Genesis GV70 - Instead Of AMG - Test Drive | Everyday Driver

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n this on camera yet we had the gv80 we really liked this is the smallest competitor like the size of a macan it's definitely a macan fighter and it's very good it's so good that I'm I'm going to start being picky because i decided to delve into the things that i don't think are as good as they could be because on first impressions it was phenomenal and the more i drove it the more i liked it, in fact i think if you're looking at a macan, which is a high bar, yeah you need to cross buy the

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100 because it could win, i think it will definitely win and this from some guy from porsche, huh, because the gv70 is so good it's not just the best in its class, i think this has set the benchmark for this size of suv, well I think this is the one everyone needs to chase great cars, great roads and all the reasons we love driving web tv and podcast, this is an

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Well, the gv70 along with three other Genesis products took honors in the People's Transportation category of the Good Design Awards for 2021. Well, the marketing people didn't have to work hard because they stood back and said, you know what It's sporty. and athletic and it looks elegant, let's go with athletic elegance instantly just looking at this makes you think, hey, there's something different about it, it must drive pretty well and that's this parabolic line that starts on the hood and goes all the way to the rear fenders. Those muscular fenders what you want is a good tension and contrast in the design of your car, the design of your vehicle, that's exactly what it does.

They're so clever that they closed the hood along the parabolic line and then it just disappeared into the headlights, so I do it. I have to say Genesis is doing this double wing light sweep on all of their cars and I don't like it on all of them, I think it's perfect on this because it's better on this car than anything else they've put on. yes better than the g the g70 better than the gv80 this is the product i feel like someone brought up that whole grill idea on this and let's all put that on everything it doesn't work on everything you're right it works great here . and this is a beautiful color.

I like the red. I'm confused by the blue interior because I've realized that as much as you and I like red and blue, I've realized that there is one thing about cars that if the car has a blue exterior red. Let's put a blue interior, if it has a blue exterior, let's put a red interior. I don't like it, it's just me, but this comes in six or seven interior colors and a bunch of exterior colors, so thank God, yeah, for giving us color too. this now has sport plus yes this is the sport plus mode as soon as you put it in sport plus it idles a little higher it only gets 375 horsepower 391 lb-ft of torque a sport plus mode an e-lsd and when you put it in sport plus mode the trash control turns off instantly yes I'm very impressed with that and when you drive it in sport plus mode like I am now I actually think it's too aggressive for anything other than a quick drive around a canyon or the track because the transmission and everything becomes hyper aggressive and very alert, we get into a lot of things where we drive it in sport mode because that's the only mode where it becomes a little interesting, this sport plus mode It's too much for normal driving, oh yeah, that's what I am.

Faster, I mean bravo for doing that sport mode, it's where you want to be. You're throwing things away by thinking I'm in a sports car and the faster you go, the smaller you think the car you're in in sports mode is aggressive enough. This has no manual settings for the transmission, but you can always use the paddles. It has eight speeds. It has very good dynamics. Yes, it is an SUV. Yes, there is body roll, but it is very well controlled. The only thing I don't like about Sport Plus. The mode is the fact that it adds artificial weight to the steering that is unnecessary, fair, it actually has half-decent steering feel and steering feel to the point that it's all-wheel drive and when you put power to it you can feel the all. -traction in the steering, you can really feel how it pulls, there's something about it that you can feel how you move it, which is amazing and very rare in cars at the moment in general and they put it here and then you jump into the sport and none of that information.

It improves, but it artificially has heavier steering, it feels pretty good, I'm picky about the seats, do you inflate the bolts? Yes, have you noticed that they grab you? They're great, it's amazing and when you get back to comfort, they let go, they relax. I have done it too. However, I noticed that from time to time they just inexplicably do it from time to time they just say hello, I'm still here yeah, it has to do with how aggressive you drive, that's what it's based on. good job, although the seat base is not reinforced enough, it's okay, like I'm getting out of the seating space.

I realize that because the real backs are so good, yes, yes, the macan is slightly better than this one dynamically and I mean fractionally great and it's much more expensive, this is sixty-five thousand dollars with everything, so You can't get more than sixty-five thousand dollars on a macon, you're just starting out, you can keep blowing people off, yeah, so there's a lot of good things about this. stuff the only question i have with all the sport goodness packages there are two sport packages on this car for a total of almost ten thousand dollars yes one thing in those two sport packages has something to do with the handling the rest is all appearance and interior niceties which is nice to have, but they shouldn't be under the sport package, just put it in there and I guess the marketing people stepped in and wanted to create a trim package.

