1999 Hyundai Tiburon FX 2.0 from North America
Summary:
Sporty... turns heads
Faults:
I have owned my 99 Tiburon (5 speed manual) since 2001. I was the second owner. When I bought it there was 55,000km on it. Now I am at 190,000km and I am starting to get a pulsating only when I'm in 5th gear... I think it's something to do with the transmission (cause when I'm in neutral the noise disappears). Does anyone have any idea what it could be???
General Comments:
Great car, but needs to be maintained. If you are not mechanically inclined... don't buy this car.
I have had to fix all kinds of little things that would have cost a fortune at the garage (ie... wiper linkage twice, wiper motor, power window linkage on driver's side, all bearings, and they are sensitive and need to be torqued to spec (garages always screw this up by using air tools instead of a torque wrench), alternator twice, regular brake jobs)... the rest of the stuff I had done professionally (ie... struts, clutch).
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 14th August, 2009
27th Oct 2024, 13:20
The statement that it “looks like nothing else on the road” seems to ignore the prevailing styling cues of the nineties — bulbous proportions, rounded edges, circular headlight, flowing ‘organic’ character lines. You can see them from the Camaro to the Celica. From your own ZX2 to even the catfish Taurus.
But then, no one thinks their baby is ugly.