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Daily Drive: Hyundai Bisimoto Genesis coupe prepares for SEMA

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Monday, September 23, 2013                 
The Bisimoto Hyundai Genesis coupe will arrive at the SEMA show in November....
Hyundai began its SEMA push on Monday with a 1,000-hp Genesis coupe from Bisimoto Engineering. We're not sure how the company managed to squeeze that many ponies out of the Genesis' 3.8-liter V6. We're guessing alchemy has something to do with it. Bisimoto also created...

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