2024 Genesis GV70 Long-Term Review: The GOOD, BAD and TERRIBLE!!

Hi Matt, can you move the C please? Oh, can I please, is it a four or an a? It's a five from 0 to 100, that's very fast, it's solid for an SUV. Hello Jacob. Hi Matt, what are we driving today? a damn Genesis

gv70

and not just any Genesis jv7 Jacob our Genesis

gv70

is our Genesis jv7. Look, we've had this for over 3 months. We've put thousands of miles on this thing. In fact, I mainly drive quite a bit in rural Victoria. I wanted to know if the Genesis gv70 is really

good

to live with, why is it so much cheaper than its competitors like the BMW cheaper?

It has to be a trap So today we're going to go over The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the downright disgusting, the

terrible

, horrible things that this Genesis jv7 has done to me, it's actually quite the opposite. Actually, I'm trying to find reasons. I don't like it because, frankly, there are a lot of

good

things in this, so today we're going to do what we do best, we're going to be picky, we're going to pass and see what we do. I don't like that the Genesis gv70 of course also tells you what we do, what it's been like to live with it for the last 3 months, and whether or not you should buy one.

Okay, let's get into it, let's get it right before we talk. about the exterior appearance, let's talk about price, naturally we have the most expensive gv70, here it is the 3 and 1/2 L biturbo all-wheel drive v6 with the luxury Sportline package, many words, many inclusions, Jacob, guess how much it costs. The cost, if I had to guess, if it was the same as the price of a BMW, it would be like 140, how about you almost cut it in half? This costs $12,200. I love taking it, okay, that's an incredible value, so it's hard to fault the value here.

Jacob ISM, that's definitely not

terrible

. What about the design, good, bad or ugly? It looks beautifull. I can't fault the design either. I love these split headlights here. You've got some really cool daytime running lights, very bright LED lights in there, I'm also pretty sure they're Matrix LEDs and you've also got some really nice

term

signs as well as a Genesis badge, some might say Janess Matthew is that Frenchie who She was French. and sex in one sentence has a huge grill, it's like a shield, I think they call it, it's a bit finicky. I don't love how there is a panel like huge gap covering the hood, it looks like they raised it a little.

Kinda, um, looks like I had an accident, I swear, I haven't. Also on the side here it's also a little raised, I don't know, maybe it's a fit and finish thing or maybe it's just the way it's designed. maybe let me know what you think in the comments section, do you think this is normal or not? Actually, one thing inside the grill is you'll see this thing has what's called active arrow, so it has slats that open and close depending on whether the engine needs cooling or whether the AC compressor needs a little bit more cooling. of air and keeps it as aerodynamic as possible, which you need because, as you'll see, the only thing terrible about this car's fuel economy is its fuel economy.

It's pretty bad on the bottom, it's got a big bumper with a radar, this thing has pretty awesome adaptive cruise control. Lane centering, in fact, comes very, very well equipped in

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s of safety and if Tiger Woods' accident in the GV 80 is anything to go by, right, yes, that guy rolled the car many, many times, in one, otherwise, I don't know, man, it's beautiful, really, really nice, let's take Che out on the side, let's do it now, coming to the side, you'll see these 20 inch wheels here with big Genesis Brakes, this thing has upgraded brakes, also Michel and Pilot Sport tires for four SUVs, which are amazing tires.

I literally always recommend Michel and Pilot Sport because it's great to see them here. You also have this 360 camera, it's decent. pretty good man it's pretty good the good frame rate seems better on chinese cars although to be honest you also get keyless entry and of course very tinted privacy glass and I love the copy of design this type SUV. It looks very sporty from the side. I have to say it's very sporty and actually technically not a coupe SUV like the gv80 and be sure to subscribe because we'll be

review

ing it very soon, no doubt that's coming at some point. but it's still a very, very attractive SUV, especially from the side, let's show you the butt, let's do it right, let's talk about the juicy Dair Air J, it looks very genetic, it does.

I love it in most places although I think they are a bit silly so here you have some cool LED lights there also 3.5t four wheel drive that's how everyone will know you have the big engine. Can I ask you if it's a four or if it's a let us know? in the comments section below it says that a four or an A has the Genesis badge there gv70. You also get a really cool third brake light that literally runs the entire length of the car. This is Jacob's foolish end. Look at that mm. that's your boot version.

