Originally Posted by Jafro

I've always thought the RS-X was a fugly chassis. It so lacks testosterone in appearance. It looks like an accord with boobs molded into the brake lights. For whatever refinement they were supposed to have gained since the Integra, they certainly lost out on style with. It doesn't look like a sports car to me. It looks like your mom's bridge player captain's, nephew's wife's car to me. It's bland. ROTM by current styling standards. Doesn't stand out in traffic like an Integra does. The 03+ Tiburon looks waaaay better, IMO, but you didn't ask... It's heavier than that RS-X, and will walk even a TS-X in a straight line... So how do you expect it to handle? Like a heavy car.

There's lots of room for improvement in either car, really. There a drag racing team that has a few Tiburons in the 8's, but I heard they're doing it with 4g63's, not the motor that came in the car. I like the Tiburon, but mostly for styling reasons than anything else. Since Hyundai stopped using Mitsubishi engines back in '97, I knew they were going to have reliability issues. My sister-in-law has a '01 Hyundai wagon, and the 2.4L in it is a POS.

The RS-X might be mechanically well rounded, but for what it lacks (to me) in originality, and for that kind of money, I'd rather bee seen in a Mazda RX-8.

Edit: I know my opinion smells like anyone else's, though.