Hyundai's front-wheel-drive sports coupe gets an exterior facelift, interior freshening, and a standard tire-pressure-monitoring system for 2007. The most radical changes are to the sport-tuned SE model. In addition to its V-6 engine and 6-speed transmission, the SE gets a new electronic stability control system, cross-drilled brake rotors, a full-size spare tire, and "track-tuned" suspension.

Hyundai first entered the sports coupe market when it launched the 1991 Scoupe. Though the Scoupe raised eyebrows in 1993 when it added a 115-hp turbocharged engine to the options list, it was never taken seriously by import performance enthusiasts. The Scoupe was dropped from the Hyundai lineup after 1995 and replaced by the 1997 Tiburon. It wasn't until Hyundai introduced the second-generation Tiburon in 2003 that enthusiasts began to take notice.