The estate wagon or shooting brake is a car full of legendary status something that demands respect
so if you're gonna do one it has to be something to look at something to drive and something
special and Genesis might just have pulled it off with this the G70 shooting brake. And this car has
spec with the innovation pack sunroof and a few other options is around £50 000 but it starts at
£40 000 this car has 465 liters in the back which is up from about 330 in the saloon
and it's a very very different design it's got a very muscular athletic look as you go down the
side here we've got strong lines you can see the creases accentuated a lot of course by this matte
finish we've got the sunroof here which i have open which gives a lot of light to the inside and
in the back here we also have a sporty spoiler as well and this is a solid piece of glass around the
side here again adding to the sporty look even though this is actually the luxury version of
the car with the 18 inch wheels let's talk about the power train so there are actually two options
there's petrol and there's diesel on the diesel version you get 197 horsepower and over 400 newton
meters of torque and on the petrol version you get two versions you get 194 horsepower
on the premium line and then on the luxury line which this is and the sports line you
have a 241 horsepower petrol engine they all have an hp transmission and also you'll notice
these struts there are struts across the engine bay adding to the rigidity the petrol version
feels a lot more responsive to me and it makes a nicer sound because there is actually an option
to make more noise with that but overall this is a very muscular and athletic car as i keep
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to exchangemycar.com at the front here it looks very very similar to the saloon there are a few
differences because this is a luxury line it's got a shiny metallic grille the lower end is blacked
out just like on the sport line obviously we've got the pod leds i should say because there's
two on each side this matches the front of the design of the car the shield represents the grille
and the wings represent the lights at the front here again very athletic very aggressive looking
i really like the look of this i had a few people come in and say let's look like a chrysler to me
i still think it looks like it's got a bentley design at the front because it was designed by the
same designer who designed the bentley continental and it has a look of an audi and an alfa romeo
mixed together on the rest of the car so i really really like the design of this car we talked about
the extra space at the back so let's go and have a look now an estate is all about the space of the
back so how much face is there so the first thing i know a little cool little quirk is the button
to open the boot is actually on the wiper blade anyway we press it here and we open up like this
and there are 465 liters behind the rear seats and 1165 with the rear seats down there is a little
shelf here which you can pull out and then you can also put the seats down by pressing the buttons
here from inside and then you actually you've got over 1 100 liters of space back here which is a
lot of space you can fit anything in you might ask question can i fit my dog back here because
of the sloping roofline i would say it'll be a bit of a squash and it won't be very comfortable
for them unless you put the back seats down what about the parcel shell two parts to it
there's this bit here and there's this bit here we can pull this out quite easily we can put down
these seats at the back for that full throughput of space there is of course a small compartment
here for storing some bits and i mean when i say small i mean like really small and then we've got
our little nets on the side here we also have some tether points and some hooks as well so there's
quite a lot of space back here and really really nice attention to detail there is the little skid
plates here at the back here which stop the car from getting scratched obviously this has got an
electric tailgate just like the saloon so let's talk about the design now at the rear of the g70
shooting brake we have this sporty spoiler which you've seen that single piece of glass i mentioned
the button to open the boot is on the windscreen wiper blade for some strange reason but a very
interesting quirk we've got the genesis logo we've got the spec and the engine and we've got
some changes to the light so we've still got the quad tail lights at the back here but now there
are lights inside the actual raising part of the boot so interesting there and then we've got our
360 surround camera system we've got our lights here which are projected onto the ground where the
car reverses just like on the g70 saloon which are very very cool and then we've got big oval
exhaust now just like the audi rs3 these aren't actually attached to the exhaust exhaust actually
is behind here it's actually a clever idea because it means if you damage the back of your car you're
not going to damage the exhaust system it looks really really good very muscular very angular
very very sporty i love how the roof line comes down here we've got this spoiler here it's just
a very very good looking car especially in this matte color here in the back of the g70 shooting
brake there's a lot more space in the saloon and that's to be expected because this is a longer car
with a longer wheelbase you can see here i've got tons of space for my knees i've got space above my
head quite substantial space much more than i had with the g70 saloon i'm about 178 for reference
