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They're both rear wheel drive. They both come in 4 or 6 cylinders. And they both do corners.
I think in a few years lots of younger kids will be getting them and tricking them out. I would say the are going to be the import version of the mustang GT. A great bang for the buck entry level sporty car and in 3-4 years the aftermaket will be flooded with performance parts for them.
I think they will be to kids and younger guys what the original 5.0 fox-body mustang was to my generation.
I think in a few years lots of younger kids will be getting them and tricking them out. I would say the are going to be the import version of the mustang GT. A great bang for the buck entry level sporty car and in 3-4 years the aftermaket will be flooded with performance parts for them.
I think they will be to kids and younger guys what the original 5.0 fox-body mustang was to my generation.
I was around when the 5.0 first showed up. It was Ford's first step to bringing back performance to the Mustang. By today's standards, those early 5.0 were slow. A V6 Camry or Civic Si can beat it on the drag, but compared to what was available at the time, it was quick.
They're both rear wheel drive. They both come in 4 or 6 cylinders. And they both do corners.
The 240SX only came with a 4-cylinder, and only an N/A one in this market versus the turbo 4 (albeit a fairly weak one by today's standards) that serves as the base engine in the Genesis.
IMO the Genny Coupe is a more serious sports car than the 240SX was. The way the suspension on the 240SX was set up it was almost like a mini GT.
Like my brother once opined of the 240SX, "Nice car -- two cylinders shy of a great car."
The 240SX only came with a 4-cylinder, and only an N/A one in this market versus the turbo 4 (albeit a fairly weak one by today's standards) that serves as the base engine in the Genesis.
IMO the Genny Coupe is a more serious sports car than the 240SX was. The way the suspension on the 240SX was set up it was almost like a mini GT.
Like my brother once opined of the 240SX, "Nice car -- two cylinders shy of a great car."
You're right. As hot as the last generation looked, I would have sworn it had a 6 cylinder option.
The 240SX only came with a 4-cylinder, and only an N/A one in this market versus the turbo 4 (albeit a fairly weak one by today's standards) that serves as the base engine in the Genesis.
IMO the Genny Coupe is a more serious sports car than the 240SX was.
Like my brother once opined of the 240SX, "Nice car -- two cylinders shy of a great car."
Nissan did not market the 240sx right in the 90s. The Japanese counter part was powered by an SR20DET (4 cyl turbo) engine,as well as everywhere else in the world, and is with out a doubt the most popular sports car in Asia. It didnt end production until 2002 in the rest of the world.
Hyundai likes saying that the Genasis is the new Silvia, but I dont believe the Genisis willmake that bigof an impact as the Nissan S chassis did, for the simple fact that Toyota/subaru, nissan, and mazda will all have inexpensive performance RWD cars real soon. In the 90s, they did not have direct rivals. Other Japanese RWD sports cars in that time were the RX-7, Supra,and Skyline GTS: all of which were in a more expensive class.
Part of what made the 240sx what it is to people nowadays is the tuning scene. The 240sx started to gain momentum and popularity with that scene in the late 90's-early 2000's when more and more people realized they could ship over a way-more-powerful JDM engine and drop it straight in, then tuen the crap out of it. The stock 240sx suspension wasn't that good for really spirited driving, but the plethora of suspension offerings available overseas made it so that you could more or less buy a tired '89 240sx coupe for a couple grand or less, pop in a new engine, switch up to a bigger turbo and intercooler, put some decent coilovers on, and after six months of saving your earnings from dlipping burgers at Carl's Jr., have built a sleeper in your mom's garage that could shame a Porsche or BMW on the streets or the track.
Part of the problem with releasing a car that's supposed to be a "tuner" from the gate is that the tuning scene's base is mostly young men, under 25, whom *generally* don't have the sort of money to put down on a brand new car and a whole bunch of mods. It usually takes a few years for an abundance of performance options to hit the street: part of this due to time for R&D, and part of it because of the market. For instance, I own an S2000, and the number (and cost) of parts available now versus three years ago is surprising - because they're now cheaper, and so more tuners can afford them. It's as simple as that. Because of this, I think it'll probably take a few years for the Genesis to get up there in tuner popularity, and I doubt it'll ever reach 240sx status, or at least, it won't until Hyundai's lineup encompasses more RWD cars with swappable engines, and it dips in price to a few grand.
With the upcoming Subaru/Toyota small coupe development being finished, I have my doubts, the FT-86 and the Subaru sister car both sport more composed looks, I think, not to mention that they'll both be powered with uprated versions of Subarus legendary 4-pot boxer, which makes the cars instantly eligable for engine transplants, something that's very common and very popular in the Subaru scene. Taking either of the cars and dropping and old 2.0L EJ20 into it with some work done, Cosworth pistons and pushrods etc, and you have a surprisingly cheap and incredibly durable 360-420hp engine in a very light car. That might very well be the death knell of the Genesis as a tuner hit.
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