I don't think I'm that fool. I think it's stupid. I'll tell you why it's been 3 months and I'm still looking here. I think that says more about you than the design of the bo. What if the car shuts up? Well I also mentioned this at the bottom, you get a pretty cool diamond effect, also dual exhaust tips and they are very real, that's how it sounds, very good Jacob, time to talk about practicality, now let's do it. it's on three one two three electric tailgate oh it's actually pretty fast it's pretty quick and it goes pretty high as well.

I'm 51 for reference, but I've been known to inflate it to 83, sometimes check this out. 542 L of space in the trunk. a little less than the competitors, I mean very little, most of them have around 550 stairs so they are still very very good, you get real carpets under here, unfortunately you don't get underfloor storage, but you do get a cargo cover and a tire. shift kit of some description thank you thank you I haven't had to use it so I haven't figured it out okay the attention to detail here is fantastic man I mean the lights they even look genetically yeah I do they have converted. this diamond effect that is very Genesis despite not having been available for a

long

time, it's kind of like its design, it's also very easy to drop the second row and get even more space there, configurations that I like, 1680 L of trunk space during my time with It's been super practical, you haven't had any problems, it's not a problem and it's not that big, it's like 4.8M

long

which for a midsize SUV is perfect, let's check the interior let's do it all dad Jacob bro this is where This blew me away look guys really keep this in perspective this thing is significantly cheaper than a BMW X1, quite a bit cheaper than a GLC 300 and almost on par with an Audi Q3, but you know what the Audi Q3 is not going to achieve. interior what's not going to have all this real leather absolutely everywhere we have the ultramarine blue interior it's like a very dark navy blue with these red contrast stitching and red seat belts, Jacob, can I be honest with them, yeah, can? tell them you thought you thought it was pink I'm a fool I'm a fool built you're a silly colourblind child but it's a really lovely place to be, it's very well presented and honestly at this price I'm not going to find any competitors you know what man like what really sold it to me this is not based on a Santa Fe this is not based on any Hyundai it's something of theirs it's their own thing and you get the craziest inter For this price it's unreal and what you need to keep in mind guys. is that, for example, if you compare this to Alexis, Alexis will still be based on a Toyota platform that still has the Toyota fundamentals, but they improve it, this is not that. at all and you can see it well, you have this huge almost 15-inch screen, you can use this controller down here, which feels amazing, listen to that haptic feedback, you have a wired Apple Car player, Android Auto, which, in the currently, it is questionable. that's high and I think yeah, that's not right right now, but anyway it's an amazing screen, really color accurate, it's fast.

Snappy Maps works fine. I just don't have any complaints about it. In front of you, you get a digital instrument cluster which I think is probably one of the worst reasons because it has one of the dumbest tricks, which is like a 3D effect and, um, when you turn off that 3D effect, you'll see it because it makes you feel bad and it's not like that. it looks great it just gets blurry so it becomes like low resolution it's just not that good it's actually extremely functional so it really ruins it. That trick you can see a lot of information, so it's just stupid, but anyway, other than that. it works well and when you switch between the different driving modes it can also change and give you fun little skins, you know, you know, it's funny when we first

review

ed the Genesis a while ago, we thought that 3D was the coolest thing.

The world made it, it's 3D, yeah, it's got this 3D effect, which is cool, I like it, I like it, oh how we're disenfranchised, other build quality stuff, guys like it, oh it feels so good, you have all real metal here. Your shift knob has knurled metal and glass, it's really lovely to use. You've got Nur metal buttons here, even your drive selector is a metal button, even these quick select here, they're all metal here, your air conditioning controls, you get a third screen. and it's actually very easy to use. I don't have any complaints. You leave it on automatic mode and let it do its job.

It has heated seats. Cooled seats. The steering wheel, which again is beautiful leather. Well, it's heated too, not to mention the seats. Dude the seats are probably one of the best parts of this car it's unreal that's why the diamond quilted Nappa leather feels amazing they are adjustable so many ways in fact I'm pretty sure it's 18 because you can even adjust the support under your butt that also adjusts the bolster as you change The riding modes are unreal, you have a massage function on them, like I said, they heat up and cool down and are so comfortable.

