The 2022 Genesis GV70 Sport Is A Benchmark Setting New Compact Luxury SUV

Almost five years ago, Hyundai introduced its Genesis

luxury

division. It quickly became one of the most popular new

luxury

brands money can buy here in America today; They tend to buy last year, they introduced their first crossover, the large GV80, which offered up to three rows of seating. Today I'm standing with the addition of the newest crossover to their lineup. This is the

2022

genesis

gv70

, now as the smaller g70 sedan. Thanks to a completely unique rear-wheel drive architecture under the hood, you can choose between two different turbocharged engines and it has the same beautiful, athletic and elegant styling that we love in the gv80 SUV, so although the new

gv70

is a late addition The

compact

luxury segment has managed to present a player here who can challenge the best in Europe.

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genesis

was first introduced the company was struggling a bit to find its brand identity and it really showed in the design of the However, in recent years, Genesis has really found its charm: athletic elegance is the theme, of course, with its latest style development and As you can see, it really translates well to the new GV70, everything you love about the GV80 is present here. but it also has its own unique look, not only does it look like a smaller version of the gv80 which is something you see on a lot of their European brands, now this particular one I'm showing you is the fully loaded one. 3.5 twin turbo

sport

prestige, so this is the most expensive model with the best options you can buy.

It is painted in this beautiful shade of cute red. It has an additional charge of 500. It is quite similar to Mazda's soul red crystal. It's a beautiful shade of red. It goes very well with the

sport

accent themes of course, you have the huge crested grille, you have the winged Genesis logo and you have darker chrome parts on the sport model, along with this lower front lip that gives it a more front fascia. aggressive, has an interesting style. here of course with the dual headlights you have the dual line headlights with the full quad beam LEDs, you have LED turn signals, some more aggressive or more sport oriented entrance skirts, or intakes for the sporty models that give a aggressive appearance, an interesting design element here is the hood, if you notice the hood here, the hood has a cut line that literally shows right above the front bumper, most vehicles have something here that matches the line, here where it almost seems like it's not finished, but Genesis assured me that this is the end.

The design of the gb70 has an interesting look and you don't notice it until you get close to the vehicle. Let me know in the comments below what you think of the style. It definitely looks like a mini Bentley, in fact it looks better. that Bentley's current design language, especially if you look at the bentega as I love this on the gv80, translates very well to the smaller gv70 now of course it's built from a rear drive platform so this It is not like this. shares anything with a hyundai tucson or a hyundai santa fe all gv70s have all wheel drive, they do not offer a rear wheel drive version and you can see that it is a relatively long vehicle for the class, its wheelbase is 113 inches long, Its overall length is 185 inches long, so it's about nine inches shorter than a GV80, so you'll get smaller

compact

proportions that many people like to look at on wheels.

The wheels are also a topic of controversy. I actually love the wheels. This is the 21. -inch that you get on the Sport model they have these interesting designs on the spokes that mimic the grille design that you find on the crescent and lower front apron. I think it looks great. Some of you have mentioned that you don't particularly like it. I like the wheel, let me know in the comments below what you think you can see. The tires are huge. These are 275 uh with tires wrapped on 21 inch wheels. Ride quality is surprisingly good. I'll talk more about that in the driving scene. there is no air suspension available on the gv70 and you have about just under 8 inches of ground clearance so obviously you won't want to take this off-road but now you have relatively decent ground clearance of course you can see here the mirror side is not black.

I was surprised, but I like the black painted roof rails. Here you have the dark chrome window surround and my test vehicle has a nice panoramic sunroof that is included on the sport prestige. The side profile that you can see has a very unique look. It looks nothing like the GV80, which has a more boxy appearance. It has a slightly more tapered, coupe-like look, which I think translates well when you look at the rear of the vehicle and can see. Same quad light technology as the front, where you have these double lines for the LED tail lights that look good.

