2021 Genesis GV80 2 5T vs 2021 Audi Q7 SLine, Genesis is getting there...

the

genesis

gv80

2021

the first

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suv I call it genesis great value for gv it is an incredible vehicle it is a very very good suv very luxurious powerful and as I said great value genesis has finally introduced a suv as a brand that represents luxury they are part of the hyundai group and You will find many things in this car in other vehicles like the Palisade and so on. The genesis says that this is pure craftsmanship, it is a luxury vehicle that anyone should buy, but it is good, so this is what we will find out in today's video.

I brought the 2020

audi

q7 today and we will compare it to the genesis

gv80

if it is good. Now some of you may have questions about this comparison. Well isn't the q5 supposed to be compared to the gv80 technically? No yes you might find some articles online saying it's the gv80 it's a competitor to the q5 but in my opinion it's not and first of all there are a few reasons why this offers three rows too, this is 199 inches long, 194.5 inches long and although the q5 is less than 190 it's technically not much of a competitor, at the same time the genesis starts in Canada at about 64,000 and while this one at 71 , the q5 We're looking at around 50,000, so it's not the best comparison.

I think the q5 will be better compared to the gv70 which is the next suv that Genesis has promised us, especially thanks for this video to our good friends at

audi

brampton for allowing me. borrow the q7 so I can pair it with the uh genesis gv80 if better. Another reason I chose the q7 is because it looks very very similar to this one now if you look at them side by side the wave starts from the front. from the vehicle to the rear it looks a bit like the q7 now we know the genesis and of course kian hyundai brands like to use german engineering in fact they hired many german engineers and designers such as bmw the head of m performance genesis also hires designers from lamborghini and so on, so they are doing something great, they know exactly what they are doing, their goal is for the Germans to beat the competitors, it is necessary to be able to offer luxury vehicles and in this case This is what Janus is providing, Genesis is off to a great start and I have to hand it to Genesis.

They have done a fantastic job. The model we have for today's video is the 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that produces 300 horsepower. Yes you heard that starting from a four cylinder engine it is impressive what they have done with this engine and I must say after having it for about a week and having tested the q7 before this is truly an amazing four cylinder that they have . a great engine to compete against the audi offering a single turbocharged v6 engine that generates around 335 brake horsepower both vehicles have an eight speed automatic transmission and both have all wheel drive systems where the genesis loses first is actually the Cargo space that the Audi offers behind the second row or the third row there is more space than the Genesis, so you are looking at a total of 70 cubic feet of space in the Audi Q5, while in the Genesis there is about 65 and 68.

Another place where the audi wins is towing capacity, you see, this can tow up to 7,700 pounds and while the genesis, even with a v6 engine, can tow up to 6,600 pounds, a big win for the q7, the q7 offers correct air, but it also offers an amazing feature in the rear so that you look if it is too high off the ground, what you can do is raise and lower the vehicle with the cylinder heads located on the side, as you can see, and the vehicle is not even on and then you can turn it up if you want, the genesis offers the power second.

Unfortunately, with this package we don't get third row seating in the third row, but you do get a power third row, which is pretty amazing, so you can basically fold down the front seats for the second row and the third row right from the here and you have a power seat in the second row, so all you have to do is press the button on the side of the second row and it will fold automatically. One thing I love to test on my channel when it comes to three row SUVs is the actual tailgate, how high can it go?

Let's test drive the audi q7 so I have to bend my hair to touch the actual tailgate. Let's see how genesis will do well now, that's a plus for genesis. We know that. The Q7 will cost you more and I think it's justifiable, so the first thing you'll notice is that it has soft close doors so you don't have to slam the door both front and back on the Genesis. Take revenge on the advanced finish we have for today's video, don't think that the Janus is not as luxurious as the Audi. In fact, it has many features that both cars offer, so for example we have a dual climb unit. the center and heated seats for this side for the passenger on both sides that's pretty impressive also this seat here and this side is really electric so if you want to fold it down you don't have to use too much force to have a butt located on this side you press it and then you hit it now you have more space maybe to put some things in there the beautiful thing about this is how advanced they have made this vehicle even in the second row what do I mean by that if the seat in front of you is bothering you it What you can do is press this button located on the sides and now you can basically fold the recliner into the actual seat so you can move it forward, that's the next level of luxury.

