Regardless of the technical merits of All Wheel Drive or Front Wheel Drive, there are still some people out there that would rather eat their own foot than drive anything other than a rear wheel drive car. I can relate.
I’d say more than half of the ads for Hyundai’s hot new Genesis coupe have shown the car getting ridiculously sideways, and I have to say I approve. Despite the fact that I’m on my third front-wheel-drive car (they seem to follow me home!) I understand the appeal of RWD. Like the ability to perfectly balance the car with the throttle just past the limit of adhesion, tires howling and smoke boiling off the rear end in thick sheaths.
I think the Genesis’ best angle is definetely sideways. Can you believe this is actually a Hyundai press photo? Who would have imagined such a thing even five years ago? This shows that Hyundai has the kind of balls that Chrysler wish they had, if you ask me. Also, it’s a fantastic photograph: check out how the light strikes the rear fender and gives it substance, and how the car casts a long shadow due to the angle it’s at – giving it quite the imposing stance. Lovely.
Man, I want one of these cars. Stay tuned as I try to wrangle my way into a test-drive when they become available.
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