• • • • • Hyundai infused its with sophistication, but the original, which remains in production, is as rambunctious as ever (for good and bad). And that trait has been underscored in bold by this SEMA show car created by Illinois-based tuner Blood Type Racing. BTR’s car is coated in custom Candy Red paint, and it packs a bored-out, 2.2-liter version of Hyundai’s turbocharged four-cylinder. The 2.0-liter production version of that engine was, but its potential for MAX POWER couldn’t be more clear: BTR says it has muscled up the four to almost 1000 crank horsepower, with more than 800 making it to the rear wheels. There is the requisite nitrous system, of course, and the engine has fully customized turbo gear and fuel-delivery systems. Olimp. The internals are completely overhauled with bits from ARP, Brian Crower, CP, and more.

A six-speed manual is the gearbox of choice. To deal with the extreme power, BTR beefed up the chassis with Stance coil-overs, new anti-roll bars with adjustable end links, a set of strut-tower braces, new underbody bracing, and Wilwood brakes, among other changes. The rear seats were tossed, a roll cage was installed, and Sabelt supplied the single-piece racing seats, harnesses, and steering wheel. • • • A set of 19-inch Work two-piece custom wheels is wrapped in Toyo R888 rubber, and the whole thing wears a wide-body kit designed by Kei Miura, whose name resonates in the tuner and street-racing communities. While this isn’t our usual beat, the car looks absolutely bad-ass.

Used 2012 Hyundai Genesis Features & Specs. 2012 Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Car Loan Calculators. Car Valuation. Hyundai has repeatedly said it would not—cannot—put a V-8 in the Genesis coupe, but the 2012 Genesis sedan presents the best reason yet for the company to do so (even if it had to put it in the trunk, like Rhys Millen already did). With Hyundai's new 5.0-liter V-8 between its fenders, the coupe would be a liter-for-liter.