You can see Genesis is written on the back. I'm actually here on the outskirts of New York City and I was surprised. How many people actually stood still or stood up and took notice of this car, even in New York City where there are a lot of nice cars? Everyone looked at this car and wondered what it was because it just went on sale a couple of months ago. You can see there's a nice g7 gb70 badge here showing a 3.5t and the sport model that you can see here has its own unique exhaust setup and has some sort of rear diffuser for the bumper if you prefer non-sports.

You'll have somewhat square exhaust pipes, but these are the huge, double, oval ones. You can see that my grip almost completely fits in there, although it's not actually connected to the muffler. The muffler is actually at the back, it's just one piece and you have that front splitter, so it's definitely a sporty looking car and looks like it competes well with something like an Audi SQ5. Now, to open the trunk, you have that smart tailgate that is hands-free, but the button to open the trunk is here. right under the windshield wiper and when you open the trunk capacity, I actually have some luggage in here because I'm carrying stuff for my editor and another editor who works for Car Buzz.

You can see, look at all this luggage back here. About 28 cubic feet of space with the seats up or with the second row up, obviously there's no third row, but if you fold the second row seats, Genesis says you get a little less than 57 cubic feet of space, which which is definitely not a leader in its class, I think. a bmw So before you move on to the interior of the new GV70. First I want to show you the keychain. You can see this is the same key they use on other Genesis products and like the larger gv80, you can also access the remote park assist feature.

What you have to do to access it is press and hold this button here to start the car. When the vehicle starts, simply press and hold this button here. You have to stand relatively close to the car, but it basically allows you to move the vehicle back and forth if you need to get out of a tight parking spot. I can see that I can also reposition the vehicle. Use the sensors and the cameras, obviously, to avoid hitting things, hitting the wall, hitting pedestrians and all that, it's really a It's a great feature, it's also a great party trick and you can also use the digital key function .

This car has the ability to use your phone as a key if you have an Android phone, obviously I have an iPhone so I can't do that. That, but opening the door and looking inside, I want you to see this cabin because this red exterior is complemented by a black interior, but it's actually ultramarine blue. This is a dark blue interior that really surprised me. with the color of this combination you can see that it has red stitching, it also has red seat belts and the seats adjust 16 ways for the driver's side in 12 directions, so the passenger seats are also heated and ventilated and The driver's side offers a massage seat feature which is really nice and if you don't like the steering wheel that's on the gv80, this steering wheel that you can see has a three spoke design so it's really cool, the sport model prestige also gives them that carbon fiber along the On the side, you have carbon fiber on the door panels, here you can see that the blue carries over here with a lot of metallic material trim and this all has a very, very pretty, makes a great first impression, you can see that the car really closes itself. off because it turned off the remote park assist but I didn't expect to like the blue with the red with the contrast but this interior really stands out in a great way.

Now coming in you can see that the gv70 definitely has a slightly higher notch. in position that um you know obviously the g70 but it doesn't sit as high as I thought when I close the door you can hear the door has a nice solid sound the steering wheel here is electric tilt and telescoping and this The model The Sport Prestige I'm driving has basically every option you can get. You can see a huge 14-inch screen here and a 12-inch 3D digital screen there. The button to start the engine is right here, where you would expect you to be.

I can see the cages do a good sweep. Sorry about that, the car literally decided to blast the music as soon as it started. The gauges do a good sweep. It's got that 3D instrument cluster, like I said. You can turn it off. There is something here that observes. your face and this is how it tracks your face for driver awareness and for the 3D group because if you move your head you can literally see the 3D effect from the side which is an interesting look but let's talk about the interior because the materials here are Pretty amazing even for this segment, it feels much better than the last Audi SQ5 I drove, better than the BMW X3 and even better than the Mercedes for me in terms of materials, you can see the door panel has these beautiful stitching. it's genuine stitched leatherette stitching, real metal trim on the door handles here, softly padded, right here, beautiful carbon fiber trim and this one, the window controls are even aluminum, they're from a just touch for all four, you have power mirror controls and this even feels great with the texture, the 16 speaker Lexicon stereo sounds amazing too.