I've spent hours and hours driving this thing like four five hours straight. not a saw at all but a saw wallet, saw wallet, we'll come back to that in terms of practicality, it's pretty good too, so you get a couple of cup holders here, you get a pretty big glove box, in fact the armor central is nice. and smooth inside, there is also plenty of space in there with a 12 volt outlet under this small area. Here is a wireless phone charger that I discovered that I just warmed up my phone and that is all the wireless chargers ever.

Yeah, maybe this one wasn't particularly that good, but still. You're right, they're all pretty terrible. You also have two USB A ports here, which feels a little dated. To be honest, it should probably be USBC by now. Your door compartments are also quite large. The Elex speakers here sound pretty good, yeah, I mean, they're not as good as the Mark Levenson ones on Alexis, but they're pretty good, they're pretty good. By the way, I totally agree with you. There is also a head-up display. Honestly, it's very difficult to cover everything here because there are so many features and it doesn't feel like it's been put together and unrefined, like you find a lot of Chinese cars. incredibly good, no, and the design is really nice, like they haven't overdone it, everything flows, it's cohesive, it just feels really well put together, yeah, huge panoramic sunroof, yeah, let's get out of the back seat.

Hi Matt, can you move the seat please? Oh, you can. Can I please, there's a limousine feature right there, which is a limousine feature right there, now coming back. I'm 5'11. I have pretty good legroom and the room is good too. Headroom is also pretty good, although it's actually quite impressive. Considering this car is 4.7 M long, good correction of your previous error. I fixed my mistakes, dads, you have the beautiful Nappa Diamond Quil Ed leather seats in the back, here you have heating on the outer seats, there too, lower this center armrest, it falls off. A little lower than you'd probably expect, you've also got a couple of cup holders in there, which is nice to see that it's also got a map pocket in there, a couple of air vents and two more USB A ports.

The quality does not suffer much impact. the back is nice and soft here too and look at this, go away, go away son I love a good umbrella I love a good umbrella protect your kids from the perverted sun oh you forgot, good night oh yeah look guys I'm not going I'm going to say it's the best thing back here, as I don't think it's the most space, but you have a lot of features and I'm pretty sure everyone who has sat here has said, "oh, mood lighting." I thought it was just Willie, your dog, my beautiful little gral.

I'm glad to hear itwho appreciates interior lighting, not only appreciates it, but takes care of it, loves purple, which is a great transition to US cast.com when buying your next car. Whether it's a Genesis or anything, we can help you get the best deals at no cost to you, it's very simple, head to cast.com and put in the car you want to buy. We have a team of experts who sit behind us and literally make dealers fight to get you the absolute best deal and we are always on your side because we charge a flat rate no matter what you pay, so we will always look for the best price. , so visit cast.com when you want to buy one of these or anything, Jacob, let's launch.

Oh, okay, dad Jacob, we're currently in mode because this has been my long term. Do you need to clear your throat? Dude, okay, we're good, now let's put the car in sport mode. Let's turn off the traction. It turns off automatically. Yes, but it is. It's not completely off, oh, we have to turn it off. I forgot where it was, oh no, where is it, oh here it is, it was there, we've only had the car for three months. I do not want to talk about that. I don't want to talk about it okay now we can launch it don't do this at home kids hit me let's do it oh launch control ready here we go dad oh geez oh my god it's fast man 0 100 in 5.25 seconds, that's what.

Really fast, that's solid for an SUV, to be fair it doesn't really get that fast unless you're in launch control. Still, it's very good. I guess I'll throw it everywhere from now on. Well we can't because We're giving it back let's drive it normally okay Dy Jacob the damn gv7 my long term will soon be dead for me divorce let's put the car oh oh oh oh on I can't believe I can't believe that you had to search. it took me a second it took me a second Sport Plus mode I love how it turns off traction who cares oh you feel the twin turbo Source oh yeah oh yeah this keeps going uh it will happily continue actually put the car back in sport mode let's go comfort for now, why are we talking about yes, why not, it's a 3.5L biturbo V6.

