Hyundai Genesis wins Canadian Car of the Year
February 12, 2009 by Matt Brogan
The 2009 Hyundai Genesis was today named Canadian Car of the Year by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) – the first time a Korean manufacturer has won the prestigious award.
The Genesis was first named Best New Luxury Vehicle (under $50,000 CAD) and defeated several other well-known luxury brands to win its category and become eligible for the overall Car of the Year award. In rigorous testing, the Genesis surpassed competitors such as the Audi A3, Acura TL (Honda Accord) and Infiniti G37X when areas such as engine refinement, ride comfort, exterior styling, visibility, roominess and comfort were evaluated.
Hyundai’s Genesis has received many accolades since its arrival in the marketplace. Among its accomplishments, the Genesis has also been recognised as North American Car of the Year, and its all-new 4.6 litre Tau V8 engine was named one of “Ward’s 10 Best Engines” for 2009, marking the first time a Hyundai engine has appeared on the prestigious Ward’s list.
Print it: 
You lost me Wheelnut. If I’m after a ute, I buy a ute, and not a convertible. If I’m after a 4WD, I don’t buy a luxury sedan. If I’m after a sports car, I don’t buy an econobox. Blending all these categories is senseless. If you believe all cars should be looked at as items that get you from a to b, you’re very well mistaken.
That may be so Dan; However; there are the odd occassions where someone goes out to buy a Toyota Corolla for example and comes back with an AWD EVO Lancer or an SS Ute.
Because whilst [on paper at least] the Corolla may have appeared to be the best car for them.. when they were at the dealerships they may have found a car which ended up being: more suitable to their needs; more within their price range; better features better safety better performance or better value for money etc.. a car which they never would have considered before taking it for a test drive.
It’s the same when you go out with the intention to buy an LG Television and come back with a BOSE Lifestyle system.
LOL @ odd occasions. Now how odd are they? One in a million? Those are three different cars in different segements, for totaly different buyers again. A potential corrolla buyer with a budget of 20K isn’t even going to consider spending 65K on an evo. Or an SS ute. At a point you decide that you need a car, you know what your needs are roughly, and that automatically falls within a segment. Sure there may be a blur between two segments such as an econobox and a small softroader for example. But here you are giving examples of two extreme segments which I find very unlikely to be considered and compared to side by side. If you were buying a corolla segment car, you will care for economy and won’t care for performance. And vice versa for the evo and SS. Different cars, differnt budgets, differnt purposes, different characteristics. COmpare apples with apples mate. Corrolla type car does certain things better than the evo or the SS, and vice versa the evo or SS does other things beter than the corolla. So which one is better?? None is better, because opinions will differ depending on your needs and what you value in the car most. How you can go about ocmparing them all on an equal base is beyond ridiculous.
Wheelnut,
You ae not exactlly into the workings of retail are you??
starting with a corolla and walking out with an SS ute is a little different to running to the shop for milk and also grabbing a mars bar in the impulse rack at the checkout
Also you are gonna look pretty silly after getting home with your Bose speakers with out a TV to plug them into
Yeah, the 50K difference between corolla and evo is just loose change lol! Or might as well grab both haha.
And by te way, from my experience Bose speakers are way too over-rated haha. Ask any audiophile what they think of their products…
Quote: [Dan]: “A potential corrolla buyer with a budget of 20K isn’t even going to consider spending 65K on an evo.”
I didn’t mention what budget theperson who was planning to buy the Corolla had to spend.. all I said was that s/he may have thought that the Corolla was the car for him/her; or the car that s.he wanted – based on nothing more than it’s reputation for reliability.. but after taking it and other cars for a test drive may have found a car that s/he didn’t even consider before..
S/he may have seen the Evo [for example] taken it for a test drive fallen in love and as its a purchase thet they don’t make that often [8-10 years] they may have decided to “bugger the budget” and spoil themselves.. so its not as weird as you might think,
Some people are known to really loose themselves when buying a new home car or entertaimnment equipment etc. Instead of buying a cheese burger decide to order one with the lot. That is my point
Quote Dan: And by te way, from my experience Bose speakers are way too over-rated haha. Ask any audiophile what they think of their products…
So what youre saying is that Bose are the Audio Ewuivalent of Toyota/Lexus.. Gimme a Break!
If that’s the case then why are a number of car companies fitting recognised premium brand sound sytems such as BOSE as standard equipment to a number of their cars? – that is both those who make prestigous luxury cars as wellas those who make econo-boxes.
People know how good Bose products are and are now after Home Theatre Quality Sound in their cars which the Radio-Shack stuff can’t provide.
LOL! Don’t get me started on Bose. Reason why they put Bose systems in their cars is to make them sound fancy to the usual car buyer with no friggin idea, just a selling point. Ask any true audiophile out there what their opinion is on Bose, and how cheap quality materials they use to build their speakers and your eyes will open up to the reality that nowadays the only thing that Bose has got going for itself is its name and past reputation. They were awesome back in the day. Now they’re nothing more than overpriced heap of crap. You can actually build a Bose speaker out of 10 cent materials from Audio Shack, it’s been done before. Seriously, go around all audiophile forums out there and check out what people’s opinions are on them. I nearly bought one of those lifestyle systems for my house purely for the name. Luckily I went to a store which had it set up already. The sound quality was nowhere near good enough to justify the 8K price tag. Decided to go with something else instead. And I’ve heard those Bose car systems in various cars (Mazda, Audi), and mate, I wasn’t impressed at all.
And back on topic, I simply don’t agree with your comment about people choosing between a 20K car and an 80K car like they do between a cheeseburger and one with the lot. I don’t even feel like arguing on that point, it’s just so absolutely retarded. The point is, there is no logic in comparing a 20K car to an 80K car, if you still believe it makes sense to, then you got rocks in your head mate. Different cars, different segments, no comparison. Period.