The genre has really spared no expense or even this part of the board here has all the genuine seams. Contrasting stitching on this part. This look here is also really cool with the way I've integrated this kind of oval shape with the climate controls with a digital screen here and you can see that the ventilated and heated seats are all on the screen. It works pretty well, although the cooled seats could be a little colder. I found them a little colder. It is cold, but I have tried some other cooled seats that feel a little colder than this vehicle.

Now looking at the steering wheel you can see, as I mentioned, if you don't like the gv80's two spoke steering wheel. I'm going to like this three spoke wheel you have on the gv70, although I will say that this metal trim here is real metal because I got burned when doing a lotIt's hot outside, so that's something to keep in mind, you're going to touch this area here. but it has a nice fat grip on the steering wheel, metal shift paddles, you have these touch sensitive buttons, you have this nice scroll wheel here for the audio system and you can also change and adjust the appearance if you want to press this button.

Here you can add the driver assistant, everything looks very impressive and my tester also has the head-up display, which is not the largest in the segment, but adds a lot of useful information. Now let's talk about this. very fast infotainment system, this is the 14 and a half inch touch screen, it is part of the genesis system. You can also expand it to be a full screen if you want, if you go to the actual map view, go here to see the map. you can expand this to be exactly full screen, which is great, it's actually a little bit too big if you want, you can press this right here and it will go to a split screen, but this is one of the largest in the industry, It's almost as big as what you're going to find in as a model and it has a 15 inch tablet this is a 14 and a half inch wide screen, which is great, although unlike the Tesla you have apple carplay ninja auto, no It's wireless, although that's something Genesis needs to add is wireless connectivity for CarPlay and Android Auto, but regardless, you can see it's a snappy responsive system.

Also use this little scroll wheel here to access the screen if you want, because this is a little far for me, this definitely has a little bit of a learning curve, you can also adjust the different

setting

s here, this has some beautiful ambient lighting where you can change the color you can see the background is red or I have the ambient lighting on red it looks spectacular at night the seats also have these cool

setting

s where you go to the seat control here you can also adjust all your different lumbar settings it has a special settings here inside the seat where you can adjust it to your posture and then of course you can go here to individual settings that allow you to change everything here there is so much customization here that you expect from a luxury brand.

It's not like any of the Hyundai systems I'm used to, so that's cool. The genesis, you know, went its own way with the infotainment system. When I put the vehicle in reverse, you can see it has a full top down in 360. camera with great graphics and resolution, you can even press this button here, you can see it will give you an exact view of the car where you can pan around the car and In fact, you can change the color of the card to represent the color you obviously bought it for. I had to change it to the red color, but they also offer a nice matte purple color, so it's great, very high-end, exactly what I expect from European brands, but it was a much less expensive price.

Very few complaints with the infotainment system other than the fact that it doesn't have wireless Apple Carplay and has a bit of a far range. Now coming here, you can see this is your drive mode selector, it's a little switch, you can toggle it. between a sport plus a personalized sport comfort and eco and snow, the sport plus configuration is new. I haven't seen that you couldn't find that on the gv80, but it's great to find that on the smaller gv70, of course we'll try. The different driving modes later in the test drive I love the details here with this little glass control for the shifter, the command controller to control the infotainment system and the glass control here for the shifter , turn it here to the left to go to gently turn it back to go to neutral completely, make more than two clicks to go to drive and then press this p button to go to park.

This also lights up at night based on the ambient lighting color you chose, so it looks very beautiful at night and just makes the details here look really expensive and very high quality. Now you can see the wireless phone charging pad here. Is here. You have two USB ports. These are USB A instead of USBC. Good size cup holder. Open this. I can see a decent sized center console with a nice padded area where you would rest your elbows. The seats are comfortable and supportive, they also hug you. I love the red seat belts with red contrast stitching, the metal trim here, the fact that I can adjust the passenger seat with these buttons here if I need to move it to the side which is cool, the glove box that you can see is container style, it's cushioned and glides with felt, it's also deep, it's a really good size on top of me, you can see the headliner is microfiber Alcantara suede.

