Hyundai Genesis News

Hyundai unveiled tuned concept versions of the Sonata, Genesis Coupe and Genesis Sedan at this week's SEMA show.Getting into the SEMA spirit, Hyundai has taken the wraps off five new Genesis and Sonata-based concept cars, developed in conjunction with well-known tuning brands. Like most things SEMA, each bring significant performance boosts and styling tweaks to boost visual cred. The 2015 Genesis sedan - which arrives in Australia this week - has been taken to by both ARK Performance and Toca Marketing Group. Blood Type Racing have done a version of the Genesis coupe with Bisimoto and John Pangilinan presenting their takes on the Sonata sedan, a new version of which is due in Australia next year.ARK Performance AR550 Genesis SedanARK Performance has taken aim at the Mercedes-Benz AMG and BMW M models with their AR550 Genesis concept, their sixth car built for Hyundai's SEMA exhibits over the years.To start with, ARK have attached a supercharger to Hyundai's Tau 5.0-litre V8 engine to boost power to 410kW. They've also tweaked the engine management, built a new exhaust system, put in a race-spec driveshaft and placed a carbon fibre engine cover on top of it all.On the outside it features new wider carbon fibre bodykit featuring front and rear bumpers to accommodate the larger forged wheels. There's also an 'AR line' aero package developed specifically for the AR550 by Infinite Auto Design, aftermarket headlights and what ARK are calling 'exterior welcome lighting'.For those inside the car, ARK have replaced the Genesis' entertainment system with a new one powered by an onboard Apple Mac Mini computer. There are dual touchscreen displays for the rear seats, charging docks for Apple's iPhone, 110-240V power plugs, USB ports and a slot for a SIM to provide mobile data connectivity.The front passenger gets an 'executive private VIP' seat, while the remaining seats get 'AR Line Hex' stitching.Toca Signature Edition Genesis SedanChigaco-based Toca Marketing Group have also gone the luxury route with their Genesis concept, the Toca Signature Edition Genesis.Like the AR550, Toca have used the Tau engine, to which they have added twin turbochargers giving the sedan a total of 447kW. The Signature Edition also has a custom exhaust manifold paired with a performance dual-exhaust system borrowed from ARK.The chassis features digitally controlled air suspension and custom brakes.Toca have crafted an all-metal wide body for their Genesis concept featuring new front and rear with moulded side-skirts and bumpers.The wheels are 21-inches and shod in high-performance Toyo rubber.It's been covered in custom Grigio Silverstone blend paint with added gloss black and red candy accents.In the cabin there are black leather seats with contrasting white stitching. The headrests have the Toca Signature Edition logo embossed in them.The sound system has been boosted to include 500-watt mono and 400-watt 4-channel amps housed in custom enclosures.Blood Type Racing Genesis CoupeBlood Type Racing have taken a different route with their Genesis coupe concept. A nitrous route.Added to a Hyundai 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine is a nitrous injection kit. The result is 746kW.Giving the Coupe a proper racing look are 19-inch custom wheels, racing tyres, a widened body kit, F1-style rear diffuser and GT rear wing.Inside the car the racing theme is continued with fibreglass racing seats, racing harnesses, racing steering wheel, OLED gauges, roll cage and a weighted stick shifter.Bisimoto Engineering SonataPowertrain specialists Bisimoto Engineering have taken the front-wheel drive Sonata, completely rebuilt its engine and added a turbocharger to turn it into 528kW race car.The front of the car now features a splitter, the body styling has been tweaked with an added aero package, the whole thing has been covered in a custom laminated body wrap and it sits on 18-inch aluminium wheels.Inside there is a race-spec dashboard, racing harnesses and seating for four people.JP Edition SonataJohn Pangilinan has aimed for a balance between style and performance with his Sonata concept.Mechanical changes in the JP Sonata include a new air intake system, exhaust kit, sports suspension and 19-inch wheels.On the exterior a custom wide-body kit has been added with new V-LED highlights and custom vinyl art by street-artist, Mr 44.The interior features leather sports seats, more V-LED lights and a sound system by Alpine that's compatible with Apple's CarPlay technology.

