Genesis GV80 Coupe Concept Looking Sharp In New York City

Replace: We’re on the New York Auto Present the place Genesis displayed their coupe-crossover idea and took a couple of photographs of it, which you’ll try within the gallery beneath.

What you’re is the Genesis GV80 Coupe Idea, unveiled at an occasion in New York Metropolis and previewing a manufacturing mannequin that we’ve spied testing on a number of events in latest months.

Launched at Genesis Home New York, the GV80 Coupe Idea is a four-seater crossover that takes design inspiration from final 12 months’s X Speedium Coupe Idea. As such, it brings collectively styling parts of the present GV80 with these from the extra dynamic X Speedium. The Korean automaker says “it’s a assertion of intent for extra emotional, performance-oriented fashions and a preview of Genesis’ future packages.”

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The entrance fascia of the GV80 Coupe Idea stands out from the present GV80 with slimmer LED headlights with new multi-lens array expertise. Moreover, the entrance finish rocks extra aggressive air intakes with black shrouds whereas from the aspect, the overhauled roof line catches the attention. The idea can be rocking horizontal LED lights on the entrance quarter panels and sits considerably decrease than the GV80 we’re acquainted with.

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It’s exhausting to disclaim that the pièce de résistance of the idea’s design is the rear finish. It options full-width LED lights identical to the X Speedium Idea, has a trunk-mounted lip spoiler, and a refined spoiler stretching out from the roof. The brilliant shade of orange, dubbed Magma, can be a daring inclusion.

Genesis has additionally made some vital adjustments to the GV80’s inside to make the Coupe Idea. For instance, there’s a revised three-spoke steering wheel and surfaces that at the moment are clad in black Nappa and suede leather-based with orange piping and carbon fiber accents. The SUV has additionally morphed right into a four-seater and sports activities 4 bucket seats with painted carbon fiber backrests completed in the identical shade of orange as the outside. A big strut bar has additionally been fitted behind the second-row bucket seats.

“At its inception, the Genesis model started creating luxurious sedans, which advanced into the G70, G80, and G90 fashions,” Genesis Group chief artistic officer Luc Donckerwolke stated on the idea’s debut. “Over the previous seven years, now we have added extra lifestyle-oriented fashions to the portfolio, akin to our GV80 and GV70 SUVs. Now we’re pushing the envelope with extra emotional vehicles that elevate Genesis’ efficiency and dynamic attributes. [The GV80 Coupe Concept] emphasizes the duality of the Genesis model by showcasing the antagonistic character that lives inside the Athletic and Magnificence parameters of Genesis’ design philosophy.”

We’ll probably get a better have a look at the GV80 Idea that previews a manufacturing mannequin slated for launch inside the subsequent 12 months at this week’s New York Auto Present.