It has LED lighting in the cabin, which is a nice frameless rearview mirror, although they don't offer a rearview mirror with a digital display, which would be great. A large panoramic sunroof, as you can see, which is tinted very dark. I mean you could close the sunshade if you want but this is one of the darkest shades I've seen but overall I'm very impressed with this cabin, every detail of the luxury you get from the gv80 has been carried over. here, but it still feels spacious, it still feels comfortable, it still feels elegant, it feels a lot more expensive than its price would suggest and I think that's why I think this interior is one of the nicest ones I've ever seen. you'll find. the segment now jumps to the backseat of the gv70 even though this is a smaller vehicle than the gv80 hyundai says our genesis says this has about 37 inches of legroom back here, 37 inches is a pretty good amount, although you can see that there is a Here there is a tunnel that occupies the space for the middle passenger.

My test vehicle, of course, has its own rear-seat climate control. You get three-level heated seats, but no cooled seats. That's something you can get on the gv80, but you can see there are two power lights. there's a real 115 volts there and if I fold it down you can see there's a nice armrest here the seats are also covered in the same beautiful soft leather with the two tone and red seat belts and the red stitching and you even had leather stitching on the door panels real aluminum real carbon fiber the only thing I expected was these manual sunshades there, I didn't expect to find that and of course you have this huge panoramic sunroof that doesn't let in much light, it's the same high quality really pleasant. material, so although this is the second row, the materials here make me feel like I'm sitting in a car that is now much more expensive, of course, under the GV70's huge hood you'll find two options to choose from.

Powertrains The base engine is a 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, we'll see that engine, of course, in vehicles like the Hyundai Sonata N-Line and the Genesis GV80 making 300 horsepower and 311 pound-feet of torque, The twin-turbo v6 is the optional engine here and this is a pretty powerful engine for this segment, it is a three and a half liter twin-turbo V6 with direct injection, it generates 375 horsepower on premium gasoline and up to 391 pound-feet of torque, which which makes it of course more powerful than something like the audi sq5, although not as powerful as the glc 43 and bmw x3 m40a m40i, it all comes out through an eight speed automatic transmission which is a genesis design transmission and, as I said before, h-track all-wheel drive goes To be standard, there is no rear-drive version of this car, although the all-tuning system has the ability to send up to 100% of the power to the rear wheels. and on the sport model you also get things like launch control and a limited slip differential, so it's really a sport driving vehicle, as configured now the fuel economy is rated at 19 in the city, 25 on the highway with the v6 the four cylinder gets 22.28 and while sitting it weighs about 4300 pounds so it's a little lighter than the gv80 but has the same power so it should expect a performance of 060. genesis says it should be in the five second range and if you plan on towing this will talk about a max of 3500 pounds so I have literally been waiting all year to drive the

2022

genesis gv70 and genesis , as you know, may be an upstart luxury brand, but the company is killing it with a ton of its new products.

I mean, of course, it basically started with the g70, then the g90 came out, the gv80 suv was their first suv. I loved that vehicle and the redesigned g80, so now that I've also driven basically every model except this one, my bar is pretty high, my standards are pretty high, my expectations are high because the genesis has been meeting those expectations since This brand came out in 2016. And the first impressions are strong, this SUV has agility, it has a feeling of luxury that basically makes you feel like you are driving a vehicle that is not, I wouldn't say it twice. the price, but at the price this car is, it probably looks like it's worth another 20 grand and this is the top of the line prestige sports car with the twin turbo v6, so the first thing I want to do, surprisingly, it has launch control to activate. the launch control you basically put it in its sport or sport plus setting you turn off all the nannies and just to brake the throttle and it will give you the launch let's try it and go a little uphill I only got 0-60 in 5.26 seconds remember this one it's the best twin turbo v6 with 375 horsepower and 391 pound-feet of torque and a vehicle that weighs about 500 pounds less than the gv80 um it's based on or it's not based on it being smaller remember this is a smaller vehicle, but 5.2 is a great time to get a vehicle like this, so I'm very, very impressed with the performance, but I think I could actually do it faster because we were going a little bit uphill now because this is based on From the g70 you feel a certain level of sportiness, this vehicle comes standard with the company's all-wheel drive, but it is a rear-biased all-wheel drive system, so it will add or try to send more power to the rear to provide it's more of those antics that we like, you know, in a high performance SUV like this, it looks a lot like the last audi sq5 that I drove, although it doesn't have the sound, it definitely has the pull and the acceleration, um and it has the power, it has more horsepower than strength and torque than the audi which is good and it's also less expensive but hey I want to try another one let's go ahead and see on a straighter road here on a more level road what it can do with launch control . active and there I got 4.9 seconds 4.89 seconds and I'll take that time it's a fast suv and it's faster than the last audi sq5 I drove the sportback which did it in about 5.1 seconds so this is it Definitely a fast SUV.