I'm watching him chase it because this is so good, it's wonderful to drive, it has excellent power, I like to be in it all the time, so I drove it for a few days and I really realized that I would have to get very aggressive and find myself . things that are like 90 percent and should be a hundred, that's what I'm doing because it's really very well done and for you, what you said before I think alerts the segment absolutely, this is now the only usability. thing that talks about suvs that I don't like 60 40 back seat only there is no step there is nothing if you put something long in this you have to make some serious decisions because you can't make a step that many of them have is like the 40 20 40. this is 40 60. and that happens true, it depends on what you are used to buying for the use of a hatchback SUV, you may never have that problem that is an SUV problem.

I wish I could do it too. lower the seat, that's a problem with the SUV, that's just architecture, the more I drive this, the more I like it. I'm struggling, the struggle is too strong at work, but I'm struggling with the last time we got a press car and I overdid it. above I just liked it and I want to drive it and I kept looking for excuses to say I should take the GV70, we have sports cars in the garage and I thought we only have this for a week I should buy the GV70 again.

I'm so glad it's awesome, it's really good and the sport plus mode is too aggressive for the street, when was the last time that happened? I like it, but who is this setup for? It's for us right now, doing this right now, I mean, listen to that. I'm not doing the gearbox and the gearbox is aggressive it's like we're going to track with the family yeah ridiculous in a big way it's like amg light yeah when do you use the hot

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amg setups on your mercedes 63?, yeah, when do you do that? the street, yes no, but it's there because you can, it's the whole package, but I realized the gv70 is about touching, feeling, touching things, you don't just want to swipe for style, but get to know your car definitely. hand wash it and know the surfaces because when you get to the end of that parabolic arc you can't tell me that that three-quarter rear window isn't exactly like a Porsche 928.

Look at that three-quarter rear window, okay? only a 928 owner can tell that's good, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, to the Porsche 928, okay, it's this form of fastback GT coupe, I think that's why I like it so much. I can see, in addition to the style, the two-line design on the headlights. and the taillights are so clean, they've never looked better. So much technology, so you jump inside. I happen to like ultramarine blue. I think it's a lovely choice and is very refreshing from the norm of grays and blacks and even white. Okay, but this would be phenomenal like a candy like a tan, sure, that's what I wish it was oatmeal, you know what I mean, cookie, sure, just these are all the names they give it, let's be honest, you know , like Tuscan sand, enough.

How is it different from beets? I don't know, so look inside, beautiful, clean shapes inspired by airplane wing sections. The screen is an element. The line above the instrument panel that turns into the vents right here is an element. Then down here, the air conditioning is one element, but they all work together. They all have different shapes but are harmonious. Look at everything you do. You touch all the knurled wheels and dials. You want to touch them because they look like jewelry. They're at Volvo level, they're at Mercedes level, they feel great and they work great.

To the left of the

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's climate controls, below the start/stop button, is a fingerprint reader that will not only load your settings and start the vehicle when you touch it. if you are programmed, but you can also use it for valet mode and hyundai even messed with hyundai car pay, yes, if you are going to buy things through hyundai in

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, you can buy it with your fingerprints, are we there, really to ? I've played with it, but the seat controls touch the

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's side, you don't even have to go home, I just have to touch them, just touch them and the screen comes up, whatever you want.

You're not even moving them, but simply placing your fingertips on them. It says this is what you are about to adjust. Do you want to adjust that? I've never seen anyone in other cars, I've never seen anyone do this and it makes sense that it goes into so many things that you're always sitting, no, wait, no, that one is exactly in front of this one and it shows you an interesting Mercedes that solves this problem by putting them on the door so you can see what you're doing, but this is an elegant way to solve the problem and make it theirs, they didn't copy Mercedes, they made it their own, so they want you to touch the things inside and you're not disappointed because the carbon fiber inlays, the metal door handles, feel like honest materials.

You're at six, which is four thousand, something unheard of at this price, you're at sixty-four thousand dollars and so many times we get into cars at any price and come on, is this worth that much? and you come into this at sixty-four thousand. dollars and that's it, that's exactly it, I think I got away with a bargain here. The gauges are interesting because they do the same thing as the hyundai genesis kia, one of them will light up if you press the blinkers and it will show you your blind spot, yes. but have you also noticed that it is a digital gauge cluster that has multiple layers of double air, so it gives it visual depth like a real gauge would have?

