Information on Hyundai's anticipated RWD successor of the Tiburon have been subtle for the past couple of days. We posted up an article of a focus group's recount of the new Tiburon, confirming that the Tiburon will be a serious player in the market. Today, we got a couple of amateur spy photos of the BK caught testing in a freeway in South Korea. Thanks to a little traffic jam the engineers encountered, the photographer managed to snap some quality shots of the BK in near idle.
These latest shots tell us that the new Tiburon will be considerably longer than its predecessor, nearly the same length as the Infiniti G35 Coupe. Just as the Veracruz benchmarked the Lexus RX350, the Tiburon seems to have benchmarked the Infiniti. The new Tiburon will be available with a 2.0L 215hp turbo and a modified 3.8L V6 producing around 280hp. It is likely the same powertrain will be found on the entry-level V6 Genesis.
Rumors are emerging of the fact that the BK is not the replacement of the Tiburon after all. However, the current Tiburon has been on the market since 2002 and it is in desperate need of a replacement model. As the replacement model is confirmed to arrive in 2008, we should be seeing test prototypes well in progress by now. Even if the BK is considerably longer than the current Tiburon, we're safe to say that this is our new Tiburon. Continue reading to view more shots of the BK.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Spied: 2009 Hyundai Tiburon (BK)
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