Who mods a Hyundai ~

[jaspie]

Seriously.....who goes and mods a Hyundai.....Xcel and Ascent ~

I saw the first fully done up Hyundai Xcel the other day ~

The moment my bro and I saw it ~ We burst out laughing ~ Literally ~

and it had that sticker with japanese which reads....."For drifting purposes" ~

Shame ~ Shame ~

On another topic.....I would love to see that fully done up Yaris around my area ~ I have only seen it twice and would love to see it again and close up too ~

Jaspie ~

[eTiMaGo]

hmmm my friend had an old ugly brown Hyundai sonata... with a 4G63 engine swap (i.e mitsubishi lancer evolution engine). absolute sleeper on the outside, even had original rims :tongue:

[hasher22]

hyundai coupes look good customized i must say...

the tiburon would look good..other than those cars....BIG NO NO

[redduck]

they could say to you.... who mods a Yaris ? Well you do, b.c. you like the car. I can remember when a bunch of people where getting laughed at for modding saturns. They were making there own turbo kits and such. They became somewhat of a joke until someone actually looked into a Saturn and found that it was a good platform because of its Light weight, I think it was the sc1's that where being modded. If there is a car out there its been modded. Don't laugh at them. Its their thing, their hobby.

[eTiMaGo]

heh that's true, if I got a dollar for every time someone asks me why I didn't get a proper sports car to modify... It's all a matter of perspective :wink:

But, plastering a Korean car with stickers in Japanese, that's beyond lame :tongue:

[jaspie]

I know what you're getting at ~

But here in Australia.....Hyundai's have caused the majority of deaths because they have thin metal and they just have bad reputation ~

Yet people still buy them because they are cheap.....especially young people ~

It's just the bad reputation they have here in Australia.....that's why ~

Jaspie ~

[YarisTom73]

I know what you're getting at ~

But here in Australia.....Hyundai's have caused the majority of deaths because they have thin metal and they just have bad reputation ~

Yet people still buy them because they are cheap.....especially young people ~

It's just the bad reputation they have here in Australia.....that's why ~

Jaspie ~

How long have the Yarii been available in Australia? I think I read somewhere that they've been out in certain countries for several years.

[jaspie]

How long have the Yarii been available in Australia? I think I read somewhere that they've been out in certain countries for several years.

The Echo (first generation of the Yaris) has been out since 1999 ~

The Yaris was released in 2004.....or was it 2005 ~ Hmmm.....anyways ~

Jaspie ~

[stuffy]

they yaris was released in late 05 in australia.

[redyaris]

Looks good to me. If you squint hard enough it resembles the profile of the Maserati Gransport.

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/2002/naias/03.hyundai.tiburon.f34.500.jpg

http://top.ch/tc/genf_05/maserati_gransport_1.jpg

[Nutzoids]

Looks good to me. If you squint hard enough it resembles the profile of the Maserati Quattroporte.

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/2002/naias/03.hyundai.tiburon.f34.500.jpg

http://top.ch/tc/genf_05/maserati_gransport_1.jpg

Maserati Quattroporte

Quick Italian Lesson for you

Quattro = 4
Porte = Doors

Yet the picture shown only had 2 doors... Did you mean Dueporte?

Otherwise known as the GranTurismo

:evil:

[stuffy]

the thing about hyundai is that they have never been very original when it comes to car design,
some might call them "copy-cats".

[kurokoma-kun]

the thing about hyundai is that they have never been very original when it comes to car design,
some might call them "copy-cats".

True, reviewers often compared the 2003 Tiburon (the model I had) to a Ferrari 456GT. My thought was "I can have a car that looks kinda like a Ferrari for 15K? Great!" Did it DRIVE like a Ferrari? Sadly, no. :laugh:

But the Accent--that is Hyundai's WRC car, isn't it? All I know is there were lots of aftermarket parts for the Accent, next to none for Tib.

[V8TITAN]

the thing about hyundai is that they have never been very original when it comes to car design,
some might call them "copy-cats".

exactly, they stole the frigin headlights from mercedes when they came out with the adds for its not cheap its luxury or w/e. now theyre are copying land rover.... its retarded....

[redyaris]

Maserati Quattroporte

Quick Italian Lesson for you

Quattro = 4
Porte = Doors

Yet the picture shown only had 2 doors... Did you mean Dueporte?