Hyundai's upcoming Genesis flagship sedan has been awarded ANCAP’s maximum five-star safety rating.ANCAP has given the soon to be released Hyundai Genesis sedan a five-star safety rating after it scored highly across all areas in the assessment process.The new Genesis sedan is Hyundai’s attempt to rival the luxury sedans offered by prestige European manufacturers like BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz.This is the first time we have seen the word 'standard' listed against every safety feature on our checklistThe Genesis scored the maximum 16 points for the side impact test, maximum two points for the side pole test and maximum three points for seat belt warnings.The only area where the Genesis didn’t score the maximum was in the front impact test, where the steering wheel could pose an injury risk for the driver’s upper legs.Overall, the Genesis scored 36.88 out of a possible 37.Aside from the structural integrity needed to pass crash tests, ANCAP said the inclusion of a number of technological assistance systems as standard fitment gave the driver and passengers high levels of protection."This is the first time we have seen the word 'standard' listed against every safety feature on our checklist," ANCAP Chairman Lauchlan McIntosh said.These standard safety features include a pedestrian-cushioning active bonnet, adaptive cruise control, adaptive front lighting, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), daytime running lights, emergency stop signalling, lane support system, reversing collision avoidance, and tyre pressure monitoring.Although the Genesis has been available overseas - in left-hand drive only - since 2009, the second generation of the design is due to go on sale in Australia for the first time in November, with an expected pricetag of around $60,000.

Transformers Super Bowl adParamount pictures is using the 2014 Super Bowl to give us our first taste of the upcoming film Transformers: Age of Extinction. The upcoming fourth instalment of the Transformers franchise brings a new cast led by Mark Wahlberg, and new Tranformers too in the form of Dinobots. Seinfeld reunion Super Bowl adWe last saw Jerry Seinfeld during a Super Bowl battling Jay Leno for Honda NSX keys, but now Seinfeld’s web series ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ is doing well enough to warrant its own Big Game ad. Now into its third season, the Super Bowl ad for the show sees Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander reprising their roles of Jerry and George from Seinfeld’s classic 90s sitcom.Jeep Cherokee Super Bowl adJeep is pretty keen to show off its new Cherokee SUV’s adventure potential, so has created this Big Game ad to tickle at your outdoor heartstrings. Despite its fundamentally road-going Dodge Dart/Alfa Romeo Giulietta-based underpinnings, Jeep’s Super Bowl ad reckons the new Cherokee is the cure for restlessness, and prepared for whatever’s on the other side of the horizon. Bruce Willis Honda Super Bowl adTough guy Willis is doing duty for Honda’s Super Bowl commercial, highlighting that the Japanese carmaker builds more cars with top safety ratings in America than any other brand. To underscore his point, Willis emphasises the importance of the people around you. Friends, family, loved ones, "everyone you care about". They’re not test dummies, he points out. So he wants you to give them a hug. Right now ... go on. Bob Dylan Super Bowl adOf all the superstars that would seem an unlikely bet to ever advertise cars, iconic musician Bob Dylan would be the unlikeliest. And yet here he is for the Chrysler 200 sedan at the 2014 Super Bowl, his gravelly tones singing about how well America builds cars, providing a soundtrack for a cavalcade of glorious stars-and-stripes imagery.Maserati Super Bowl debut Maserati has showcased the launch of the four-door Ghibli sedan with a debut appearance in the world’s biggest advertising slot – the Super Bowl. The footage stars 10-year-old Academy Award-nominated child actress Quvenzhane Wallis from 12 Years A Slave, directed in this piece by David Gordon Green. Ford Super Bowl ad Twice as GoodLongtime stalwart of The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live, comedian Rob Riggle is performing a bit of transformational magic for Ford during the Super Bowl. The key ad showcases the Ford Fusion sedan, claiming to have double the fuel economy of the average vehicle.That's the take-off point to a series of magical morphs that show just having the Fusion in your driveway can do wonders for house and yard -- not to forget your wardrobe and pets. Riggle ultimately upgrades himself to Hollywood heartthrob James Franco, and the whole shebang should help put you in the mood for the Fusion's arrival in Australia next year, badged as the 2015 Mondeo mid-sizer.Jaguar teases first Super Bowl ‘bad boy’ adJaguar's first Super Bowl teaser shows they've got some top-shelf baddies lined up as part of the 'British Villains' theme to sell the F-Type Coupe. First off the leash is screen and theatre legend Ben Kingsley -- with a shelf of Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG awards, but most recently seen as the Mandarin in Iron Man 3. VW teases Super Bowl ad with Carmen ElectraVolkswagen hits all the memes in engineering an algorithm for the perfect Game Day commercial. And apparently, the algorithm requires the integration of glamour model/actress Carmen Electra, puppies, babies, some twerking, a Wang Chung soundtrack and ... well, you've probably seen every highlight of every other ad.Danica Patrick gets buff for Super Bowl adIt wouldn't be the Super Bowl without an ad featuring race driver Danica Patrick touting for website hosters GoDaddy -- who also sponsored her Nascar Nationwide Series campaign for JR Motorsports. The Game Day commercial shows a lot of Patrick's body sporting a set of pumped muscles that almost shame the bodybuilders racing her to a tanning salon.Toyota taps Muppets and Terry Crews for Super BowlThe Toyota Highlander -- sold here as the Kluger -- has a strong family focus, and the car giant will underscore that by starring the Muppets in its Super Bowl commercial. The teaser video gives a glimpse, with a supporting role from former footballer and lately actor Terry Crews (The Newsroom and Arrested Development). 