Hyundai Genesis Drifts

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FULL DRIFTING COVERAGE @ INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com WATCH RHYS MILLEN'S HYUNDAI GENESIS @ PIKES PEAK: www.youtube.com More Articles: www.insideline.com Car Prices & Info www.edmunds.com Twitter Feed twitter.com Facebook Page www.facebook.com Hi-Res Videos: www.hulu.com side-line This is what it's like to ride in the world's most advanced drift car: Rhys Millen's 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Of course the calm, collected ride inside is in ironic contrast to the violence outside. But we're not surprised. We've ridden with Millen before, during practice for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb years ago and around various rally stages back in American rallying's glory days. Since then he has won the 2008 Red Bull World Drift Championships, the Formula D series title in 2005 and two Tires.com Triple Crown Drift Championships. Not to mention multiple titles at Pikes Peak. That this guy can drive is not the surprising part. What is surprising is the level of preparation it takes to make a drift car competitive in 2009. Kia is entering the compact coupe fray this spring with a production version of last year's Koup concept, introduced at the 2009 New York Auto Show. The 2010 Forte Koup shares its underpinnings with the new Forte sedan that was displayed in February at the Chicago show. Slightly shorter and lower than the sedan, the five-passenger Forte Koup is aimed at such competitors as the Scion tC, the Honda Civic, the Chevrolet Cobalt and the Ford Focus. It is being offered in two <b>...</b>

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Rhys, Millen, Racing, Hyundai, Genesis, Coupe, Drift, Car, Nissan, V6, engine, race, motor, sport, drifting

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