Australian racing company Austech Motorsport has
spent a large part of its time developing a GT race car based on the Hyundai
Genesis Coupe. The team has actually been around for quite some time now and
its objective has always been to provide privateers with an affordable race car
that can be homologated to take part in different racing series with minimal
work.
The Genesis Coupe
racer has yet to be homologated for racing use in GTE, GT3, and Grand Am
classes, but Austech made it clear that the car can be raced in a number of
international racing series, as well as endurance events, like the 24 Hours of
Nürburgring.
Austech designed the Genesis Coupe GT Race Car with
an emphasis placed on strength and serviceability of its components, allowing
engineers to be able to work on the car with minimal hassle. That being said,
there’s some acknowledgement due for a company that takes the time to develop a
car specifically for racing use.
This Genesis Coupe carries a 5.0-liter V-8 engine
and can produce anywhere between 470 to 520 horsepower, depending on the
category restrictions for each racing series. Torque peaks out at 368
pound-feet. Austech also fitted the Genesis Coupe with a 100-liter fuel tank capacity and a sequential shifting gearbox.
The Genesis Coupe race car looks the part of an
affordable entry to a racing series, and according to Austech, are available to race in the 2013 season with a price of € 280,000.
