Few performance engines sneak up on the enthusiast world quite like the Hyundai Motor Group’s 3.3-liter twin-turbo V6. While the spotlight has long belonged to BMW’s S58, Mercedes-AMG’s hand-built fours, and Porsche’s flat-sixes, a quietly brilliant powerplant from South Korea has been doing serious work in the background — and the cars it powered are now sitting at used-car prices that look increasingly difficult to justify ignoring. The window to acquire one before the market catches on may be shorter than it appears.
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