I love that on top. of that you have the visors on this side and on this side they have thought about the adults here, not just the children, the Genesis does not have a full panoramic roof, so it is actually split in half, so you have one in the back and one in the front and both open the actual sun visors and you get sun visors on the sides if the sun is too bright for you in the audi q5 in the second row you get more or less the same as in the genesis you have double climate units, heated seats and of course you have USB ports to charge your phone, a single armrest in the front, but this offers a full panoramic roof.

What I like about the Audi and what I don't like about the Janus is actually the space. I feel like I have more space here than I did in the Genesis. Technically, the Audi is a little longer, a couple of inches longer than the Genesis, which translates to more space. Now the Q5 offers quite a bit of technology compared to the Genesis, but they are not too far from each other, so, for example, they both have a cluster of digital infotainment systems. The only difference is that the Audi offers a full Google Maps suite so you can display the map in your classroom.

It's pretty impressive. For 2020, they redesigned the Q7 to give you more features and then we have a beautiful huge screen here. This is a haptic option, so basically when you touch it you can hear the click and you can also move the icons around like a phone so you can basically adjust them from different areas. and then there you go, there are many features in this, most importantly in this model, you get the actual massage seats for the front. Yes, for both sides, when it comes to other convenience features, both have heated seats, ventilated seats, heated steering wheel, standard features. front display and of course the genesis also has a digital cluster.

The beautiful thing about the Q7, unlike the Genesis GV8, is that it is sporty and luxurious at the same time, whether you like it or not. I like this type. in style, it is very impeccable, there are hardly any spaces here, everything is where it should be. I like the general shape in this area. They have done a fantastic job. I don't like some things about this car, for example the royal touch. screen here like there's no need to have that, especially since now you have to clean two screens, not the biggest fan of that design, so if you move around here now it has this screen protector, so you can just clean it so that No It doesn't leave fingerprints but overall in my opinion the touch screen options are quite annoying because you have to keep cleaning them all the time and then you have basic standard functions here for different driving modes.

It has a 360 degree camera that you can turn on and then. You also have a 3D version which is very similar to the gns gv8 so when it comes to those features they are very similar not too far away the audio also offers wireless Android Auto and Apple Car Play so once. you plug your phone in and then you're basically plugged into the car, voila, you can just slide your phone in here and then charge it very smartly. One thing I love about the Q7 is the steering wheel, now compare it to the Genesis in my opinion.

The steering wheel the Genesis doesn't seem so attractive to me I find it too futuristic very different design I have never seen that type of steering wheel before some will like it others I don't just like the standard steering wheels there is no need to put a lot of fancy things on it. One thing I also love about the Audi is the interior quality and let me show you what I mean, but let's jump to the genesis. The first thing you notice when you walk into the Janus is that it feels luxurious. looks pretty good, has a haptic touchscreen option for the actual climbing unit, huge infrastructure system, it measures 14.5 inches which I think is huge.

What I don't like about Genesis is this either, it takes a long time to get used to. to this type of system, so for reverse just look, now it's in neutral and then you have to click twice to go into reverse. I find it a little annoying, that's my only concern with this vehicle, they could have done better. terms of this area there is no need to have a huge scroll button here scroll here it looks like a space shuttle to me there are too many scroll options I would like a shift knob I find it easy to operate to turn it upside down, I found this to be an orbit.

I found it a little annoying, but what I love about the Genesis is that the overall design looks very futuristic, very different, that is, for the price you are paying for this vehicle. Like the front area, it has heated seats, ventilated seats, a full cruise control option. With this it is very advanced, we will also test it and then we will see a screen with a huge infotainment system that is quite impressive for the price. what you are paying for, don't forget about the q7, you will spend some money now that we have covered a lot of things about both vehicles.

The next question is how they drive, which one drives better, which one is more comfortable. and, of course, cabin noise. I want to point something out though before we take a test drive, the Genesis actually has winter tires while this one has all-season tires, something I unfortunately can't control, but we'll test them either way. let's go for a drive okay so let's take the audi q7 for a test drive let me turn it on for you um let me adjust the seats uh we have a power steering column here and here we go let's set everything up there we go and we have a nice infotainment system.

You can show the map here and there now, that's pretty awesome. This is Google Maps, so it's literally whatever you have on your phone, so most of the time you don't need it. to connect your phone because it's literally like that now let's do voice control it's too cold inside what temperature should be set to 25? I'm raising the temperature to 25 degrees Celsius, so it's going to be hot now, that's pretty impressive. The next thing you want to do is hold down this button here. It's a haptic type of button and there we go, now you have full control from the driver's seat and then you can turn it on from here.