I've never seen anyone else do that normally when they do it it's because something is a real meter and something is a digital meter so it has layers this is all digital information but they have stacked it which gives it a 3D depth , which is a subtle thing that you don't think about, but the more you look at it the more you realize, that's a nice thing and there it's buried in the dash, everything is so thought out in the seams, these the shapes, the buttons, the finish, the trim for me, is at Mercedes level, this is what Mercedes does, yes, for sure, yes. pay for it with mercedes-benz yes, they have thought about it and so has genesis and that is making their brands stand out.

They are taking wood to all the other mid luxuries, whatever rating they give it, they are leading the pack, it's amazing. how cool is this, well let's trade it so you can drive. I want to

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this for sure. I'm going to talk about this for a second because I've gotten angry at many manufacturers for putting HVAC controls anywhere you can't reach. for them easily and the buttons and dials are the best fat free controls. I still maintain that here we are at the genesis with a mix and in fact I think they have done it very well, but they are still touch screens, which I don't believe. like for the heated seat controls, I don't like it for the hvac, no the buttons are better because you are doing things while driving and you want to have the same thing every time it is easy to reach, Genesis has an interesting solution here because the temperature It's actually a dial that works really well, there are some buttons, there's also a touch screen under its belt, at least they've built a dedicated panel that never changes, so once you get the hang of it you'll be able to start doing what makes the buttons are great. and that is that you know exactly what you need andexactly where it is and it's that muscle memory you need while you concentrate on driving.

I wish it was a little less complicated and small touch screen. I think this is the best solution. I've seen it in the modern era for HVAC because I'm a guy who likes old school, just give me a button for that, for HVAC, I mean, that's high praise coming from a guy who wants steampunk gauges and dials, I do it and I want to. Huge vents and these are small vents and they still work pretty well, they pop, they do a good job great, they're big enough, okay, your interaction with your eight-speed automatic transmission is this knurled wheel, it looks like jewelry, it looks like glass down here, so turn this and there should be two checks on the right or left for the driver in reverse.

The park is right in the middle and let's go because I found out what these units are like. Should we continue playing sports? Oh, yes, there are four more of us, oh, well, yes, excellent, also, oh, you can tell because the addresses are correct, there is a little. of artificial weight, but I don't care because this thing just took off, yes, it does despite its weight, despite its size, it suddenly drives a lot smaller, which is a Porsche thing and it weighs 4,500 pounds , this is not light, that's right, it's actually Okay, yeah, but this suddenly comes to light.

It doesn't drive like it weighs at all. It doesn't drive as it deserves. It's absolutely brilliant. There's something that doesn't feel as much, but there's a little bit here. You already know. I like the Germans because of their solidity. I like them for how heavy they feel and how solid and well-built they feel, but I also like Japanese cars for how light and agile they look, but sometimes feel a little flimsy. This combines the best. Both the Koreans have figured it out, it has the solidity of slamming the door, the overall interactions feel like the solidity of German engineering, but then it has that light and airy feeling of agility in everything you do, it's the strangest feeling because we're accustomed.

Well, it's very good. The German ones are solid and excellent and built for centuries of use. This is right in the middle and makes you feel like you've discovered something. Now I will say, of course, that everyone is excited about this. I know it's so good. Every car out there, nothing is perfect, this has a persistent limited slip differential problem, it doesn't exist, it's not solved right now, it's not widespread, but some people have strange limited slip differential warning problems, uh , and they are understanding it. resolved so we don't know what the outcome of that will be again that's the only thing that appeared in two sport packages everything else was padded leather and a nice interior and I moved on this is the sport package but that also means that . the base versions without those sport packages still drive pretty close to this, that's what it means, it just means that this car overall drives well and is nice to be in and you can add all the accessories, but ultimately the sport package only adds the limited. slip differential which at this point is in progress, yeah, oh, that's down, that's just the sport plus mode, you're driving aggressively, let's put it in a lower gear, oh, that's cool, have you noticed that the gauges, the steering and the speedometer do that Aston Martin thing they do on the opposite side? from each other yes, bmw does counterclockwise tactics, I don't really like it, I'm conditioned to the opposite, but I understand why when the stewardess on the plane says something different that cheers you up and well, at the except you I heard, hey, at least you noticed when we died in a fire accident.

