I think it's more stolen from Mercedes

 

It's a mis-match of Mercedes, BMW, and Audi design elements. Not a flattering treatment really, but at least nobody will claim it's "forgettable" anymore....

 

It's a mis-match of Mercedes, BMW, and Audi design elements. Not a flattering treatment really, but at least nobody will claim it's "forgettable" anymore....

It's a mis-match of Mercedes, BMW, and Audi design elements. Not a flattering treatment really, but at least nobody will claim it's "forgettable" anymore....

It's a mis-match of Mercedes, BMW, and Audi design elements. Not a flattering treatment really, but at least nobody will claim it's "forgettable" anymore....

Typical Hyundai in that fashion

 

I just saw the picture of the new 2015 Geneses on Autoblog. The side profile and the back sure looks to me like the pictures and or sketches of the 200 that we all have been seeing on Allpar and other sites. It's so close to the Hyundai that it makes me wonder if we have been looking at the 200 test mule, at all? Just saying.

I just saw the picture of the new 2015 Geneses on Autoblog. The side profile and the back sure looks to me like the pictures and or sketches of the 200 that we all have been seeing on Allpar and other sites. It's so close to the Hyundai that it makes me wonder if we have been looking at the 200 test mule, at all? Just saying.
saying.

 

... curious thing this. It is a handsome car.. but it screams, to me, the new 200. (link is from autoblog, but for some reason I can't post the link here... odd. did Allpar change it's rules or something?)

Since the spy shots of the new "200" look nothing like the 200C Concept...and since Hyundai uses the Chrysleresque wings, I'm wondering if some of those spy shots were of this car and not the supposed 200???

 

ya that is exactly what I am thinking.. the only thing making me pause from believing it for sure is the roof line. As HLW said above, the other pics on autoblog give a better feel for what I'm seeing similar here.

Boy, won't we look like jerks! lol

But then, didn't we have interior shots a few months back of the 200??? with the 8.4" screen and all that showing/proving what we think is the 200 mule?

 

actually, looking more at the spyshots here on allpar... it is looking even more like the Hyundai... even the tail lights in the rendering...

 

I remember even when Chrysler showed off its new Grill design on the 300 for 2011, Hyundai ended up using a similar design.

 

ya that is exactly what I am thinking.. the only thing making me pause from believing it for sure is the roof line. As HLW said above, the other pics on autoblog give a better feel for what I'm seeing similar here.

Boy, won't we look like jerks! lol

But then, didn't we have interior shots a few months back of the 200??? with the 8.4" screen and all that showing/proving what we think is the 200 mule?

LeeRyder, I'm thinking now, I hope we do look like jerks because I don't want the new 200 to look like what we have been seeing. My hope is for the 200 to be really different and not be a "me too" or "cookie cutter" design of other cars in it's class. I really feel we have been looking at the new Genesis all along in these spy shots. I hope the 200 will be a show stopper just like the 300 was at it's debut.

 

It does look a bit like a cross of a new BMW and an Audi. That said, the design is pretty bold and I assume it might do better than the current one.

 

UF will look nothing like that... it will be more sleek... JackRachett's design is 95% correct for UF...

 

UF will look nothing like that... it will be more sleek... JackRachett's design is 95% correct for UF...

So then, the spyshots we have seen are NOT the 200 then? because those don't look nearly half this good.

 

Don't really see it. The glass surfaces are similar, but not the same, and the sloping rear is very Audi-esque in this one. Much more tank like both the front treatment and the BMW GT side...the rear is forgettable. Not very impressed, seems like a step backwards for Hyundai, but at least they have abandoned the ridiculous cuts and movements they have in the current generation cars.

So no, this thing isn't the camoed 200 we have here at all.

PS: The winged logo is embarassing.

So then, the spyshots we have seen are NOT the 200 then? because those don't look nearly half this good.

It's all camoed up, we'll see what happens when they take that off. I suspect the strip-tease will start any day now.

 

PS: The winged logo is embarassing.

Was thinking the same thing. Looks like a generic knock off Bentley logo.

 

Was thinking the same thing. Looks like a generic knock off Bentley logo.

Many were saying that about the last Gen somewhat this Gen 300 because of its wings.

 

Those folks were too dumb to realize the Chrysler wings imitated their own past ones not Bentley. Lol

 

This Hyundai just looks like a higher end 2014 Kia Cadenza. http://www.automobilesreview.com/gallery/2014-kia-cadenza/2014-kia-cadenza-06.jpg

 

The first second I looked at it, I thought it was kind of handsome. But then, shortly after, I was struck by how odd the front is. Like they were trying too hard. The grille just looks odd in the end, not attractive.

 

Worth noting that Peter Schryer (formerly of Audi) - head of Kia design (and now head of Kia) was recently given design control of Hyundai as well.

 

That's what makes this car particularly disappointing IMO. He's been doing some great stuff at KIA, and the concept this car borrows from was also interesting. It's just that the final result seems like a poorly executed chinese knockoff (to me at least).

 

It's just that the final result seems like a poorly executed chinese knockoff (to me at least).

Yes, you perfectly described how it strikes me. It's not that it's ugly. It's basically horribly derivative, but to avoid being derivative, some random styling cues were changed in a manner that just doesn't work right. It's trying too hard. And it feels wrong to me. The grille in particular - avoiding being the normal trapazoid, ends up with a bunch of extra sharp angles that don't look right.

In fairness, I should point out that Infiniti and Lexus have been guilty of this too. In their attempt to avoid the norm, they end up with something worse. Bizarre grille shapes to evoke a "fishy face" to me. It does not look attractive, expensive, unique or stylish. I can hear it now, a stylist comes in after watching "Team Umizoomi" with his kids. They say "We need something to make this different". He grabs a new shape of his "shape belt" throws it at the current design for the grille and goes "Suuuuper shaaaaapes". Followed by applause and a pat on the back from the boss.

 

Those folks were too dumb to realize the Chrysler wings imitated their own past ones not Bentley. Lol

Im not disagreeing but I like some of the historical badges a little more myself. But I think the New wings are a handsome badge regardless the comments.

 

Me too but knocking off somebody elses is wrong IMHO. Chrysler imitates its own history.

 

Before we start making claims of "who ripped off who" you have to know things like "what were the stylists' influences" and "when did the styling get started?"

We've learned that the process to start the next new car pretty much starts when the previous car hits the showroom floor.

Which could mean that the styling of the next 200 began back in 2007.

Seems that more than a few members of the Internet Vehicle Design Community spends a lot of time stating how any new car reminds them of this other car, or "the front was stolen from this car, while the rear was stolen from this car." Go back in time and I'm sure we all could do the same and pick out bits and pieces of similarities.