Hyundai Tiburon V6 used car review - Drive

One of the very last coupes to the party was Hyundai's Tiburon in V6 form. Actually, it was launched back in 2002 in both four-cylinder and V6 formats, but by 2004, the four-cylinder version had been given the flick as performance became more and more important. Which left us with the V6 version, the pick of which are now the later versions from the post-2007 facelift and later. Arriving at a time when the Hyundai brand was still building its credibility, the Tiburon is a much better thing that any Hyundai that had gone before it and, even in isolation, was a decent drive. That is, of course, if you bothered to buy your Tiburon with the six-speed manual transmission which made the most of that engine. Unfortunately, many coupe buyers wanted convenience above all else and went for the four-speed automatic which was an old-fashioned unit that just didn't suit the car. These days, the Tiburon can look a bit nose-heavy, and while it's not an unattractive car, neither is it especially distinctive. Source: www.drive.com.au