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jwilli wrote:

bvstudios wrote: O-100 (60mph) in 6.6 sec, quarter mile in 12.3, four doors, leather (heated, of course), woodgrain trim, surprisingly quiet inside, automatic stability control, switchable traction control...

Yup. It's a Hyundai.

2009 Sonata with V6 and all the toys.. beat the '09 5-series Bimmer in Road &Track and Car & Driver comparos.. It's no 911, nor is it an SLK, but I can take three friends and their guitars to the club, plus it works for carrying the parents to Sunday brunch..

Hyundai's are really getting better all of the time but if that Hyundai does the 1/4 mile in 12.3, I'll eat everybody's hat, lol.

WUPS- apparently time has convinced my mind (or what's left of it) to round some numbers DOWN... my bad. So I went back and checked the magazine test results and you can save those hats for later..... In the interests of not incurring the wrath of the SPCS (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Stetsons), here are the actual figures from Road and Track for a v6 manumatic...

0-60: 6.6 (note- production variances may account for Car & Driver taking 0.3 secs longer than R&T
Standing 1/4 mi: 15.3

BTW- even at that, it still tested quicker than a 530i.

Here at Car Design Central, we comment frequently upon the amazing renaissance at Hyundai and Kia, which have become in the last couple of years the best bang for the buck in imported sedans and sport coupes.

Remember the '85 Excel? They looked like this about mid-'86...
Hyundai was offering these to consumers with no money down financing with no qualifying...their way to get these out onto the streets, where they promptly decomposed...Kias were also quite nasty.

Now they both can hold their heads up high, with good reason!

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Up for sale today on SFBay craigslist...no price given, but look at the workmanship!
A chopped Bug with a 215 CID Buick V8 stuffed into the back...whatta concept...

Hey Paul... is this a Rose Morris edition?