2015 Hyundai Genesis Super Bowl adThe 'Dad's Sixth Sense' ad shows the parent rescuing his son from a series of falls and mishaps from infancy onwards -- but then the Genesis' auto braking saving him from a crash when he's distracted by a pretty girl during a driving lesson.Audi unleashes mongrel for Super BowlAudi has created a miniature mongrel with a savage streak for their Super Bowl ad. The footage shows a couple trying to choose between a chihuahua and a doberman as a pet, and deciding to breed them together as a -- wait for it -- doberhuahua.VW channels Victoria’s Secret for Super BowlVolkswagen is aiming to tout durability and reliability in its Super Bowl, which features a father telling his daughter that every time a VW hits 100,000 miles (160,000km) an engineer back in Germany sprouts wings. While the appendages might usually be better worn by the Victoria's Secret 'Angel' models, the addition of the wings offers the opportunity for a few sight gags.Jaguar Super Bowl with Tom HiddlestonIt's good to be bad, Jaguar claims. And the luxury brand is pushing that theme for their Super Bowl ads, featuring a line-up of British villains. We've already seen Ben Kingsley in the main teaser, and now we get Tom Hiddleston in a second spot. Most recently seen playing Loki in the films Thor, The Avengers, and Thor: The Dark World.Jaguar full Super Bowl adContinuing the bad boy theme to showcase the F-Type Coupe, Jaguar has revealed the full 60-second commercial that will screen at the Super Bowl. Shot in a mock thriller style, with moody lighting and all the super-villain props of planes, attractive assistants -- and of course the F-Type -- the ad takes a tongue-in-cheek approach, and comes off being very engaging as a result.Terry Crews disturbs with shirtless Super Bowl teaserGet ready to see a whole lot more of actor Terry Crews than you ever bargained for. The latest teaser for Toyota's Super Bowl ad shows the sports star turned movie star without a shirt and demonstrating muscle control with his pecs in time to the cheesy jingle.Big Bang Theory star in Hyundai Super Bowl adThe theme for the Hyundai Elantra Super Bowl commercial is 'Nice' and actor Johnny Galecki is almost typecast in it, after playing nice guys on both The Big Bang Theory (Leonard) and Roseanne (David). In the footage, Galecki tries to chat up a woman who pulls up beside him in a matching Elantra, pointing out all the nice features of the car -- and getting some nice brush-offs in return.Kia plugs into The Matrix for 2014 Super BowlThe 60-second commercial, scheduled to run during the 2014 Super Bowl prime advertising slot, will see Fishburne as Morpheus offering the 'red vs blue' choice. In the movie it was red and blue pills, one of which would let you stumble on in an illusory world while the other would awaken you to reality. For the Super Bowl ad, promoting the Kia K900 flagship launching in overseas markets, Morpheus offers people the chance to choose either a red or blue key.Toyota full Super Bowl adToyota is aiming for catchy family fun with its 60-second Super Bowl, in which actor Terry Crews is piloting his new Highlander -- sold here as the Kluger -- along a remote highway, when he stops to help out after spotting a broken-down, brightly painted bus. Within seconds, his SUV is crammed with Muppets: Animal stuffing his drum kit into the cargo area and Dr Teeth hijacking the driver's seat to steer off into a series of adventures, all singing an annoyingly catchy jingle perfectly designed to stick itself limpet-like to the viewer's brain.Chevrolet Super Bowl ad is all bullIn the ad, titled Romance, we get to meet "a man ... a man and his truck ... and a very eligible bachelor" who just happens to be a prize bull. It goes on in the vein of "bated breath and lonely hearts" -- you get the picture -- as the driver hauls his new bull through the US landscape with Hot Chocolate's 'You Sexy Thing' in the background.The ad that shocked the Super BowlCreated for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) as part of its Zero Fatalities campaign, The Twist starts off with an image of a young boy curled up in a car seat, and a voiceover that starts off "Sam looks like he's sleeping..." but as the camera zooms out we see that he's been killed in a car crash, not by the crash itself but by being unbuckled and flying into the back of the seat in front of him. M&M's Super Bowl adConfectionary brand M&M’s has also delivered a Super Bowl treat this week, with a new ad for the colourful button-shaped candies. Yellow – the peanut M&M character – is unknowingly taken captive by Russian underworld types, in the boot of an oh-so Russian baddie black S-Class Mercedes-Benz. 

