It is out now

So I drove past the Hyundai dealer yesterday and the Genesis Coupe was sitting out front Once i get a chance I want to try and take one for a test drive.

Ive looked around online and all the ones near me are premium v6 autos

I think the desirable model will be the Genesis R-Spec, which I believe wont be available until later this year

http://www.gtchannel.com/content.php?cid=55769

I, too, have been jonesing to see one of these up close. I will be waiting for the R-Spec.

I test drove a 2.0 Turbo/6 speed a few weeks ago. It was "nice", but hardly exciting. To me, the most frustrating aspect was the ECU is programmed to let the revs "hang" between shifts. That completely ruined the driving experience for me. I understand, however, that computer reflashes are an option looming on the horizon.

ZOOMiata wrote: I test drove a 2.0 Turbo/6 speed a few weeks ago. It was "nice", but hardly exciting. To me, the most frustrating aspect was the ECU is programmed to let the revs "hang" between shifts. That completely ruined the driving experience for me. I understand, however, that computer reflashes are an option looming on the horizon.

Are you sure its not just an attrociously heavy flywheel? Either way, I F'in hate that!

HiTempguy wrote: Are you sure its not just an attrociously heavy flywheel? Either way, I F'in hate that!

Probably not. Almost all new cars are DBW (drive-by-wire), and that throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.

I used to think my parents' 1991 Passat did that. Then I realized that it simply needed slightly different timing on the shift, and it was my footwork. I adapted and the car stopped "hanging".

Flynlow wrote: ...throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.

My 1995 Chevy C1500 does that, too. It's nothing new.

Saw one this past weekend, 2.0T manual. They opened up the hood, man there is a ton of room where the turbo and downpipe are. Really easy replacement.

I was also thinking for the future, these things are the same orientation as a miata drivetrain, eventually making for a nice locost. They had at a local NASA event, us autox guys were on the ground looking at the suspension to see what sort of camber adjustments might be able to be made. No consensus so far.

Kramer wrote:

Flynlow wrote: ...throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.

My 1995 Chevy C1500 does that, too. It's nothing new.

96 Ranger that does that here. Feels like the Idle control valve sticking but it is a "feature" related to emisions.

porksboy wrote:

Kramer wrote:

Flynlow wrote: ...throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.

My 1995 Chevy C1500 does that, too. It's nothing new.

96 Ranger that does that here. Feels like the Idle control valve sticking but it is a "feature" related to emisions.

Hrmm. My '77 Celica doesn't hang between shifts, but it holds ~1500 rpm in nuetral while rolling to a stop, until the car actually stops. It's supposedly an emission thing, too, though all it does is suck gas for no reason. S'allright, it'll go away when I save up enough for a weber ("smog legal" = +$150 . ).

Regarding the OP, I sat in a V6/slushbox. Didn't take it for a spin, as they were doing the paperwork at the time to sell it to someone else, lol. I liked it. It's gonna make suspension companies some money, though, it needs to be lowered about 2" right off the bat.

Keith wrote: I used to think my parents' 1991 Passat did that. Then I realized that it simply needed slightly different timing on the shift, and it was my footwork. I adapted and the car stopped "hanging".

Can you elaborate? Maybe I was shifting too quickly?

I've only owned manual cars for the last 21 years, and I've never had a problem with any other car.