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Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw...Happy Thanksgiving.
This year I give thanks for the high speed stability of our long-term Hyundai Genesis (it had plenty left in it). I also give thanks to our professional driver and the closed course in which this speed was achieved.
An now it is turkey time.
Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief @ 20,799 miles
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bodyblue says:
08:33 AM, 11/26/09
Those are some looooong legs....124mph at 3500 rpm!
redliner says:
10:06 AM, 11/26/09
I'm impressed! because this is the V6 model. Seems plenty strong to me, even with the base engine.
bimmerjay says:
10:37 AM, 11/26/09
Hopefully the hood was fully closed while attaining this speed.
So what's she top out at?
70ss454_man says:
11:07 AM, 11/26/09
Can't be late for Turkey Dinner!
vt8919 says:
12:25 PM, 11/26/09
I'm not surprised it runs so well at that speed. Especially since there was a guy in a 2006 Sonata V6 a while back who got caught doing 147 in Arizona.
cr_driver says:
04:27 PM, 11/26/09
Man, u keep seeing trends around here, scott is the guy responsible for posts with the playboy station, the 120mph -on closed course BS- posts....and chooses cars like the genesis and the bmw 750 to show what everybody already knows.
dg0472 says:
06:27 PM, 11/26/09
I've heard the Sonata's not so nice at around 124 because of wind noise, but that disappears by 147, but you'd best not have to make any curves. The Sonata's still in 4th at that speed unless you manually upshift it, by the way. Not sure what the RPM's are there because "my source" had to pee so badly he or she wasn't closely observing the tach.
hybris says:
06:45 AM, 11/27/09
Ok Scott get your professional driver to take the Ram out and see how far it will go.
bankerdanny says:
10:12 AM, 11/27/09
Well, in this instance he was at Laguna Seca, so it COULD have been a closed course.
zoomzoomn says:
11:53 AM, 11/27/09
Riiiigghhtt. Closed course. We believe you. Really. ;)
stephen987 says:
02:01 PM, 11/27/09
"chooses cars like the genesis and the bmw 750 to show what everybody already knows. "
Well, not having actually driven a Genesis at 124mph, I didn't know. On the other hand, I do know that in English it is considered appropriate to capitalize proper nouns.
{end snark}
cynic783 says:
08:53 AM, 11/28/09
124 mph indicated is how fast actual?
What is the speedo error in these cars?