Most don't to it to ditch the Tiburon name, just most people ditch the Hyundai emblem/name for the Tuscani name/emblem. Honestly, most people will judge your car the moment they see the drunken H. That's why a lot of people put the T's on, when people don't know its a Hyundai, the car gets a lot more attention. Also, I (and others) think the T badge looks much better than the H.
Personally, I'm planning on getting a T badge, but keeping the Tiburon nameplate on. I love my reflective black Tiburon emblem. I believe it was a 2003-only thing.

 

That's fair enough, I have been thinking about that too. But why Tuscani over Tiburon?

(I have the black tibby emblem too, except my car is mystic teal and it is hard to see)

 

Tiburons originated in Korea and Australia with T badges i believe.... ( may be wrong ) but it just makes since to switch to T badges since that's what the REAL emblem was. not the crooked H.

 

Tiburon is from Korea.

In Korea, its the Tuscani. It sounds more Korean?

 

Not to thread jack, Im sure the OP could use this as well, but would anyone make fun of me for getting t badges, yet maintaining my Tiburon floor mats/dash emblems and steering wheel Hyundai piece? Im kinda iffy on this one

 

From what I gather, only for something with the Hyundai logo.

 

People want to disassociate their cars with hyundai and make it sound more exotic / adorn a badge the public doesn't recognize. Anyone who claims "I just want to rock the real badge KDM style" is just lying and doesn't want to admit they're fickle.

 

^Amen

 

the first reply is correct. they also called Tiburon's "Tiburon's" in other countries such as Australia; but they still used the Tuscani "T" badge.

In Australia you can get these for about $100.00. they're VERY rare. People like Kevin25 on this forum got them from LUCKY hookups haha.

 

I definitely like the T logo better too, but I like the Tiburon name better than Tuscani. Are there any T badges available that say Tiburon on the bottom like the one TommmmJ posted?

 

The Australian badges look just like the Tuscani ones except for the fact that they say Tiburon. Be prepared to spend a fortune though if you want them; I think they bring like 75 - 100 bucks a piece!

-Brian

 

Of course, my entire theme is Tiburon -.- Well, thanks...

 

Tiburon vs Tuscani = No differences, really

Tuscani's name originates from Korea where its from. Tiburon (spanish for shark) was given to the ones in the U.S. Same engine though, small differences in luxuries. A lot of the tibs in other countries have extras like heated seats, passenger cup holders, and other minor things. All the trims that exist of the tib are Base, GT, GT Limited (idk to much about this) - these were available in the 03 - 04 years. Then in the later years it went to GS, GT, and SE. In Canada and possibly other countries, there was a trim that was released as called the GS-R ( I believe) which had the all the luxuries you could get plus it came with the Tuscani badges stock

 

I wanted my Tiburon to be different than the other Tiburons in Phoenix, so I put the Tuscani badges and a KDM style Korean license plate on my Tiburon. Makes it more unique and stand out from the other Tiburons.:3_shiny:

 

I just have the T - Badges and that is it. I had both Tiburon as well as the Tuscani badging. But I like it with just the replacement of the 'Drunken H' looks very clean to me. I still have the H on the steering wheel as well as teh Tiburon floor mats. Not to mention the Hyundai on the brake calipers.

 

The only Hyundai/Tiburon emblems left on my car are the ones on my floor mats, and if I ever find a good deal on a set of diamond plate ones that I can paint black, I'll get rid of those too, haha. I didn't do it to look cool or to try to pretend that my car isn't a Hyundai, I simply did it because I love doing the OEM modifications of the country-of-origin of my cars. My Focus had just about everything on it from the stock European models, and now I'm doing the same thing with my Tib

-Brian

 

I switched out of respect for Tuscani Pasta. I didn't realize it was a name of a real car.

 

i'm also sporting the T insteadof the H because i like the cleaner look when in took the Tib name off of the rear but i love the Tiburon. the first thing i did was get the name stiched on my headrest. if i could have gotten the T logo with the Tib name i would have. i love Hyundai. i'm on my fourth one. my 04 Elantra has 130000 miles and still going strong. it's not about the name but about the look.

 

drunk H loooks like honda with a limp... tuscani T looks like a porche, or ferri emblem in it s general design and its much nicer.

i get complements all the time just on the fact that people like what the emblem looks like.

i do personally wish it said tiburon on the bottom instead of tuacani though.

 

also i'll have no badges when i get the c/f hatch and hood.

 

yea i like the tuscani better then the crooked H myself ...im trying to make my tib, all badged in tuscani every badge possible....

 

Tiburon is from Korea.

 

The reason people change from Tiburon back to Tuscani ( the word for Shark ) is Tiburon was just a name change of the Tuscani when Hyndai marketing manufactured the car outside of South Korea .
The car has nothing to do with Spain, Mexico, The Philippines, there culture, manufacturing, designing or anything. Why would I not want the car to reflect its true origin.

Its like moving to China and one day you want to buy a Ford Ranger.. You drive and see one at a local dealership. When you go to the back of the truck you would expect to see either " Ford Ranger" in English or in Chinese but, instead its in " Swahili ".. So is it a Ford Ranger or Not

" Wikipedia "
The name "Tiburon", a slight variation of "tiburón", the Spanish word for "shark", is the name given to the North American, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and Austrian production of the vehicle. It was known as the Hyundai Coupe in some European and Indonesian markets.[1] It had been branded as the Tuscani (투스카니) and Turbulence (터뷸런스) in the home South Korean market.

 

Actually, in North America the nameplate "Tiburon" was a result of NOT changing the name when the GK model was introduced. In Korea, the "Tiburon" was changed to "Tuscani" and in Europe the "Tiburon" was changed to "Coupe".

It is currently the same for the "Elantra" in North America. That car is has been called the "Avante" in other markets for more than 5 years already.

The reason for changing badges to "Tuscani" is the same reason people might want to put "Altezza" badges on a Lexus IS300, or "Honda Accord" badges on an Acura Legend; because that is what they are originally called in their respective countries of origin.

"Turbulence" is a name specifying a dealer option package for some of the older Tiburons (before the Tuscani) in Korea (not sure about other countries). This package generally consisted of extra body kit pieces (as far as I can tell when I see them on the streets in Korea).

 

is it possible the Elantra isnt called an Avante in the US so people wont think that the Studebaker Avanti has made a comeback....again? (there was one for sale down the street from me a while back).

Studebaker Avanti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

imo re badging the h to the t would be a must for me.

 

I got mine with the Tuscani badges on it, not sure if I would have gone through the trouble of getting them and putting them on yet if they hadn't been there to begin with. Regardless, I really like them, they make the car seem more exotic, and I think it's cool when people don't know what kind of car it is until I tell them (also it's even cooler when people do know what kind of car it is, so win win).

 

glad to have read this, really cleared it up