Genesis GV70 Reviews | Overview

With medium SUVs now an entrenched component of Australia’s staple automotive eating plan – and quality-badged, quality-priced versions generating up sixteen p.c of that appreciable wedge – the GV70 was always going to be a vital model for the burgeoning Genesis model.

Favouring a fastback, coupe-like form in excess of a a lot more conventional box-design wagon, the GV70 is as substantially about visual dynamism as it is about real dynamic excellence, which is accurately the direction it desired to take to make an impression.

It is also a little more substantial than the German competitors benchmarked by Genesis during its enhancement – the Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC. When compared to an X3, the GV70 is longer (by 7mm) and broader (by 19mm), with a longer wheelbase (by 11mm), nevertheless it stands noticeably lower (by 46mm), has considerably less ground clearance (185mm vs . 204) and has substantially broader tracks for a a lot more athletic stance than the BMW.

If you examine apples with apples – the flagship GV70 3.5T AWD Sport tested listed here against its twin-turbo six-cylinder BMW equal – then the Genesis appears even a lot more muscular, with its 1641/1657mm (entrance/rear) measurements comfortably out-sizing the X3 M40i’s 1615/1594mm observe widths. 

Nevertheless when you examine pricing, our totally optioned GV70 3.5T AWD Sport with matte paint ($2000) and Luxurious pack ($6600) leaves the X3 M40i for useless.

At an as-tested price tag of $91,876 (in advance of on-road charges), the twin-turbo V6 GV70 is considerably considerably less than a useless-stock X3 M40i at $113,471 (in advance of on-road charges, or any possibilities).

Certainly, the best-canine GV70’s logical price tag competitor is an X3 xDrive 30i M Sport (starting off at $eighty two,971) with its two.-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder, nevertheless if you again examine like for like, a GV70 two.5T AWD with Sport Line bundle is $seventy three,276.

So in terms of existence, specification and price tag, the GV70 is proper in the thick of it, with the anticipated assure of an all-electric powered variation to come – providing the about-to-launch BMW iX3 a immediate rival.

But the GV70 desires to be a lot more than just classy sheetmetal and an beautiful price tag. To realize authentic slice-by way of in a slice-throat current market, this new Genesis medium SUV desires dynamic smarts, cabin flair, slicing-edge tech, and some real glamour to underpin its ease-of-possession assure. 

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