Ok, so I'm sure some of you guys are getting a little sick of my car-search threads but please bear with me. After what seems like an eternity (to me) my retirement loan will finally be paid off on July 31st and I will actually have money again to buy another car. The Genny has really come through big time for me during the last two and a half years, going on 220k miles and still hauling my butt to and from work every day with no complaints, but obviously she's earned a much deserved retirement since I got her back in 2012. As I mentioned earlier, I've been looking at cars off and on for the last year in preparation for this next car purchase and I've vacillated between several options in that time (2016 Camaro V6, 2018 Accord Touring 2.0, 2018 Kia Stinger GT, etc) but each of these cars has a problem for me. The Camaro is certainly quick enough for me but the interior and features are a bit lacking compared to what I'm used to, the Accord Touring is more luxurious but still not luxury car levels of refinement, and the Stinger GT is just waaaay too much $$$$! So what do I do????
Well, I've really been thinking about this pretty hard for the past few weeks and then I realized the answer has been staring me in the face all along! Why not just get the "new" version of the car I already have and love so much??? So I checked around on the interwebz and sure enough, the new Genesis models are actually quite affordable. Obviously not the G80 or G70 (or any of the Genesis branded cars) but the 2016 Hyundai versions. I've found quite a lot of those cars with the Ultimate packages (including everything I want such as HUD, LKAS, pano-sunroof, upgraded leather, 7" gauge cluster display, etc) around the $26k-$28k price range, and let me tell you this is a LOT of car for that kind of money. I was really set on the Accord Touring 2.0 (so much so that I test drove one and went so far as to get pre-approved for a loan) but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced the Genesis would be a better option for me. I already know how reliable they are since I've had one for 7 years now, the difference in price is significant since the cheapest I can get an Accord Touring 2.0 is around $32k which makes for a monthly payment about $150 more, and after driving the Accord I really realized just how much difference there is between a family sedan that is trying to seem luxurious and an actual luxury car. The Accord interior is extremely nice and it has a ton of features, but there are just so many little things that betray its real position in the market (such as the lack of a hood strut, the exposed trunk hinges, the cheap hard plastics on the lower portion of the doors and in back, the pretty weak "Premium" stereo, the lack of a power rear sunshade, etc). I know all of that stuff seems really trivial, and for the most part it is, but all of it put together really does start to change your overall feeling about the car. And when that car is also significantly more expensive than the one you can get WITH all that stuff included (and which was designed and built from the ground-up to be an actual $50k luxury car) it becomes really apparent. Granted, we are talking about a brand new car car compared to a 3-year old one, but I've found several CPO Genesis 3.8's with the Ultimate package with under 15k miles for around $27k and that is just a LOT of car for the money! In fact, I've been here and done that back in 2012 when I bought my current 2009 Genesis 3.8 sedan.
So anyway, that's the latest edition of my "What car I'm leaning towards" rant in 2019. I still have 6 weeks or so to go before I can actually buy a new car and I'll probably change my mind again between now and then, but this is where my head's at right now. What do you guys think of the current Genesis 3.8 (G80)? I can't think of anyone on here that has one and I never see it discussed on AZine but I figured I'd see what you guys think. Thanks!