Thousands and thousands of kilometers I've done with this car, thousands and thousands of dollars in gas, that's a lot of money, let's talk of the power. 279 KW of power 530 new meters of torque which is a fairly healthy torque figure. That's a healthy torque figure. To be fair, this car weighs over 2 tons. It's not the fastest in the world, but it's certainly fast, especially when you combine that with the fact that it has a permanent all-wheel drive system with rear-wheel drive, yeah, let's put the car back. I keep going down the wrong path. Sports mode. I love how you have terrain modes in this.

Oh oh oh my gosh, I'm pretty fast. the steering gets so heavy it's incredibly heavy now, what Genesis does better than Lexus, what a lot of people compare this to, is that most Lexus products are actually based on a Toyota platform, they use a lot of steel components , it's not very sophisticated, while this one. it's completely tailor-made for Genesis, they essentially copy BMW and Mercedes in terms of luxury, refinement and aluminum that goes under the subframe and all of that translates into an incredibly premium driving experience, especially at this price, man, especially at this price, just do it very well, also because it is a huge product, it is very well adapted to our roads.

I know it's like a luxury car custom-fitted for Australian roads. It's unreal, it's incredible, and even in sport mode, where the shocks get stiffer, you know? It's still comfortable but it's not as floaty as Alexis. You know, it definitely has that sportier characteristic 100%. It's more BMW than Mercedes, for example. Yes, Mercedes is definitely the softer end. Oh my god, this thing has so much power. power I haven't been driving the car this way, to be honest this car has been the car I drove to Hamilton to see my fiancé who now works there luckily so I don't have to drive that far but um, Now I have risen a lot, brother, there is no need to expose myself like this.

I've restarted this so now we're at 3, almost 400 km on a press car, wow, and the thing is if you guys know press cars, we're at 2 or three a week, yeah, so you've spent a lot of time in this. I've spent a lot of time in this one, in fact it says 63 hours sitting in this car, putting my butt in this seat. and I've loved it, I've loved it, luckily, okay, I've been driving the damn Mitsubishi ASX, hey, that's good for some people, okay, and it's not necessarily good for you, not for me, exactly, all right, here we are Saucy.

BL damn corner, let's see what she's going to say, but that's probably politically incorrect, tickle me, tickle my little pickle, oh here we go, oh my god, oh keep going guys if you turn off the traction or They go into Sport Plus mode. let me tell you this car will go sideways the steering wheel the seat Bel pretensioner just came on oh my god again it's gotten tighter somehow that was sick the 8 speed car is also perfect this whole car like for the price leather everywhere blue here is fine, stylish man, huge screen, amazing technology and as far as luxury cars go, it doesn't break the bank.

I find it hard to complain about anything on this car, the only thing that really sucks is the fuel economy, so 13.1 L. per 100 km on highway driving almost exclusively, it was consuming about 10 L per 100 km, that's at least doable in the city, it's getting up to 20, it's really bad, yeah, so if you're going to be driving a lot in the city, keep that in mind. Because you're going to go through the 66L gas tank, you're going to go through it in 3, literally, I'd drive there, fill up the car, come back, fill up the car every time, I'd like 120 bucks, it's not cheap.

Fortunately, the tank is a little small, so it makes you feel a little better at the time. You can also get it with a 2.1/2L 4-cylinder turbo engine, really good, but it definitely doesn't feel as smooth and refined as this one. it feels a little more edgy and if you want to learn more about that engine you can check out our uh hund Sonata review where that engine is in that car so I can say it's been amazing. Impeccable for the price and luxury. the inclusions for the first attempt like this is the first J 70 M they have set the bar very high yeah I am very impressed with this car man honestly okay let's get into our final thoughts let's get it right dad Jacob , brother.

What is there to say? Final thoughts. Look, it's pretty incredible. I mean, I think for the money you can't go past the Genesis, so the fact that this is literally a little over 100 Grand entry for the 3 and 2 liter twin turbo V6, stupid. stupid amount of performance amount of luxury like it's really really hard to find fa yeah there may be some little things here and there but like it's so minor you really have to look for it, easy recommendation and if you want to buy one of these or any other car go to cara.com slby and be sure to subscribe so you can see our next goodbye to the CIA