The Hyundai Tiburon GT is also fitted with new seats that feature leather bolsters with cloth inserts that help the driver stay in place while exploring Tiburon's performance envelope. Leather door inserts are also part of the interior upgrade for model year 2005. All of the trim is highlighted with contrasting red stitching on the seats, door inserts and the leather-wrapped steering wheel for high performance styling.

Tiburon GT is fitted with an AM/FM/CD/cassette sound system with six speakers. However, Tiburon buyers who want even higher fidelity can take their choice of two available sound systems: a 360-watt Infinity AM/FM/CD/cassette sound system with six speakers and a subwoofer; or a 440-watt Infinity AM/FM/6-disc CD changer / cassette with six speakers and a subwoofer.


HYUNDAI TIBURON SE

The Tiburon SE is the sportiest Tiburon. It is fitted with the 2.7-liter DOHC V6 engine matched to the smooth-shifting six-speed manual transmission. Drivers who demand the best and love the "snick-snick" sound and precise feel of a precision 6-speed transmission will appreciate the transmission fitted to the Tiburon SE.

The SE also comes with a high rear deck spoiler, sport red front brake calipers, ABS, fog lights, aluminum pedals, manual air conditioning, Kenwood AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio system with six speakers, and an auxiliary instrumentation unit with torque meter, fuel consumption gauge and voltmeter.

The new Hyundai Tiburon SE model will be available later in the 2005 model year.

TIBURON TIMELINE

Hyundai's first generation Tiburon, introduced in 1996 was a direct descendent of the HCD-I and HCD-II concept cars with flowing lines and lots of curves. The revised first-generation Tiburon, introduced in 2000, brought a harder edge to the original lines. The all-new second-generation Tiburon was first shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2001 and made its North American debut at the South Florida International Auto Show in October that same year. It went on sale in the U.S. in the spring of 2002 as a 2003 model.

WORLD-CLASS STYLING

A vehicle's exterior styling is key to the all-important first impression and the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon makes a memorable first impression with it's clean, bold design.

The design enhancements incorporated in the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon build on the original theme.

The exterior of every Tiburon for 2005 is updated with a new grille, new lower fascia with new fog lamp design, new headlamps, new side view mirrors that are slightly larger to provide a larger viewing area, new horizontal-design side trim, new rear tail lamps, new 16-inch wheel design for the GS model, new badging, new GS seat cloth, new SE and GT seat cloth with leather bolsters and contrasting red stitching. Optional GT leather seating features black leather seating surfaces with contrasting red stitching.

Large, low profile high-performance tires mounted on alloy wheels fill the wheelwells, and give the Hyundai Tiburon an aggressive stance, while both the windshield angle and the backlight angle are steeply raked. Those features, combined with the vehicle's high beltline and "chopped" greenhouse, make the Tiburon look fast even when it's parked.


AN EXCLUSIVE CHASSIS

The previous version of the Hyundai Tiburon was built on the same platform as the Elantra, but the current Tiburon has its own chassis, dubbed the GK.


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