You also have massage seats, so let's do pulse, oh that feels good if you don't want to use it. the buttons on the seats, what can you do, hold them down and that's it, now you have access to this, you can adjust the actual seats and then increase, decrease, etc., or the recliner, the bolsters that's how everything is fine here like are. I've thought of everything now, let's go to drive to the driving modes if you want to change the driving modes that are here so that we have dynamic automatic comfort. Oh, and all the roads, here we go now, let's put it on automatic for now.

It also adjusts the height of the vehicle so you can raise it from here or lower it, it depends on what you want, but depending on the driving modes, it will also change the position of Let me put it in park, it will change the height of the vehicle, so at this time it's actually raising the vehicle, let me do it again. In fact, I like it when it comes down, here we go and then we go down. Now you are going to lower the vehicle. Okay, so let's go for a walk. I love this thing.

I actually like the q7. I like the Q7 better than the Q8. I think it looks much better than the Q8. In my opinion, the Q8 is like a big Volkswagen Beetle. It looks like a proper SUV in my opinion and you also get a third row in both vehicles. that's something to keep in mind oh, the massage seats here areincredibly good, um, it's soft, but you can enjoy it and that's what I like about this, what I do notice is the fact that now it's very quiet inside. Genesis says the Genesis actually has double-glazed windows, which means it's quieter.

That's what we're going to find out. I bring this little device here and find out if it's actually as quiet as the Genesis or what it is. the best of both, we will take you on a suitable path, exactly the same path for both of us. This also has paddle shifters. If you want to have fun, let's put the transmission in sport mode. We have it in every way. then change it to dynamic oh this works now some of you might say well sam this isn't fair you should have gotten the v6 genesis yeah but that's not fair either because the v6 makes like 400 horsepower , so 400 versus 335.

I took the base models for both. Now the four cylinder in Canada is barely ordered because the vehicle is so heavy that the four cylinder is totally useless. In fact, I spoke. To the guys at Audi Brampton, he says no one actually orders the four cylinder because the vehicle is so heavy it's so useless and there's literally no power, that's why I thought I'd buy this as well because I think the four cylinder in the genesis. Even though it is a four cylinder, if I didn't tell you that if you drove the car you would never know it was a four cylinder because it is very powerful and a good job of genesis, they have done a fantastic job.

I work on that car, but again I think these are also the perfect settings that we have for today's videos. Today's video and the engines are perfect for both and they are amazing. They are simply perfect and more than enough power. One generates 300 horsepower and the other. makes 335, that's all you need, at least it's kind of a fair comparison, instead of

getting

the uh genesis v6 that made 400 horsepower, now let's test the cabin noise, we'll turn it on and shut the hell up and then Let's put this in comfort mode. Well, we got the number: 58.9 at 70 kilometers per hour.

Let's do the same test for genesis and exactly the same path to be fair. Some things to note that the Q7 offers. best brake system it has four pistons in the front big brake head in the front it also has four wheel steering what does that mean? Well, the front wheels turn like regular cars do, mostly the rear wheels in this car also turn, not completely. Of course, you couldn't do that, but turn it slightly so that that way it gives you better steering. Incredible technology that you have to give to Audi and on top of that it also has an air suspension system.

This vehicle is fantastic. It offers a lot. a lot, but it is important to note the fact that it is more expensive than the genesis. What I love about the Audi is the overall craftsmanship inside. They haven't left anything here that I can complain about from the board. Beautiful quality. The touch screen area here. the infotainment system, although as I said, this is not the case. I'm not the biggest fan of this area because I hate fingerprints on the touch screen, it's one of my things, but it's still not that bad or not that noticeable, but this area suits you.

Using it a lot compared to that because you have your entire climbing unit here so that's something that bothers me, but you also have the same thing on the genesis where it's actually a full touch screen and haptics, it's the same thing. style like that, oh my god, the steering radius on this thing is incredible, full turn on a small road. I love it because of that four wheel steering, so let's start with the genesis, first of all, here we also have power steering, power steering column, so you can adjust it automatically, it's pretty cool, there are a lot of technological features here that I I absolutely like them, like the position of the steering wheel, it is also quite good.

One thing I noticed with this is that it looks a lot like a Range Rover where the dash is higher. than the sitting position so you look in that direction instead of straight on, that's one thing I find with this besides that, they both look like a shooting brake version of the C class they use in Europe, unfortunately in North America . We don't understand those things, um, but that kind of styling, except they're both SUVs. The complaints I had previously are minimal. Yes, it's kind of like being picky, but it's important to show skill when you're painting a lot of money.

