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2003 Hyundai Tiburon Tuscani Road Test

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Khatir Soltani

Speaking of slick, Hyundai has moved the Tiburon up the desirability scale, especially when it comes to interior trim. It has always displayed high quality plastics and excellent fit and finish, but the Tuscani offers titanium metal accents covering the center stack fascia and door trim, plus metal around the gauges, wrapping around the bottom center steering wheel spoke and fully comprising the foot pedals - other that the little rubber grips. The Tuscani blows away most of the domestics and a few of the imports when it comes to interior style and quality.

The Tuscani's interior is not only roomy and comfortable but well designed and impressively put together. (Photo: Shawn Pisio, Canadian Auto Press)

Overall there's plenty of room inside the Hyundai coupe. The rear seat is larger and more comfortable than most of its competitors while trunk space is decent too, allowing up to 418 L (14.8 cu ft) of luggage capacity.

The flashy Tiburon Tuscani delivers in terms of performance, styling and value. (Photo: Shawn Pisio, Canadian Auto Press)

But practicality aside, the Tiburon really gets noticed - especially in bright Tuscani yellow. It sizzles sitting still, a hot looking car that truly delivers the performance goods its styling implies. The Tiburon is a worthy flagship sports coupe from the value priced Korean brand, especially in Tuscani trim.

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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