2022 Genesis G70 Review: The BEST small luxury saloon?
The 2022 Genesis G70 Saloon/Sedan is a looker of a car! It’s like Audi and Alfa Romeo made a baby with a Bentley face.
Car is a genesis g70 saloon and genesis are in 2015 when they became their own brand they used to be the luxury division of hyundai now their own division but part of the same group and they launched in the uk in may 2021 so this is the g70 and i love the way this car made love to an alfa romeo giulia quadrifoglio
And put a bentley style grill on the front it looks stunning this is a head turner of a car everywhere i drive people stop and look at it and ask me about it this color is my yorker blue but this car just looks quite quite stunning let’s talk about the engines and different trims so this is the 2.2 liter diesel this has
197 horsepower and over 400 newton meters of torque so we got two different petrol versions they’re only available as eight speed automatics and there’s several different trims there’s your premium trim your luxury trim and your sport trim this is a sport trim this has also got the innovation pack and the comfort
Seat pack which we’ll look at in a second but the innovation pack includes stuff like that head up display which you may not be able to see from here and lots of other cool stuff as well now one thing which you might notice when you look at the front you might go that grill it looks a lot like a bentley well the guy
That designed the bentley continental actually is now at genesis and he’s the one that designed this car so that is why it looks very familiar and it gives it an understated elegance i say understated everybody’s been looking at this car and asking me about it maybe it’s not that understated but it gives it
An elegance at the front and the front of the car is meant to represent the badger genesis badge some wings with a crest in the middle well the dual led headlights are meant to represent the wings with the lines and then the grille is meant to represent the badge in the middle so that’s why it looks like that at the
Front really really beautiful like a car there’s a ton of safety features on this car we’ve got a surround view 360 camera here we’ve also got our adaptive cruise control and lane assist cameras up there and it’s got this really nice bulge on the bonnet here which actually looks really really cool how much does
The genesis g70 cost well the petrol version pounds and the most expensive model is also around 40 000 pounds this car has spent cost 46 260 pounds including the innovation pack and the comfort see and as i mentioned the innovation pack has all of the cool bits of technology on it the sports line which is what
This is also has these massive 19 inch wheels with the red brembo brake calipers and the innovation kit also includes 3d drivers dials yes i did say 3d like seeing a 3d movie except for much better than a 3d movie and not nearly as long that is very very cool as part of the innovation pack so there is like
Some really cool technology in this which is amazing there’s a five-year care plan which includes warranty and servicing and courtesy car and everything you could need to worry about with a car this is really convenient how does it work when it’s due time for service you call up your genesis personal assistant
Another benefit you get with these cars and somebody on the phone in genesis for you to contact directly and they arrange for a lorry to come out pick up your car take it away they give you a replacement car your car gets serviced and they bring it back i really love that that’s really thoughtful and it takes away
One of the biggest hassles of having a car servicing having a car while your car’s being serviced the cost and the inconvenience is included so really really clever from genesis big thank you to genesis for doing that because it is really really something and i love it i feature a lot of new cars on my channel like this
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In selling you can get a free quotation evaluation let’s talk side design of this car so you will notice there is a very very nice swooping roof this is a saloon that gives it a very distinct look in fact this part of the car is very much reminding me of an alfa romeo julia quadrifoglio fantastic there is a
Disadvantage and that is that there isn’t as much face in the back of the car as you would get in a traditional saloon of this size now if you’re not always carrying people in the back of the car then i’d be fine but if you have a lot of people in the back then they’re probably going to be squashed up there and i’ll get
In the back so you can see for yourself in a minute so not as spacious in the back as you would want of the design which is a longer bonnet and a shorter back which means there’s less space here i love this car i think it’s fantastic to look at i think it’s fantastic with technology i think it’s fantastic to
Drive as well but that is one of the negatives one of the minor negatives i would have is rear space the other thing you might notice is down here we have an interesting little feature now is that a real vent it is a real vent there is really a vent here and air comes through the back and out here to reduce the pressure
At the front as the headlights and the genesis logo as well a real vent in a place where you would not expect it that is something cool let’s have a look at the back design of this genesis g70 so this is a diesel version so it’s got dual exhaust here on both sides this is kind of a mercedes-esque look
For the exhaust pipes and the back here we’ve got a little boot lip and then we’ve got our 360 camera for the rear we’ve got the genesis logo across the back here and now one thing you might notice which is very very unusual is you might notice these two areas here these actually shine light onto the road when you’re
Reversing so they show you where the car is on the road with actual physical lights and not just on the entertainment screen where you get lines displayed over the camera view but they actually project right onto the road i’ve never seen that before that’s very very cool how much luggage space is there in the
Back of the g70 so we’ve got an electric boot press the button it goes up there’s 330 liters of space back here there are some tether points at the side you can put the seats down but you have to do it inside the car it’s about on par with other cars in the segment i do like the fact it’s got electric lid you can also
Lock the car from here as well how is it for space here in the back of the g70 well first of all this seat the passenger seat in front of me is in a position where i can just about sit and you can see there’s actually quite a lot of space here it’s slightly less space at the top because it’s got a coupe esque
Roof line but it’s okay but one thing you will notice looking at this car is that if you look across my knees here to the driver’s side there is not a lot of space here now i’m one meter 78 i’m gonna see if i can fit behind that seat in the driving position i’m over here now sitting on the driver’s side this is my driving
Position i don’t have as much space i think it’s fair to say that the design of this car compromises a bit on the room on the back seats of this car you can live with it no problem at all but if you were to be constantly carrying people in the back of your car then this design may not be the best genesis have even
