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Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject: Hyundai 'unsaleable'

Outside of home-grown dictators and government bigwigs, one would assume. Your £70k buys you:

Love the bonnet ornamentation. Almost as amusing as the residual value after three years. Actually, make that three weeks.

That said, hideous though it is there's room for a little credit where due: it's less vulgar than the Maybach.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject:

Can I be the first to say it looks like a Lexus?

DaveGibson · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject:

Only because you beat me to it. If I hadn't seen the word 'Hyundai', I'd have said it was a Lexus LS limo.

Humphrey The Pug · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:41 pm Post subject:

I think it is more S-Class that Lexus.
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DradusContact · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject:

You can't buy class but it doesn't stop 'em trying.
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Blarno · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject:

Continental GT wheels, anyone?
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject:

Apart from the bonnet ornament, I don't think that's especially vulgar. The curve over the rear wheelarch is quite nice, even.

PG · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject:

From the side it does look as if they designed it, realised it was not big enough and so welded in a bit more metal.

Which means it will be really easy to turn into a stretched limo. So I expect in due course I'll see one with some chavette hanging her rack out of it.

DradusContact · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject:

Racing · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject:

The headlamps are pure current-generation LS with those three bulbs in a row.
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woof woof · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

I'm a Hyundai fan and I think that their small car range is very nice, even their 4x4's don't look that offensive and the coupe was always nice.

I suppose they think that they need a flagship model.
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Grampa · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

Not a great looking car but far from hideous - I can think of uglier stuff from BMW, Mercedes and Porsche.
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Parm · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:

DaveGibson · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject:

S-Class

Lexus LS

I think the Lexus has it.

gonnabuildabuggy · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: Hyundai 'unsaleable'

woof woof · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject:

I think they're actually ladyboys. Not that it matters.
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BeN · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject:

Not really the most hideous thing around to be honest.
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Blarno · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject:

Debadged, dechromed and with some dusky wheels, that would be an ace limo.

I'd happily be chauffered around in that.
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PG · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject:

Blarno · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject:

True.
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Mike Amos · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:44 am Post subject:

"I think they're actually ladyboys. Not that it matters."

Thanks Alan, a whole bunch. I was just thinking that lass in the dark strapless back was a looker too.

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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:57 am Post subject:

Mike Amos · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I had missed that obvious error on my part. Just not keen on the other persons part, definitely not on the agenda.

The car is not bad in a non generic 'could be anything' kind of way. Too much chrome and change the headlights and it could be quite understated in the metal.
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Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject:

So, amid this qualified approval, which one of you fine gentlemen will be first in the queue with seventy big ones?
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Blarno · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

If I had 70 large...............I'd still buy an A8 or Phaeton.
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Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject:

I see a silver Phaeton periodically, and I really like it. And funnily enough I was just reading my post on the A8 under test driven.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject:

Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

Is the Phaeton highly-rated? Isn't it generally thought of as too heavy and too lowly-of-badge? I like to see them drive by, but suspect it's not a wise place to place one's hard-earned, even 2nd hand.

And I must admit I perceive the press view of the A8 as being somewhat muted, though like them regardless.

I have the distinct feeling that a Quattroporte would be much more fun, though.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject:

A lot of people on here seem to like one or both of them though.

Blarno · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:03 pm Post subject:

I'm with GZ on a big saloon being comfy, not sporty. So, an A8 with softly-softly suspension and a lovely V8 would be fine. I expect that High-and-dri will be distincly unsporty and all the better for it.

The Phaeton appeals because of it's low badge appeal. To dismiss it because of the VW badge is pure snobbery. That and the fact that they look the nads in black and are rarer than hen's teeth.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:

But that's the problem with the A8, by all accounts, its ride is its weakest point, and yet it's not particularly sporting either. I can see the no-badge appeal of the Phaeton, but I couldn't live with its interior: more shiny "wood" than an MFI kitchen.

Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject:

I thought that the one I had for a week was fine on 20" wheels. But then I've never been in an S-class, so have no 'benchmark.'
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Blarno · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:15 pm Post subject:

I'd have one with 18's, no bigger. I have the AX for getting my spine broken in.

First thing I'd do if my numbers came up, would be to walk into the Audi showroom with a wodge of notes and buy a black 4.2 with no chrome, 18's, carbon trim and tan leather.

Even if it doesn't match an S Class, I guarantee it'd be the comfiest car I'd ever owned.
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PG · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject:

The early "machined from a single casting" A8's in dark colours looked damn cool, even if the ride was pants. But they became too chav when they started mucking about outside and inside and the huge snozzle was the final straw,

Mark · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:37 am Post subject: