new luxury Hyundai, 1st spypic

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SEOUL -- Hyundai Motor Co. will introduce a rear-wheel-drive luxury car in the United States in 2007 to test the waters for launching a luxury brand.

Pickups and sports cars are lower priorities for the Korean automaker, Hyundai's Korean executives said during the Seoul motor show here last week.

After launching the luxury car, "We will decide whether or not to launch a separate brand," said Kim Dong Jin, Hyundai's vice chairman and co-CEO.

He said Hyundai has a number of issues to settle. For example, the automaker may offer franchises in a new brand only to existing Hyundai dealers, or to dealers who currently do not sell Hyundais.

Kim says a luxury car is a "higher priority" for Hyundai than a pickup. A luxury car would "improve our brand image" in ways that a pickup would not, he says.

[jem motorsports]

looks like a older gs300 lex from the rear

[TAK82]

haha..thoses lexus guy's won't kno what hit em,:evil:

[rubenz]

looks like a new maxima.

[C-DUBYA]

those wheels look huge! I love it!

[1stgentibs]

hell of a place to test a prototype.. lol..

[Baiocco]

Originally posted by rubenz
[body]
looks like a new maxima.
[/body]

That's what I said before reading your post....lol

[XG350]

i found a second pic...


(pic removed... this was spy shot of a GM Daewoo prototype and not that of the rear wheel drive Hyundai)



[Edited by XG350 on Aug 20, 2005 8:57 AM]

[mohead]

Good for Hyundai. I hope it does well for them.

Robert

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