Photos: Concept cars at the 2008 Melbourne Motor Show

By Derek Fung on 12 March 2008

Hometown heroes Holden and Ford may have been the headline act at this year's Melbourne Motor Show, but there were also plenty of concept cars on display.

Hyundai Genesis coupe
In Korea, America and China Hyundai is moving away from its cheap and cheerful roots with the Genesis. A large four-door sedan powered by a choice of V6 or V8 engines and driving the rear-wheels, Hyundai is pitching the Genesis as a cut-price competitor to the BMW 5-Series, Mercedes E-Class and Lexus GS.

With rear-wheel drive the preferred format of many a sports car, it makes sense for Hyundai to give us this: the Genesis coupe. Much more aggressively and flamboyantly styled than the rather derivative sedan, the -- presumably -- affordable coupe will go on sale overseas sometime in 2009. It could be just the trick to make us forget about all those Excels with crazy body kits and farty exhausts.

Photo credit: Derek Fung

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