Otherwise known as the GranTurismo

:evil:

Edited my post to identify the proper car in the pic: GranSport!:thumbup:

[eijikikimaru]

Hyundai just doing what they think the consumers want. They're just reaching out to others who want something exactly/similar to something, i.e. landrovers, since they can't actually afford that something.

If consumers want imitations then they'll buy it. Some are penny pinchers and some just want a cheap daily driver. Others buy them as first cars to experiment with, so later when they purchase a better car they'll have at least an idea of too much is. Some consumers are not as fortunate to have funding and to them... a car is just a car.

As for those who fix up their korean made car is just a personal preference.

heh that's true, if I got a dollar for every time someone asks me why I didn't get a proper sports car to modify... It's all a matter of perspective :wink:

X2

But, plastering a Korean car with stickers in Japanese, that's beyond lame :tongue:

Maybe they couldn't find Korean stickers or... (for those ignorant ones) since we all look alike we all speak the same language :rolleyes:

[eTiMaGo]

urgh yeah another pet peeve of mine, how it's so easy to generalize "Asians"... big difference between Japanese people, Vietnamese, Thai, or Indonesian, for example, although they are all technically Asian.

Though I guess it works both ways, over here I am a "farang", which is basically a general term for any white-skinned person, no matter where they're from...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i thought Japanese people were Pacific Islanders, like Filipino's. :tongue: lol...eh, i consider myself Asian even though i'm technically Pacific Islander.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

as for modding Hyundai's, take a look at this one...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dragtimes.com/images/7845-2004-Hyundai-Tiburon.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dragtimes.com/2004-Hyundai-Tiburon-Pictures-7845.html&h=800&w=600&sz=142&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=GFs22AhS-VbchM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhyundai%2Btiburon%26svnum%3D10%26um%3 D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B2GGFB_enUS217US217

and some other Tiburon mods...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wickedbodies.net/03-On-Tiburon/Hyundai%2520Tiburon%252003-04%2520-%2520poison%2520complete%2520kit2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wickedbodies.net/03-On-Tiburon.html&h=223&w=350&sz=22&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=YNejpqI3fIQewM:&tbnh=76&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhyundai%2Btiburon%26svnum%3D10%26um%3 D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B2GGFB_enUS217US217

[eTiMaGo]

i thought Japanese people were Pacific Islanders, like Filipino's. :tongue: lol...eh, i consider myself Asian even though i'm technically Pacific Islander.

aah I was wondering too, from your name :wink:

[Edd]

I hate Xcels. The Tiburon is pretty sweet all round considering it's a 125+KW sports car for only $35000. :smile:

[Sabretooth]

I hate Tiberons, you spend $25k and you dont even get 200hp!!!!!:thumbdown::cry: :barf:
Yet again, their sedans come with 235hp!?! :iono:

[hasher22]

Tiburons are really hot stocked....obviously it will be hotter when modified...

but i wouldnt mod like an accent or any of their small car ranges.....

i would mod up their coupes though

[Kaotic Lazagna]

aah I was wondering too, from your name :wink:

lol...gotta love the misspelled chaos. hahaha.

[Edd]

I hate Tiberons, you spend $25k and you dont even get 200hp!!!!!:thumbdown::cry: :barf:

Just how many cars do you know that sastisfy that, AND look good too?

[Motorhead6T5]

Just how many cars do you know that sastisfy that, AND look good too?Looks is a matter of opinion,there is a lot of cars for that price with well over that much power.

[Edd]

Well, it's like saying "Why buy a yaris? It doesn't even have 140HP for its price!". There are plenty of reasons. The number one is that it isn't American crap, it's quality Japanese. You get what you pay for. :smile:

[Motorhead6T5]

Well, it's like saying "Why buy a yaris? It doesn't even have 140HP for its price!". There are plenty of reasons. The number one is that it isn't American crap, it's quality Japanese. You get what you pay for. :smile:I've dealt with american and japanese cars my whole life and I can honestly tell you they are both crap lol. American cars didn't become crap till they started competing for sales against "crap" cars. Japanese are just better at making crap lol.

[redyaris]

I'd drive a Tiburon if it got 40mpg!