JAGUAR versus HYUNDAI

SPLURGE (above): Jaguar XK Coupe, £60,995

SAVE (below): Hyundai Coupe V6, £19,995

LOWDOWN: What’s this, some kind of late April Fool’s joke? A Hyundai masqerading as a Jaguar XK? Well not really. Nobody is going to be fooled that the Hyundai Coupe, which starts at little more than £15,000 on the road, can match a £60,000 Jag. But have a look at that rear three quarter profile again and do its haunches not possess a little of the XK’s muscularity? 

The Hyundai Coupe is not as sports-focused to drive as it looks but a V6 version will get you to 60mph in under eight and a half seconds – that’s only two and a half seconds behind the Big Cat.

The Coupe has proved popular with buyers in the UK and Hyundai sells thousands of these every year. And maybe if Jaguar could knock out a coupe for under £30,000 (let alone £20,000) perhaps it would be in a better financial state than it is currently?

SAVING: £41,000  LOOKALIKE RATING: 2/10

VERDICT: Not a match for the Jag but Hyundai is putting the finishing touches to a more upmarket coupe called the Genesis which could pose more of a threat to the Big Cat.