Wait, listen this thing just reserves, yeah, it downshifts for you, it's almost like Genesis wants you to take this to the track, yeah, which is because then you're taking a 500 pound 4 SUV to the track and that It's not what you want to do at all. I think it's set up for people like you and me who drive normally but then have to drive hard on a winding road every chance I get and that's what the sport plus mode is for which means you can and that's what sets this apart. . I agree because we have driven many SUVs that claim sport mode and wonder what this did when barely anything has changed, it's dramatic. on the gv70 which means if you have to buy a suv but still want a sports car this one gives you more than almost any other suv it's a downside it's good in nature as it's a porsche but this allows you save money and you still can.

Have fun driving, that's the point, it's fun to drive, it's as good dynamically as the Macan and yet it's a much better bargain and a unique choice. I think the macan looks good. I think this looks phenomenal, just styling, going slowly. Passing like this looks great I hate going slow nowadays I want to pass this guy, the brake mount, so the doors, the guy on your door, I'm a doors guy, have you noticed how the doors wrap, oh, the doors pass the seam. they wrap under the side of the car and Genesis has specifically mentioned it, it's to keep stains off your pants, I mean it's that thing when the door has a seam and it opens, then of course there's dirt on the rocker bottom and you can put that in your pants, I mean this is not a reason I would buy the car, but it is impressive, you open those doors and you see that they completely wrap around, it feels like a submarine door in all the senses, beyond the fact that everything is cleaned. above the close line completely, the close line is below the edge of the car, yeah, that looks cool.

Well, Genesis Hyundai, their thing is that they don't want people to see the undercarriage of the car because they are ugly parts that we enthusiasts love, like hey, look. on that suspension, but cleaning things up so that from the rear it wraps all the way down and that's why we have the actual exhaust pipes sticking out the back, they're a little bit proud and they stand out, which means a little bit. sporty, therefore. athletic elegance yes, sure nothing, but they are real exhaust pipes, this is all honest and communicative, you can do it, it's time to go hunting, yes, do it all, here we go, listen to that, yes, that's good, it makes you think. that you suddenly bought a sports car that you hadn't bought, but it makes you think you're almost there and that's the fun of driving with this, okay, so you go back to seven tenths, eight tenths and you still have a great time taking the curves. yeah this is great, you step on the gas in an off camber turn, this thing just falls behind.

Yesterday I did a roundabout twice for fun. I just went around, I just went around using like a non-slip pad because I could, but you did it in an SUV yeah, you would do that in sports cars of course, but you did it in this thing that you chose yeah, this is so good, we like it so much. I'm going too fast. Yes, you are, yes, you are good, not too fast for him. The road is fine, it's not what anyone would expect on this road in an SUV, yes, much faster, you'll just have to be careful, so it's okay, we'll get back to the sport and they're still a little nervous.

I have driven. this with comfort and being like this is nice and then the sport feels like it's sporty enough, you have a sporty plus and it's like I don't know that I should be more aggressive than I am now if I'm going to use the sport. Also, I have to get to Sport Plus on a normal road and that never happens on this, you can crack your knuckles and say, oh, we're seriously working on fixing the problems, the car is ready and it's great to see it in Sport Plus. of course, but in an SUV that is what is so surprising, now in my mind this is the category of audis, bmws and porsches and you are considering them for your luxury brand, you no longer have to apologize for this, the characteristic look of that.

The grille is so prominent and stands out so much in the market. This is the one to pursue. This is the one to buy. It feels like the weird SUV you'd jump into. Each manufacturer's brands are making their version because everyone wants to buy. the brand you're used to in a five seater cube, okay, and this feels like a weird thing where it's like you've never bought a genesis before, but you should really look at that one, they've done it so well, ah , yes, it's a great engine, there have been many of their products and it's very good, yes, yes, it even sounds aggressive, there are always cops here, be careful, quick, I'm a little excited, there are always cops here, I know you want throw your passengers in the back and they make a dent from the inside out totally decent sized hatch average sized rear seats sure but I wish I had a passenger they are all small and everything is fine to apologize for them like the g70 has rear seats that are really small, this is the gv70 it has usable rear seats, you can really achieve it, think about the macon, it is the macan sized vehicle, that is usable and solid, yes, I am doing everything I can not to step the accelerator, I know you are, this is you.

You're showing amazing restraint, you're being very adult, right, that feels like what Genesis is doing, they're trying to be adults here, they don't really want to, but they're trying to be adults, that's the cool, but very fancy facade. and assembled. Meanwhile, spray paint, bridge traction control disabled, man, come on.