So for example, look at that side like that area over there there's so much gap between there's a gap here between those two and then on this side like the real part there's a gap here like little things like that that they've completely forgotten about. take care I noticed that on this side it is not well leveled at all times, there are little things here and there that I find a little annoying. You're paying a high price for this, so you want to get the highest quality possible. Little things here and there, you'll notice them if you ever get a chance to try them, plus the plastic stuff around here, as well as little things like that that annoy me, I'm not the biggest fan of those, um. and besides that, like the actual vent here, it's really funny because they both have the same design, it's kind of stretched all the way around, like big open vents, little things that annoy me, but overall, this car It's this SUV, it's pretty impressive.

Now let me show you the pretty impressive 360 ​​camera, it's really clear and you have a 360 mode and a 3D version so you can look around you like that's exactly what the audi q7 offers. It's pretty sharp and then you can change the view in multiple areas, etc., or you can have that full view and then you have the 360 ​​on that side. Okay, now we're going to do a reverse turn. The mirrors tilt when you reverse both sides, so now you have tilted mirrors. ready to give you a full view of the rear and then we have the 360 ​​camera.

The four cylinder in this car is very impressive. I could tell they did a fantastic job again if you didn't know it was a four cylinder. You couldn't say it's a four cylinder, you'd say well, sure it's a v6, but if they've done a great job, you have to hand it to Janus, this engine has high torque, very high torque and that's what makes it a car has high and fast torque and this is a perfect example in my opinion, it is such a powerful but small engine, that's what I love about it now, here's the other thing I love about this card that probably you have seen. in the palisades in the group, when I turn on the signal right now you have the blind spot through the camera, so now you can see through that, so technically you don't even need to look to the side and turn your head because this thing it gives you a complete view that is quite impressive.

It's the same technology used in some Kia and of course Hyundai vehicles, because they're technically part of the same family. It's pretty impressive. I could say it's a great feature to have something else. Unfortunately through the camera you can't see this clearly because of the real sun, but they have a full vehicle displayed on the real head-up display and then the real vehicle has left and right directions. side every time a vehicle approaches you from the rear, so since you have so much, you have blind spot assist, so you have that that shows you that in my opinion there is no way you can crash this car unless you are a really bad driver. because other than that, you are completely protected here, similar to the audi q7, this one has full adaptive cruise control, you can set it, turn it on and then set the speed and here we come in that you also have separation assist 70 kilometers per hour. time the steering wheel is on and actively turning for you, it's exactly the same as what you will find in the audi q7 now let's try voice control, we have voice control right here, please say a command, it's too hot inside, sorry , I didn't I don't understand, please try your command again after the beep, turn off the heater.

I didn't understand this yet so it's not on the same level as the audi, it won't give you all those commands so you can do what you know. Bluetooth settings cancel routes look for a gas station or something, but other than that it's just not on the same level as the Audi. Now let's do the 58.5 cabin noise test, which is 0.4 less than the gen and then the q7, so the genesis actually has better sound isolation, but that's not a big difference, that's slightly because maybe the wind is also surprising with winter tires, which is still pretty good, so technically the Janus is quieter inside than the Q7, that's pretty impressive, right, that's pretty impressive, good job. in the genesis, now let's talk about other things about the power delivery of this vehicle, let's put it in sport mode in the corners, it shifted pretty quickly, the engine was revving pretty high and then it was like power was coming out of that engine, but it's just accelerate that's all it's doing, I don't even have it in manual mode and it's literally accelerating, not sure why only high revs no power delivery on the audi q7 I felt like the engine was delivering power without high revs and here it's just a bunch of noise but there's no movement now let's do a u-turn we were able to do a u-turn in the audi uh no we need to change uh here we go no, not a full u-turn you couldn't do it in the audi we did a full u-turn in the same place here not so much, still ok but the four wheel steering on the audi q7 makes a big difference in my opinion and especially as it is a large vehicle it is very important Do you have that type of system?

Genesis finally brought a perfect competitor for a German machine to German competitors like the Audi and BMW. They're

getting

there, but they're not trying yet and they want to get there, but not yet, I think they will. Regarding the gv80, it is an amazing vehicle for the price, but if you take into consideration the fact that it will lose money and value in the long run, I think the q7 might be the better option. You just have to ask yourself if you want to give it up. 80,000 on the genesis some will debate some will say no no I really think it's not there for me yet I love it I just don't know if you could spend your money on this genesis with that in mind thanks for watching guys let me know your opinion, which ones do you like the most about this too, stay safe, regards.