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Old 4th December 2019, 11:39   #1
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Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

Images showing the upcoming Genesis GV80 SUV have surfaced online.

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The GV80 gets a large G-Matrix grille flanked by slim head lights. It also gets a sculpted bonnet, wraparound tail lamps, roof rails and a chrome trim running along the bottom part of the doors. The SUV gets a dual-tone interior equipped with quilted leather, a 2-spoke steering wheel, touchscreen head unit, a digital instrument cluster, massaging seats and a rotary dial for transmission controls. Some variants could get a single-tone interior with an analogue instrument cluster.

The Genesis GV80 could be powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, a naturally aspirated V6 and a 3.3-litre turbocharged V6 engine. A plug-in hybrid could also be offered at a later stage. Rear-wheel drive as well as all-wheel drive variants could be offered.

The SUV is likely to be launched in 2020 and could compete against the Audi Q7, BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE and the Volvo XC90. Prices could start around US$ 50,000.

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Old 4th December 2019, 11:44   #2
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

Hyundai used to have some of the best looking cars, the mantle they seem to have given to Kia now. A bad choice to go with BMW focusing on big ugly grilles.
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Old 4th December 2019, 14:49   #3
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

Some more pictures of the car:
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

Good lord; what is with that grill!

Genesis sedans have generally been fairly pretty; this new trend of tiny headlamps and large grills is pushing the design language into silly category.
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

'War-of-the grilles'. Thats what the luxury car game is turning out to be!

And funny thing is - this trend of ever increasing grille size is happening just before grilles disappear completely due to electric cars.
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I still don't get it. Why can't Hyundai bring Genesis to India to compete against BMW, Mercs and Audi ? Price it 15-20 Lakhs cheaper and it's a hit in our market.
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Old 4th December 2019, 15:31   #7
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

If Genesis, Infiniti and Acura do come to India that would indeed be a boon for the buyers. These beauties will add versatility in the sea of Mercs-BMWs-Audis.

And if they do price it effectively undercutting the big 3 that would be a dream come true. However, as Lexus has shown dreams may just remains dream for the time to come. Sigh

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Old 4th December 2019, 22:17   #8
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

Looks like a Palisade in Genesis clothes. Palisade is already with good interiors so I expect this one's interior to be luxurious. It has the potential to compete well with Acura MDX & Lexus RXL in USA except for the fact that Genesis is still an unknown brand.
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

I kinda dig the looks.

Though the grille looks like an XXXXL Cadillac emblem, it's not ugly per se, and the rear looks like a poor man's Bentayga.

But love the return of the two spoke steering wheel. Looks like an modern interpretation of an old Lincoln's steering wheel. Sure tired of seeing 'sporty' 3 spokes in everything.

The interior looks good, taking elements of both Range rover and Lexus, though the colour is going to be a royal pain to maintain.

Since it's based on the G80, wonder why the V8 didn't make it here.
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

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I still don't get it. Why can't Hyundai bring Genesis to India to compete against BMW, Mercs and Audi ?
Hyundai does have plans to bring Genesis to India, but they're currently busy fighting it out in the lower segments. Also, I believe that the number of RHD Genesis models is limited.

Back to the GV80, gosh . Hyundai has totally lost it in terms of design. Quite disappointing as I liked their current gen styling.
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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

Perhaps the only model from Hyundai which doesn’t have any eye-catchy curvy design element anywhere in this car.

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Hyundai Genesis sedan has been a complete flop in Australia even though it was an excellent car that offered really good value for money - it was a E-class sized luxury sedan at a C-class price. The few private buyers who bought it lost their money as the depreciation was off a cliff. The only happy chappies are the limo owner operators who got a full sized luxury car cheaply. It actually looks quite elegant in black.

Somehow Hyundai does not have the cache of the German Big Three in luxury circles! I believe Hyundai is going to launch Genesis as a standalone luxury brand. Then it might have a better chance.

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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

Launching a new luxury brand and competing on price will not work against the Big 3. They have got such brand equity. If you drive an unknown brand whose parent company is Hyundai, nobody will consider you as 'arrived' in life even if that car has the same features as the Big 3.

The only way to compete with the Big 3 is with technology and features. You should have the ability to offer features that are not available in them. You should have something that buyers can brag about. Like Tesla did.

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Re: Genesis GV80 SUV leaked

There seems to be a trend pattern here.
Toyota & Lexus were good looking until they starting designing very garish grilles
Same with Honda, with too much chrome in the front grille.
Now Hyundai seems to follow.
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I think Hyundai is going for the brutalist in-your-face look because it's almost impossible to differentiate yourself in the luxury SUV segment overpopulated by European manufacturers with similar looking SUV under different brand names many a time having the same basic underpinning.
They can't go wild with the proportions without affecting functionality or the accepted standards (since they aren't Tesla)

This kind of design language is mainly to turn people's head and hold it there until they take it all in. That will be enough time to etch that "unique" oversized fence of a grill in their minds and consequently the oversized badge.
Hyundai also knows that people nowadays like to "stand-out" or so they hope. Because everybody seems to have a luxury SUV nowadays.

If they just release a sane-looking beautiful suv from a brand nobody's heard of , people are just going to forget it. Nowadays It's all about being eye-catching (in a good way or a bad way) and staying in people's mind rather than being good looking.

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