a new front end imo.
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Patrick 6:10PM (8/23/2008)
I Was driving through the rockies the day before yesterday. georgetown, co to be exact. i also two cars together one was a genesis sedan but it had a kia badge on the grille and also a blue genesis coupe with the rear end camoed and also with a kia badge on the front end. unfortunately i did not have my cam with me
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