I don't have the sound of the exhaust system. I wish the Genesis had a louder exhaust, but I can't argue with the fact that it has very, very impressive performance for a non-n version of this vehicle and you can literally get the same one. the rear comes out like this because this vehicle is rear wheel drive uh it will let the tail come out and you can feel that it is a rear wheel drive chassis unlike the audi sq5. I'm going to keep comparing it to that, it feels a little bit happier or happier because of that rear-wheel drive chassis, the steering also offers a lot of feedback, it's quite heavy in this sport plus mode, the transmission, this is the eight automatic gears, which is a Genesis designed transmission, does a really excellent job. of holding gears, it also comes with these paddles that do a good job of stepping on the accelerator, although upshifts could be a little quicker.

I pulled the paddle and it took me a second to respond. I'm going to go ahead and turn. Nannies turn it back on because we definitely don't want it to be off, but I'm going to put it back into sport plus mode, which puts the stability control in a less restrictive setting and allows you to have a little more fun, but when you're just cruising along along the ride quality for me is still good, I mean this one has 21 inch wheels. I've seen some people complain that the ride is too hard, they said the same thing about the gv80 and although I guess On broken pavement I could see it was a little bumpier but on this type of pavement it feels like I'm getting sliding on a cloud.

Honestly, the suspension is, to be honest, a little softer than I expected. The bmw x3 m40i feels a little stiffer than this one. The BMW also feels a bit quicker because BMW tends to underestimate its inline six cylinders. However, it has much better ride quality than the Mercedes amg glc43 and the BMW. This is similar to the ride quality of the Audi. but it has a lot more performance, it just feels like you're in aGood middle ground between the fast paced performance of the BMW and the Audi or Mercedes, but the comfort of the Audi has really great performance, oh I love the quickness of this SUV, I mean yes they do.

Offer it with a turbo four-cylinder and that's probably all the engine you need. I haven't had a chance to drive it in this vehicle yet, but it weighs about 200 pounds less than the V6, but it has seats that hug you a little too. a little bit more, this is the sport prestige version, so for an extra five grand you get these extra bolsters on the seat, it actually pulls you in a little bit more when you have it in sport mode and when you take it out of sport mode, it actually pulls you in a little bit more. it will release a little bit, you can feel that when I go into the comfort driving mode here, but when you have it in the comfort setting you can feel the steering become a lot lighter, it all adapts as the brakes become a little less grippy .

I feel like I'm driving an expensive European car, that's what's great about this vehicle, but let's try accelerating from a stop. I'm going to do 0-60, I'm just going to hit the floor, I definitely want to use the throw. The control is still fast, although I am very impressed. This beats all the other German SUVs I've driven. Obviously, there is a new Lexus nx coming out. I'll be driving it next month, but it's still a front wheel drive platform. This is probably one of the most complete in luxury space that I've ever driven, it doesn't make you sacrifice either, you know, the thing about this car is that you don't feel like you're sacrificing much, you don't feel like you're sacrificing interior space you're not sacrificing the handling you're not sacrificing comfort you're definitely not sacrificing luxury it just seems like the only thing you might be sacrificing is the name yes, Genesis doesn't have the same prestige as a porsche, an audi, a bmw, a mercedes, but you can look further beyond that name and this car really attracts a lot of attention.

