Next-generation Hyundai Tiburon coming in 2011, won’t be called Tiburon

Posted: Mar 30, 2009
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For those of you that think that the 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe is the replacement for the current Hyundai Tiburon – you’re wrong. According to Hyundai Motor America’s acting CEO John Krafcik, Hyundai is working on the next Tiburon that will be smaller and will also cost much less.

The new car will be “positioned below the current Tiburon,” Krafcik told AutoWeek. “It will have a lower price point, kind of eco sport positioning, where it is not going to be all about performance.”

Krafcik said while it will be very fuel-efficient, the next-generation Tiburon, which arrives in 2011, will be very stylish like the Genesis Coupe and will be influenced by the Veloster concept.

The next-generation Tiburon will share its front-wheel-drive platform with the Accent and Elantra and will feature a 1.6L 4-cylinder engine. Krafcik said that the Tiburon nameplate will be dropped.

- By: The Daily Auto Editor

Source: AutoWeek


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  • Baragon

    So kind of like a tC or Civic Coupe figther?

    Or will it be a hybrid to do battle w/ the CR-Z & Toyotas new thing …

  • M3archiboy

    So Hyundai's new idea is a rip off design the front end of the super exclusive Aston Martin One-77 and put it on their entry level coupe, I thought Hyundai's was beginning to develop it's own design ideas but I guess I was wrong…

  • Ivan Gutierrez

    Yawn.

  • JVC

    I never expect much from Hyundai but until recently I perceived them as at least having their own design scheme. Now I see them copying styling from Aston Martin (front side scoops),

    Some people, like myself, are turned off by companies that lack the technology or capability to do a job by themselves.

  • Chomes

    This was originally shown back in 2007, and the One-77 was just introduced this year – so maybe Aston Martin has been copying Hyundai

  • M3archiboy

    So Hyundai's new idea is a rip off design the front end of the super exclusive Aston Martin One-77 and put it on their entry level coupe, I thought Hyundai's was beginning to develop it's own design ideas but I guess I was wrong…

  • Ivan Gutierrez

    Yawn.

  • JVC

    I never expect much from Hyundai but until recently I perceived them as at least having their own design scheme. Now I see them copying styling from Aston Martin (front side scoops),

    Some people, like myself, are turned off by companies that lack the technology or capability to do a job by themselves.

  • Chomes

    This was originally shown back in 2007, and the One-77 was just introduced this year – so maybe Aston Martin has been copying Hyundai

  • Darkninja2202

    They think 172 hp is all about performance?!?!?!?!