What sort of car is the 2022 Genesis GV80? What does it examine to?

The GV80 is Genesis’ larger crossover; it was its first, adopted final 12 months by the smaller GV70. With seating for as much as seven folks, the GV80 rivals automobiles just like the Audi Q7 and Q8, the BMW X5, and the Mercedes-Benz GLE. 

Is the 2022 Genesis GV80 a superb SUV?

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It’s attractive, spacious, robust and silent, with a luxurious inside and a stellar guarantee. It’s good, in different phrases. We give it a TCC Ranking of seven.8 out of 10. (Learn extra about how we fee vehicles.)

What’s new for the 2022 Genesis GV80?

This 12 months the GV80 provides a Status Signature model with 6-way energy bucket seats within the second row, in addition to new paint colours.

The GV80 marks the excessive level within the luxurious model’s very quick historical past. It’s a good-looking machine that hits the styling mark squarely, with out wanting overly squared-off or pointlessly rugged. What the GV80 does, cunningly, is seize some Bentley vitality with out the overstated Bentayga look: Genesis knits collectively banded LED headlights, muscular fenders, and a tapered roofline in a basic and balanced manner. It saves the star energy for the inside, the place chic wooden trim marries with elegantly stitched leather-based and brightwork to render its huge 14.5-inch touchscreen a aspect present.

The bottom GV80 can shuttle to 60 mph in about six seconds, due to its 300-hp turbo-4 and rear- or all-wheel-drive setup. The 375-hp twin-turbo V-6 model trims a half-second or extra from that point, nevertheless it’s heavy and has some turbo lag to spoil the launch occasion. 

Trip charges extra extremely than dealing with within the GV80. Even with its adaptive suspension, its huge wheels can translate small bumps into the cabin, whereas its heft contributes to lean in corners. It’s quiet and cozy, within the basic luxury-car mode.

So’s the inside, which wears artificial leather-based in base spec over its entrance heated energy seats. Upgraded variations can have heating and cooling, nappa leather-based, 16-way adjustment with aspect bolsters that puff up when the automobile’s set to Sport mode, and even a vestigial third-row seat, for many who suppose they really want one. The promoting level right here isn’t area, although it’s superb at that: it’s top-drawer match and end that would simply swap in for the drab cabins we’ve occupied in additional dear SUVs.

Each the IIHS and NHTSA suppose extremely of the GV80, by the best way, and all variations have automated emergency braking, lively lane management that tends to wander between the strains, and blind-spot displays. 

How a lot does the 2022 Genesis GV80 price?

No less than $51,295 for a GV80 with the turbo-4, rear-wheel drive, 19-inch wheels, a 14.5-inch touchscreen, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. We just like the twin-turbo V-6 model in $69,095 Superior spec, with its cooled entrance seats and wooden trim; the over-the-top Status Signature version will set you again $78,295 however comes with 21-speaker Lexicon audio, nappa leather-based seats, and twin second-row buckets. 

The place is the 2022 Genesis GV80 made?

In Ulsan, South Korea.