The Nurburgring is the benchmark for performance testing, so Hyundai decided to throw their coming Genesis -- which we'll get here -- at the track to prove that 'performance is no longer solely reserved for the Germans.Watch the 2015 Hyundai Genesis at the Nurburgring video on our desktop site.This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott 

Home movies showing fails and pratfalls are the central theme of Hyundai's Super Bowl ad for the flagship Genesis sedan we'll get here later this year. The 'Dad's Sixth Sense' ad shows the parent rescuing his son from a series of falls and mishaps from infancy onwards -- but then the Genesis' auto braking saving him from a crash when he's distracted by a pretty girl during a driving lesson.Hyundai confirmed to Carsguide in 2011 that the Genesis coupe would be built in right-hand drive and reach the Australian market, and has since confirmed at the recent Detroit motor show that we'll get the sedan as well. Timing for the four-door is the final quarter of 2014, but the coupe's arrival is yet to be scheduled.The rear-wheel drive sedans will arrive here with a 248kW 3.8-litre petrol V6 mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. We'll miss out on the 5.0-litre V8 and all-wheel drive versions which are planned for now only in left-hand drive.Hyundai says the coming Genesis will have a stiffer chassis and raises the bar on the brand's driving dynamics, quality and features -- and will also get specific tuning on the redesigned multi-link rear suspension from Hyundai Australia’s own engineers to better match it to our local driving conditions.The new car will offer improved technology, including a choice of four driving modes, intelligent cruise control, blind-spot detection with heads-up display, lane-keeping assist and departure warning, and a 9.2-inch high-definition touscreen interface.Watch the 2015 Hyundai Genesis Super Bowl ad here. This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott

Hyundai will add the new Genesis sedan to its Australian lineup after October, with the new second-generation model hoping to cash in on the Korean brand’s growing status on our shores. The new Genesis sedan received its first public showing at the Detroit motor show today, and the large car continues to defy convention by offering a native rear-wheel drive layout and north-south engine arrangement.The sedan will be joined by the upcoming Genesis coupe on the Australian market, but the timing of two-door’s local arrival is yet to be announced.  Australian Genesis sedans will be fitted with the 248kW 3.8-litre Lambda petrol V6, driving the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission, with the 5.0-litre V8 and all-wheel drive available overseas limited to left-hand drive.The new model promises to offer the brand’s highest levels of quality, technology and dynamic ability yet, and will also benefit from suspension tuning from Hyundai Australia’s local engineering team.Compared with the previous model that was never offered in right-hand drive, the new sedan benefits from a redesigned multi-link rear suspension, 37.7 per cent stiffer chassis due to greater use of high-strength steel.Features will include the i-Driving Mode Integrated Control, and a choice of four driving modes. Safety kit will include Smart Cruise Control, blind-spot detection with heads-up display, lane-keeping assist and departure warning, and a 9.2-inch high-definition touscreen interface."Genesis is the Hyundai brand's flagship car globally and we are delighted that for the first time, it will be engineered in right hand drive, allowing us to sell it in Australia,” Hyundai Australia's Chief Operating Officer John Elsworth says.“This high-tech machine is the ideal showcase for what Hyundai can do, and is a superbly-engineered car, fit to rival the best from Europe at a substantially more accessible price point."Hyundai will reveal full pricing and spec details closer to the Genesis sedan’s arrival later this year.

