Hyundai Coupe

The Hyundai Coupe is a front-wheel-drive sports coupe built from mid-1996 to 2009, sold until the end of 2011 and made in two generations, the second in three engine versions. In North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Austria it was sold as the Tiburon, the Spanish word for shark, and in South Korea as Tiburon (J2), Turbulence (RD) and Tuscani (GK). The first generation, type J2 or RD1, launched in September 1996 as successor to the S-Coupe with a 2.0 litre engine of 139 PS, joined in mid-1997 by a 1.6 litre of 114 PS, and all of these cars were built in Ulsan, South Korea; F2 and F2 Evolution specials followed in 1998 and 1999 when Hyundai entered the Formula 2 rally championship in Britain. A facelift in autumn 1999 brought four-eyed headlamps. The second generation (GK) was shown at the 59th IAA on 11 September 2001 and built from early 2002. Production ended in August 2009 and the Genesis Coupe is its conceptual successor.