2022 Genesis GV70

Price as tested: $64,000

3.5 Liter Twin Turbo V6

375 HP / 391 TQ

16.8 MPG as observed

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Guy who did stuff: Yousef Alvi

Mark this day on your mental calendar folks. This is the day that Genesis hurled down the proverbial gauntlet to the automotive world, that gauntlet is the 2022 Genesis GV70. Sure, there were some fine Genesis vehicles in the past but all of them lacked the…..errrr

of the Germans and even the Japanese rivals. They had the style and sometimes the performance but there was always a sense of hollowness, a feeling of a luxurious veneer rather than substantive heft of richness found in the likes of Audi, Lexus, BMW and the rest. In other words

Not anymore…this GV70 is brimming with style AND substance. Sure, it’s not perfect but it’s so very close to it. Let’s go ahead and break it down: