New Car Overview of the 2006 Hyundai Tiburon Compact Sports Coupe

Description: Compact Sports Coupe
Base MSRP Range: $16,095 - $21,395
Invoice Price Range: $14,808 - $19,599
Where built: South Korea

Hyundai's low-slung sports coupe is marked by muscular fender bulges flanking an extended hoodline and a hatchback roofline which tapers to a stubby tail. For 2006, Tiburon scores a new GT Limited edition in leather with a power glass sunroof aboard and Infinity audio kit with six-disc CD changer.

Tiburon GT and new GT Limited carry a dual-cam V6 sized at 2.7 liters and racked to 172 hp with a five-speed manual shifter or optional four-speed Shiftronic automatic. Ultimate performance issue is the Tiburon SE, which comes with a sporty six-speed manual stick, plus red front brake calipers, a tall spoiler on the tail and the cockpit fixed with aluminum pedals, extra gauges in the instrument cluster, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and Kenwood audio system with CD/MP3 player.

Price-leader Tiburon GS gets Hyundai's 138 hp 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with five-speed manual shifting.

Hyundai, largest car company in South Korea, invests in North America with its new Alabama assembly plant, a technology and engineering center in Michigan, research and design studios in California plus a test track in the Mojave Desert. As a result, many of the vehicles in Hyundai's extensive lineup for 2006 skew directly toward the American market -- such as Sonata, a mid-size sedan with V6 power that comes together at the Alabama plant. Azera pops up as Hyundai's elegant new flagship sedan for the USA, and Accent, smallest car in Hyundai's fleet, rolls out in a new design with segment-leading standard safety systems aboard.