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05-13-2011, 12:13 PM
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2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan - Click above for high-res image gallery
According to the sleuths at Car and Driver, the current Hyundai Genesis (http://www.autoblog.com/model/genesis sedan) won't come with all-wheel drive. Instead, buyers will have to wait until at least 2014 before the traction-adding tech shows up on the company's luxury four-door. That may also mean that the Genesis Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/model/genesis coupe) and the lengthy Equus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/equus) will miss out on all-wheel drive for another few years until the Korean automaker can come up with a refreshed platform. Hyundai (http://www.autoblog.com/make/hyundai/) CEO John Krafcik has long made it clear that the Genesis twins and the Equus would receive an all-wheel drive option in the future, but we were hoping that we'd see a variant of the refreshed-for-2012 model (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/2012-hyundai-genesis-r-spec-v8-reveal-chicago-auto-show/?icid=maing7Cdl137C43201) that churns from all four wheels.
As Car and Driver points out, the Genesis Sedan has seen fairly strong sales since its introduction, and the addition of all-wheel drive will likely help the model inch ever closer toward that magic 30,000 unit-per-year mark. Unfortunately, with at least three years before an all-new model touches down, buyers will have to content themselves with the rash of more powerful engines, a reworked suspension and refined visuals that Hyundai recently unveiled.Report: Hyundai Genesis won't get all-wheel drive until next gen (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/13/report-hyundai-genesis-wont-get-all-wheel-drive-until-next-gen/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 13 May 2011 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan - Click above for high-res image gallery
According to the sleuths at Car and Driver, the current Hyundai Genesis (http://www.autoblog.com/model/genesis sedan) won't come with all-wheel drive. Instead, buyers will have to wait until at least 2014 before the traction-adding tech shows up on the company's luxury four-door. That may also mean that the Genesis Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/model/genesis coupe) and the lengthy Equus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/equus) will miss out on all-wheel drive for another few years until the Korean automaker can come up with a refreshed platform. Hyundai (http://www.autoblog.com/make/hyundai/) CEO John Krafcik has long made it clear that the Genesis twins and the Equus would receive an all-wheel drive option in the future, but we were hoping that we'd see a variant of the refreshed-for-2012 model (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/2012-hyundai-genesis-r-spec-v8-reveal-chicago-auto-show/?icid=maing7Cdl137C43201) that churns from all four wheels.
As Car and Driver points out, the Genesis Sedan has seen fairly strong sales since its introduction, and the addition of all-wheel drive will likely help the model inch ever closer toward that magic 30,000 unit-per-year mark. Unfortunately, with at least three years before an all-new model touches down, buyers will have to content themselves with the rash of more powerful engines, a reworked suspension and refined visuals that Hyundai recently unveiled.Report: Hyundai Genesis won't get all-wheel drive until next gen (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/13/report-hyundai-genesis-wont-get-all-wheel-drive-until-next-gen/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 13 May 2011 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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