As Apple and Google face off to carve up the world's technology fields, their next battlefield is not the computer or smartphone, but your car. Hyundai is the latest carmaker to announce a collaboration with one of the tech giants, pairing with Google to offer their wearable Glass system in the next Genesis.We'll see the new Genesis range in Australia, as it's being built for the first time in right-hand drive, with the coupe already confirmed for our market and the sedan version likely to also make a business case to come here although it's too early to say whether we'll get the Google Glass option -- or even whether it will pass Australian road regulations.It will be integrated in the Genesis with an updated version of Hyundai's BlueLink infotainment system -- set to be showcased at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas -- and able to link with other wearable devices as well as Google Glass when they hit the market.The system will pair with Hyundai's existing mobile app, allowing wearers to monitor and even operate some of the car's controls -- including airconditioning, remote start, remote locking and (our bet as the most-used) car locator -- plus receive maintenance and safety alerts, and even book services without having to use a phone.Mercedes-Benz also has a satnav system that integrates with Google Glass, although the concerns over the safety of in-car use -- and its distraction potential -- are still to be settled. Meanwhile, Audi will announce at CES a collaboration with Google to put Android systems in cars in another skirmish in the tech battle, which is already seeing Apple's coming 'iOS in the Car' system being teamed with Merc, BMW, GM and Honda to offer integration with the iPhone's Eyes-Free Siri mode, phone, messaging, music and nav features.This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott 

Carmakers spend up big on the annual Super Bowl commercials, with a 30-second in-game spot costing $3.7m and even slots at the start and end of the game commanding premium prices. It's money well spent if they can attract attention – and turn it into sales. And a good ad can go far beyond the game day, turning viral and getting millions of views. Volkswagen's Darth Vader from the 2011 Super Bowl and the hot Adriana Lima commercial from the 2012 Super Bowl are just two of the stars that went on to become global successes.So which were the big contenders this year? Mercedes-Benz was early out of the gates with a teaser featuring swimsuit model Kate Upton 'washing a car slowly'. The shapely Ms Upton didn't actually get her own hands wet – except to blow a bit of foam around – and her role seems to be mainly distracting the footballers who are doing all the hard work. Merc followed up with what must have been a costly exercise for the CLA, with a pact offered by Willem Dafoe as Satan, and the Rolling Stones 'Sympathy for the Devil' as the soundtrack.Watch the Mercedes-Benz Kate Upton car wash adWatch the Mercedes-Benz Soul adWe reckon Coke filched ideas from two top Aussie movies. Their Coke Chase ad featured a gang of Mad Max baddies and a crew of showgirls in a pink Priscilla bus, vying with a Great Escape motorbike, a posse of cowboys and a camel-leading Arabian sheik – all in a race to a giant Coke bottle. The ad was the key creative in an online campaign that lets viewers vote to let three of the teams reach the bottle first – or delay the other teams by watching linked 'sabotage' videos. Watch the Coke Chase adThe early teaser for Toyota's 'Wish' spot featured The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco – it looked like fun and was backed up with the 'Careful What You Wish For' full ad, which gained much from Cuoco's perky personality as Penny.Watch the Toyota Wish teaser ad Watch the Toyota RAV4 Wish adKia's Space Babies teaser shows some fantastic CGI, and an even more fantastic answer to kids asking where they come from. The ad works well nearly right to the slightly lame ending, but it's doubtful it stacks up as something to rival their viral stars, the Soul Hamsters.Watch the Kia Space Baby adBut the Kia ad that had everybody talking -- including motoring journos -- was 'Hotbots', where a robotic motor show stand attendant (we don't call them booth babes here) gets revenge on a grubby guy.Watch the Kia HotBot adHyundai went all-out for the Super Bowl with several spots. The 'Team' one for Santa Fe was an early favourite, with some great performances from child actors -- and a very scary mum.Watch the Hyundai Santa Fe Team adThe 'Playdate' took you on an extreme day out of having fun and upsetting security guards, bikies and police, with the Flaming Lips providing the soundtrack.Watch the Hyundai Playdate adThe Genesis was talked up in 'Excited' with Hyundai touting its advantages over high end, and particularly German, luxury cars.Watch the Hyundai Genesis Excited adAnd then there was the aversion therapy of 'Stuck', showing some of the worst vehicles you can be stuck behind in traffic -- unless you have a Hyundai Sonata to overtake them, of course.Watch the Hyundai Sonata Stuck adVolkswagen ditched the Star Wars theme, and instead drafted reggae legend Jimmy Cliff for their 'Get Happy' teaser – and then got into a little hot water with the full ad, which shows Caucasian men taking off Jamaican