New Car Overview of the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon Sporty Compact Coupe

Description: Sporty Compact Coupe
Base MSRP Range: $15,999 - $19,999
Invoice Price Range: $14,639 - $18,321
Where built: South korea

Hyundai's low-slung sports coupe goes by the name of Tiburon. It's marked by muscular fender bulges flanking an extended hoodline and a hatchback roofline which tapers to a stubby tail capped by a flying spoiler wing. New models sport a revamped face with slot-style grille plus restyled headlamp clusters and foglamps.

And there's a new top trim -- Tiburon SE -- which arrives later in the year in limited numbers. It carries a dual-cam V6 sized at 2.7-liters and racked to 172-hp with Hyundai's pliable 6-speed manual shifter aboard, plus red front brake calipers, a tall spoiler on the tail and the cockpit set with aluminum pedals, extra gauges in the instrument cluster, leather-wrapped steering wheel and Kenwood audio system with CD/MP3 player.

Hyundai's 4-cylinder Beta engine, which displaces 2.0-liters and reaches 138-hp, drops into a new entry-level Tiburon GS with 5-speed manual shifting.

Tiburon GT stocks the V6 and adds the option of a 4-speed electronic automatic tied to Shiftronic manual.