Hyundai gets out front to prepare dealers for rwd.(News)(rear wheel drive)(Brief article)

Automotive News,  May, 2007  by Kranz, Rick

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Byline: Rick Kranz

Can a dealer body with success selling small and mid-sized front-drive cars also move a rear-drive, V-8-powered, premium sports sedan?

Hyundai wants to make sure the answer is yes. The first of several rwd cars it plans to sell in the United States - the Genesis - heads to dealers in the second half of 2008.

"We know how to launch vehicles, but there will be some unique dealership stuff coming for that car,'' said Miles Johnson, a Hyundai Motor America spokesman. "This will be different from selling Elantras and Accents, and that is what we are ...

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