and there's just a lot more space back here we've got a very nice alcantara headliner
we've got this beautiful sandstone gray interior which is lovely and this has got the quilted seats
with napa leather so you've got the quilting on the doors as well and this is just a much more
spacious area to sit in than the other car the g70 saloon we've also got these little nets here
for storage we've got a little coat hook here we've got our grab handles and we've got a usb
charging point down there so the back here is very nice and comfortable these seats are comfortable
they're also heated as well and you can turn the heating on and off quite easily from the buttons
on the side of the door so overall much much much more comfortable back here than the saloon
to be expected because the shooting brake what about the front in the front of the g70 shooting
brake it's very much the same as the g70 saloon so we've still got a really beautifully designed
and very well built interior we've got a beautiful leather steering wheel we've got
stitching on the top here we've got soft materials which are contrast stitched and have contrast
colors we've got beautiful nappa leather seats it's got the comfort seat pack with heated and
cooled seats so it's beautiful in here and these seats are super super comfortable there's 12
different ways you can adjust them including the side bolsters and the bottom leg support thigh
support everything is adjustable these are super comfortable and to be heated and cooled is very
very helpful especially when it's hot in the summer if you live in a country where it's hot
in the summer and then we've got this fantastic 10.25 inch infotainment screen it's exactly the
same as on the g70 saloon we've got our time we've got our media status and then we've got
our map overview where we are on the weather where we are and then we swipe to the side and
we can go into android auto or apple carplay and we've got android auto here and i can very happily
go between the settings i can go to music i can go to maps see my location go to my various apps
nice and simple and easy as you would expect with car plays full screen as well a fantastic 360
surround camera system which is really helpful when parking so you don't curve your fantastic
alloys so here is a 360 overview of where we are you can see behind the car you can see the wheels
at the side of the car and if i put the car into drive forwards then you can see the front as well
and our front wheels and i can turn the wheels and the wheels or turn this is a very very good system
and i like it a lot and that's with us overview overhead so this is a great system and then we
have all these buttons now in my eqs review i complained there were too many buttons
in my lucid review there were just the right amount of buttons and i have to be honest i
think this is just the right amount of buttons here these are the controls which you really
need the climate controls we've got our heated and cooled seats that i've already mentioned and you
can adjust the temperature by turning the knob here and adjust the fan speed by turning here
and we've got individual left and right sides and you can sync them as well underneath that we have
wireless charging we've got a usb type a standard and we've got a 12 volt cigarette charger so you
can plug whatever you want into there we've got a beautifully appointed gear shifter even though
this is an 8-speed automatic which you can just move between reverse neutral and driving we've
got button for parking we've got our drive modes here with a camera button an electronic parking
brake we've got two cup holders which are very very handy and we've got a small cubby space here
also with another usb type-a that you can plug in your phone and charge it now in front of me
we've got this 12.3 inch digital driver display which is also glasses free 3d which means that
the dials look three-dimensional the information can be multi-layered and it's a very very cool
way of showing information and only mercedes have done that in the eqs on the top end model so far
so genesis are the first to bring that feature to cars and it's really really cool you can of
course turn it off if you want to in the settings but it doesn't strain my eyes and i think it looks
very good and it's very useful actually so i really really like that so that's really really
cool genesis to do that there is two cameras underneath it here right here looks a bit like
a webcam actually which scans your eyes so it can adjust the positioning of the 3d which again is
very clever bit of technology the steering wheel itself we got volume buttons we've got the ability
to control the adapter cruise control and lane assist which this car has which i'll talk about
when i'm driving the car and it's just a very very comfortable very very nice high quality
premium car to be in and at the price of this car which is about 50 000 pounds starting around
40 000 for the petrol and even less for the diesel version for this the shooting break these cars are
fantastic value so the first thing you'll notice about this car is it feels a lot more sporty
and dynamic than a saloon which you might find a bit strange and to be fair if you think about it
it doesn't make much sense because this is a bigger longer heavier car why would it feel
more dynamic but actually i've seen this before with the koopaleon estate when i compared that
to the hatchback and actually i found the car that was the shooting break to be more dynamic and
better to drive and it's the same here now it does have a different engine to the g70 saloon that was
