Our Aussie friends at Car Advice have posted the latest spy shots of the upcoming Hyundai Genesis Coupe facelift today. A left-hand drive version (LHD) of the rear-wheel drive coupe was spotted testing in Victoria’s mountain region. Though again, we don’t see anything new with these pictures, the car’s location poses a long-unanswered question of its possible arrival in the Australian market.

An editor of Car Advice contacted Hyundai’s Senior Manager, PR and Events, Ben Hershman, asking what the Genesis Coupe was doing in Australia. Hershman responded, “Hyundai Motor Company utilises Australia as a hot test region for global model development. This has been happening for a number of years.”

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At a time when a number of global car makers are searching for ways to enter the rapidly growing Indian market, Kia Motors has shelved its plans to start operations in India.

According to a statement given by a senior official of the company, the company will continue to concentrate on developed markets like Europe, US and China where it has local production facilities.

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Here are the latest spy shots of the upcoming 2012 Hyundai Genesis Coupe facelift, snapped during the car’s cold-weather testing stages in Germany. Not much to see here, but still worth a look we’d say. Follow the jump to view the rest of the shots! Also, check out our original post on the Genesis Coupe facelift in the link below.

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