accents. Perhaps it's still a Star Wars link ... the movie franchise faced similar accusations of racial stereotyping with the Jamaican-sounding Jar Jar Binks.Watch the VW Get Happy adWatch the VW Jimmy Cliff adVW then followed up with a low-key but effective 'bad dog' ad, showing what to do when the dog eats your car keys.Watch the VW Bad Dog adAudi tapped into every adolescent boy's fantasy with a lad heading off to prom night alone being tossed the keys to his dad's Audi S6, kissing the football jock's girlfriend and generally making it a night to remember.Watch the Audi Prom adFiat has launched a trio of ads for the 500L, all aimed at emphasising how much larger it is than the garden variety 500. Date, Sisters and Wedding are all flavoured with Italian dressing and – while not as scorching at the Catrinel Menghia Abarth ads – still manage to be cheeky.Watch the Fiat 500L Date adWatch the Fiat 500L Sisters adWatch the Fiat 500L Wedding adThe Chrysler group turned on the patriotism for their slightly saccharine ode to a farmer and Whole Again ads.Watch the Dodge Ram Farmer adWatch the Jeep  Whole again adAnd even snack food Doritos has got in on the car act, with one of the finalists for its Crash the Super Bowl ad playoff featuring the perfect solution to a back seat dog problem.Watch the Doritos Road Chip ad 

Hyundai has unveiled the second generation of its Genesis sedan, showing the car we could see here as early as the middle of next year -- with news that the sedan will now gain a right-hand drive version.Its coupe sibling will debut at Detroit motor show in January, and Hyundai has already confirmed it will bring the rear-wheel two-door to Australia. Global CEO and president Steve S Yang told Carsguide during a test drive in Korea last year the coupe would be on our list, but at the time ruled out the sedan because it didn't have a right-hand drive program."The right-hand-drive coupe will be available for Australia and other RHD countries," he said. "But at the moment we don't have any plans for a RHD Genesis sedan." However he acknowledged "we know there is a market for the right-hand sedan in Australia, and maybe Singapore, Hong Kong and  South Africa."That acknowledgement has borne fruit, and the new sedan will be built in both left- and right-hand drive, and will also have both rear- and all-wheel drive versions.The range will be powered by V6 and V8 engines mated to eight-speed automatic transmissions. The sixes open the bidding with a 190kW/304Nm 3.0-litre, followed by a 208kW/348Nm 3.3-litre and the carryover 232kW and 397Nm 3.8-litre, while the 313kW/520Nm 5.0-litre V8 is also retained -- claims a 0-100km/h time of 5.4 seconds.Hyundai wants to keep pushing the brand further upmarket and the new sedan has its eye on the premium buyer with styling and fit-out that it intends to challenge the European brands. It gets a more resolved and streamlined development of Hyundai's sometimes over-frantic 'fluidic sculpture' design language, a striking hexagonal grille and a larger, wider, higher body that the carmaker says boasts best-in-class cabin space.Inside and out, the Genesis sedan suggests Hyundai has looked closely at what's on offer from Europe, with the restrained styling and focus on a premium impression.Features include a high-resolution 9.2-inch touchscreen for audio and nav, blind spot detection integrated with a heads-up display, lane keeping assist and departure warning and radar-controlled cruise system with automatic emergency braking, surround-view monitor and advanced parking assist.Under the skin are stiffer multi-link front and rear suspension set-ups and electronic suspension and traction cornering controls for better handling, plus a strong focus on ride comfort and noise reduction.Hyundai has not yet confirmed that the sedan will join the coupe in Australian showrooms. But with their eye on a target of 62,000 sales for it next year -- 32,000 in Korea and the rest around the world -- it would seem extremely unlikely they would ignore a significant right-hand drive market like ours.This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott 

The next generation Hyundai Genesis -- being built for the first time in right-hand drive, and bound for Australia -- will also offer all-wheel drive.The Korean carmaker has released details of the system, called H-TRAC (Hyundai traction) which electronically controls torque split between the front and rear according to the demands of road conditions -- with selectable driving modes that allow you to tailor the amount of torque sent to either end.More Hyundai models will follow suit in adding AWD after the Genesis, which is already being tested at race tracks around the globe -- including the tough Nurburgring in Germany.Hyundai has previously confirmed to Carsguide that we'll get the new Genesis coupe, and they are also considering the sedan. Drivetrain details have not been confirmed yet, but they're unlikely to move much from the current vehicles' 2012 update, with a base model 248kW 3.8-litre and a range-topping R-Spec with a 320kW 5.0-litre V8 married to an eight-speed automatic as standard.However a diesel option may be on the cards as well. We'll know more when the new Genesis is unveiled in Korea in December, ahead of its official world debut at January's Detroit motor show.