driving that was the diesel with 197 horsepower engine with over 400 newton meters this is the
petrol plus version with 241 horsepower and over 300 newton meters of torque so not as much torque
as the diesel but more power substantially more powerful and you can definitely feel it when
driving this car you can feel the extra power when you're driving you can feel the extra dynamism
when you're turning when you're steering when you're going around corners so this shooting break
is the more dynamic between this and the saloon in my opinion based on how i've been driving it
and then when you think about this car as a package and you have to say this is a
fantastic package because not only do you have more space in the back more space in
the boot not only do you have a more dynamic ride in my opinion than the saloon but also
you've got the same amazing beautiful looks on the outside this matte paint at around
775 pounds is fantastic value compared to german competitors you've got the same beautiful interior
you've got the same super comfortable seats which i love these seats they're so comfortable
you've got the same technology in this car we've got all the driver assistance technology highway
driver assistant which can adjust the speed of the adapter cruise control on the motorway
you've got our blind spot camera which when i indicate left or right like now it will show me
on the driver's dashboard here what's in my blind spot and likewise on the other side it will do the
same thing and show me here so i love that that's a fantastic feature that genesis have put into
this car you've got this fantastic steering wheel you've got these 3d dials this is just a very very
good car all around this gets really high marks in every single place it can and it really puts
genesis on the map as a direct competitor to those german companies that everybody wants to compare
themselves with especially when you consider and no disrespect intended towards any of them because
i love all their cars but the build quality in this car is nicer and feels better than the
latest audi rs3 there's a fact i'm in this car this is a nicer car for less money than the rs3
it's the new one the 2022 rs3 from audi this car is as a package a fantastic fantastic package
and then we've got some really really obviously easy to understand driver modes so right now i'm
sitting in comfort we go to eco so we go to eco we get the dials they're of course 3d and then they
get even more 3d in eco mode which i really love the look of but then when you put it into comfort
you can feel the car is just a bit more responsive than eco because it's giving you slightly less
good miles per gallon but it's giving you slightly more smooth a ride in terms of acceleration and
performance but then when you go into sports you immediately can hear the exhaust opens up
the car gets louder the car is more responsive in every way there is a noticeable difference in
the performance and also in the sound coming from the exhaust this is fantastic to hear that noise
and it's a noise coming from outside the car not from inside the car which is also a great thing
to hear to hear that you are hearing a genuine noise that comes from outside the car and isn't
pumped into the car artificially which i really really do not like when they do that this car has
that performance it has that fantastic ability to be great to drive to be comfortable oh and
the other thing too is if we put into sports plus mode i'm gonna leave it in here for like a
second or so because it's a horrible rainy day but sports plus mode turns off the traction control so
you don't have to go searching through the setting to look for the bottom of charging troll with
sports plus when you want more performance and you want to maybe take it onto the track and turn
off your traction control just tap it into that mode and traction control is off and the car is
responding and everything is just working just as you want it nice and simple and easy to understand
overall this guy is a fantastic package of comfort style technology performance and fantastic value
as well this is a fantastic car i can't recommend it enough when you add in the five-year care plan
which means that if you need a service or warranty it's included you have to say that you can't beat
right now maybe what genesis is offering in terms of a package of quality of car and services so
well done to genesis this is a really compelling package and one which i really really like so what
do i think of this car well just like the genesis g70 saloon i did a video on this car is fantastic
to look at it's got all the latest technology it's got a fantastic interior it's really really easy
to drive and everyone looks at it everywhere it goes it's an eye catcher it's a fun car it's a
safe car it's a high-tech car and i really really like it you should check one of these out what is
my tech in the car rating for this genesis g70 shooting parade comfort it gets four out of five
for connectivity 505 parking fire five for economy it gets two out of five it is a petrol engine
and then driving systems 505's got all the latest driving technology value i give it for our five
for a total of 24 out of 30. don't forget all cars come with a five-year care plan which includes
warranty servicing roadside assistant digital updates and a courtesy car hope you enjoyed this
video on taking the car there's more on all the genesis models the g70 saloon the shooting break
which is what this is the gv80 the g80 saloon and the gv80 all on the channel so if you haven't
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