Thought about this because to make more space so they’ve thought about it and they obviously agree that space in the back here may be a bit of a premium you can’t obviously do that on the driver’s seat you wouldn’t want anybody moving your seat forwards backs or driving that wouldn’t be very safe but what about
In general the ambiance and the feeling in the back of this car so we’ve got a nice little coat hook here which is metal i like that i haven’t seen any metal coat hurts on the back here we’ve got this netting here which allows me to store stuff i love some good netting we’ve got this sandstorm gray color which is really
Really nice it looks more cream to me but it’s going to have some gray and gives a nice contrast we’ve got a usb port down here in the middle we’ve got two climate ports there and you know the seats are comfortable they’re even heated as well on the back of the car so you can actually turn the seat heating on and
Off to keep yourself warm in the winter not all cars have heated seats in the rear inside the g70 it feels very very very luxurious and comfortable and advanced and modern yet also maybe more classical and what i mean by that is most brand new cars they don’t have buttons inside at least not as many buttons as this
Car has map navigation radio media favorite setup and then your volume and power control and file seek buttons that’s very unusual normally most of these controls exist in the infotainment system likewise we’ve got actual knobs for adjusting the climate control turn the knobs and it gets warm or colder
Depending on what you want on most cars there’s a little screen by the climate control which shows you the temperature even if it’s not displayed on the big screen on this car there isn’t but it displays everything up here so you don’t miss anything plus this car has a comfort seat pack so we’ve got heated and cooled
Seats which you just press a button this car’s got a heated steering wheel as well and we’ve got buttons down here for front and rear demisting nice and easy to control when you’re driving now if you watch my video on the mercedes eqs450 plus that i drove in santa monica in los angeles and california i
Complained there were too many buses on that car this is a very good compromise because we’ve got the climate control easily laid out and then we’ve got shortcuts to enter the infotainment system and we still have this 10.3 inch infotainment to connect to the genesis connected services and access all of the benefits
That this car has because the innovation pack which is also on this car includes wireless charging and also includes this fantastic 12.3 inch 3d display now i can’t show you what that looks like on camera because it has two cameras down here which track your eyes and so i can’t give you a demonstration of that on
This video but i can tell you that when you change your dials between modes the dials become 3d when you’re looking at your car assistant information it will tell you where the lanes are and you’ll see it in 3d so you have a layer of depth to it which helps you see what’s going on this is part of the innovation pack i
Would recommend it if you buy one of these cars buy the innovation pack because it gives you all this cool technology absolutely fantastic now the seats i have to give a special call out to the series because these are 12-way adjustable so that includes not only the obvious bits like the angle and the height
And how far forwards and backwards they are it also includes the side bolsters which can adjust to tighten or loosen and actually automatically change when you put the car into sport mode it also includes the thigh rests and there’s lumbar support on here as well so you’ve got four-way lumbar control so these seats are
Exceptionally comfortable i really really really like these seats the genesis g70 saloon is a very beautiful to look at car i’ve mentioned how people always look at me in this car and they ask me questions about it so it’s definitely got the striking look the look that everybody wants to know about this car
But what’s it like to actually drive well it’s a very very easy to drive car this is the diesel version with a 2.2 liter engine which puts out 197 horsepower or 200 ps at 440 newton meters talk it’s in my orca blue and this car does 0 to 60 in 7.4 seconds or 0 to 62 miles an hour i should say because it’s a diesel it
Has a lot of torque and you can definitely feel that when driving the car the engine could do with being a bit more powerful and i think if i was going to buy one of these i would go for the more powerful petrol version but it has enough power for you to overtake and for you to drive around and quite comfortably
Not feel like you’re lacking for power so you can enjoy the diesel just as much as you can do the petrol obviously the benefit of the diesel is better fuel economy so you’ll save money on your fuel costs and this fantastic 3d instrument display in front of me so the dials in front of me are in 3d and it’s really cool
This class is 3d and there’s a camera in the front here which looks at my eyes and then changes the position of the dials depending on where i’m looking you can turn it off in the settings if you don’t like it but i think it’s fantastic and it makes seeing information like the driver assistance information
That you’re seeing so this car all round is a really really good car are there much differences in the mode so i in eco mode now so in eco mode i get these really cool 3d dials and then the most 3d dials you can get on this 3d display they look really really cool and funky you can see the rpm is sort of behind the speed
Which is behind the temperature on the right hand side so it’s very very very clever how this works to give you the best economy when driving responsive there isn’t a lot of change when when i change it into sports mode a few things of the seat which hold you in suddenly get really tight to hold
You in because obviously in sport mode the idea is you’re driving more spiritedly so you want to be holding your seats so that’s the first thing i’ve never had that on a car before happened to me the second thing is obviously the revs get a bit higher so you get a nicer noise from the engine and then the third
Thing is and the performance and the third thing is the dials turn to the sporty dials the car definitely feels a lot more responsive and a lot faster accelerating and i think if you were going to accelerate somebody there’s a bit of a delay when it kicks down in the other modes you probably want to put in sport mode
There is another mode sports plus and in sports plus stability mode turns off the fact that there is a more intense version of sport which turns off the stability control that you could potentially use at a race track and take advantage of that rear differential is really really really clever and cool and it
Shows that genesis have been thinking about not only the luxury side but also about the driving side so what is my final conclusion let’s head back what’s my take in the car rating for this out of five it’s really comfortable to drive everything including highway lane assist which adjusts the speed and keeps you
In lane automatically for connectivity i give it five out of five it’s got the connected app so you can see what’s going on from your phone and then for value i give it four out of five although it is more pricey as it goes up towards the top end is fantastic value for what it is and it really is a fantastic car
And overall this car gets it’s a great car definitely check one out
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