Just from having it for the last few days I noticed that everyone was looking at this car, especially this beautiful, beautiful, shiny car. Red exterior with this dark navy blue interior. I didn't think I'd like a red and blue combination, but I like it on this car, that's for sure. And I'm struggling, honestly, I'm struggling to find things to dislike, I mean, other than the fact that the name doesn't. whether you'd like it or not it's as sophisticated as those German brands and some of the technology definitely has a higher learning curve, but regardless of whether I'm sitting here getting a massage, the seats are heated and cooled, comfortable and provide support.

I am amazed now I only drive the vehicle in comfort mode at the moment. You'll just accelerate normally like most people. You would feel a lot of torque from the V6. The transmission is also very smooth. The engine changes do not make any noise. In this mode you can adapt the sound profiles and it increases the A little bit of noise through the speakers, it amplifies the character of the V6, but when everything is in its comfort setting, it feels like a real luxury car, the ride is It becomes a little more comfortable thanks to those adaptive shock absorbers, it is also very quiet here, I hear very little.

The wind on the road and the noise of the engine and you know you can see very well from this car. The visibility is fantastic. I love the fact that the windows are big, you have big side mirrors and then of course with the Genesis you get all the driver assistance as standard. You don't have to pay extra for it, like you do with German brands, to get things like adaptive cruise control. Usually you have to spec an options package, but with this car the tires should actually still shoot up a bit. It just feels so good and when you want to use the driver assistance technology, it has its highway driving assist.

It also has full speed range adaptive equipment. It has lane keeping assist. Everything works very well. He is among the best in the industry. The only. What it doesn't do is that it doesn't automatically change lanes like Mercedes would and it doesn't have true hands-free operation on the road. I guess Genesis may be working on that and I guess fuel economy. it's not the best it's rated 19 city 25 highway the germans are definitely better specifically bmw it's on par with the audi sq5 and during my week of testing i've been averaging around 17 mpg mostly on city. driving on the highway will return 25 24 mpg, I imagine for those of you who drive a little more conservatively you should be able to do better, but man, you don't need to have electricity if you're not interested in getting it. electric, I mean, that's really another complaint, there's no hybrid version, there's no plug-in hybrid, there's no all-electric version of this car.

Genesis is taking its time and they are making a really impressive gas car, but among gas cars, this one is now my favorite. I would easily choose this one over the BMW, over the Mercedes and over the Audi. I mean, it's a pretty close race, but it really comes down to the overall package and the fact that this car gives you a better warranty. You know your concierge service better, you don't have to go to the dealership and it's much better value; It costs five to ten thousand dollars less than its European rivals, so although Genesis may be late to the small SUV party after spending a full week with its newest crossover.

I'm very impressed with the overall package here. I mean, I've spent some time with many of its competitors, the acura rdx, the mercedes dlc, the audi q5 or sq5 and of course the bmw x3, and what genesis offers here is a There's a lot to like, it's basically the complete package, you get one of the best warranties in the segment, you get styling that really stands out in a segment that is full of nicely styled vehicles and you get an interior that has the latest technology you want. It has all the latest luxury, it has lots of space, great driver assistance technology and as you guys saw in the driving scene, lots of power, I wasn't expecting to get 0-60 in around 4.8 seconds with this car, so which is faster than the latest Audi. sq5 and that is what makes this car so attractive, although it is not as sporty as the sq5, the glc or the x3, it has all the luxury and technology aspects that you really want at a price that far exceeds its competitors Germans. at about 41k plus target at about 12 grand if you want the v6 i would go with the v6 just because i like the extra performance my tester of course has the sport advanced and sport prestige package which adds about another nine One thousand dollars.

For the price, add it all up and you're looking at a total price of around 64,000, which yes, is more expensive than something like a Lexus nx or an Acura rdx, but the Acura and Lexus don't offer an engine. that would compete with this one and if you compare it to its German rivals this car seriously undercuts it by five to ten thousand dollars making it a very attractive option even though the Genesis was late to the party, it is now one of my best options if you are looking for a new luxury compact crossover SUV. All that said, I hope you enjoyed my full overview of the 2022 genesis gb70.

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