2022 Genesis G70 Review: The BEST small luxury car?
Welcome to Tech in the Car! This beautiful
car is a Genesis G70 saloon and Genesis are
new to the uk market they actually started
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
looks this looks to me like my rs3 Audi RS3
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
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
in the premium trim starts at around 33 000
pounds and the most expensive model is also
a petrol version in the sports room which is
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
includes stuff like the head-up display it
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
car there’s one other thing which genesis do
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
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let’s talk side design of this car so you will
notice there is a very very nice swooping roof
line here a coupe yes roofline even though
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
with this swooping roof line despite looking
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
front plenty of space again this is a result
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
of the car and it’s got the same dual design
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 the petrol version there’s a oval exhaust
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
on the seat on this side it actually lets
you move the seat forwards and backwards
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
this car has a shortcut row of buttons for
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
underneath the dials for the climate control
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
display with android auto apple carplay able
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
plus the 360 surround view camera which is
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
even better because you have some depth the
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
in eco mode this was designed obviously
to give you the best economy when driving
if i move to comfort mode it’s a bit more
responsive there isn’t a lot of change when
driving around in normal traffic i would say
when i change it into sports mode a few things
happen first of all the bolsters on the side
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
the genesis g70 saloon comfort it gets four
out of five it’s really comfortable to drive
driving assistance five out of five it has
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
25 out of 30 in my tech in the car rating
it’s a great car definitely check one out
