Genesis means to start something and these cars are definitely starting something fantastic!
I've been immensely impressed with them!
Welcome to Tech in the Car and I'm oliver and this is the genesis gv80 this is the large
suv that genesis do and it is a luxury comfortable fantastic looking car which looks very striking
in this cardiff green color but the thing i want to talk about is a five-year genesis
care plan which includes servicing warranty breakdown assistance as well as a courtesy
car and software updates over the air so all of the hassle of owning a car all of those
concerns are taken care of by genesis if you buy one of their cars not just this car but
the entire model range this has got a massive chrome grille there's two trim levels available
the premium and the luxury line this is the luxury line we've got the genesis badge which
has got the crest which is represented by the grille and then we've got the wings which
are represented by the quad front lights here which they have on all of the genesis models
and if you don't know anything about genesis and you haven't seen any of my other videos
then genesis is the high end of hyundai so you've got great reputation behind it been
around for a while in the rest of the world but only launched in the uk in 2021 and now
the full selection of cars are available including an electric gv60 which is coming soon let's
talk power trains this is a 2.5 liter four-cylinder with 304 horsepower and 422 newton meters
of torque we've put out an mpg of between 30 and 31 miles per gallon so considering
the size it's fairly efficient there's no debating that and then there's also an inline
six three liter diesel version which puts out 278 horsepower and 588 newton meters of
torque so there's more torque in the diesel version but more power in the petrol version
and just like the other models in the genesis line there are these struts across the engine
bay which help for rigidity and help with the drive of the car the aloe wheel designs
at genesis 2 are fantastic these are 22 inch wheels the entry level premium line comes
with 20 inch as standard they look amazing and they ride fantastically how much of the
gv80 cost well the premium edition in petrol is around six thousand seven hundred and fifteen
pounds the luxury line starts at sixty two thousand three hundred and fifteen and the
diesel is a hundred pounds more every trim level so if you want a fully spec version
like this car this car is seventy one thousand three hundred pounds with the innovation pack
with the comfort seat front and second and third row pack with the lexicon sound system
were quoted as long as you're accurate in your description they will arrange for somebody
to come and collect it on a truck and they will pay you before you let them leave with
a car you'll get the money first plus you can pass exchange if you want to against over
80 000 cars from reputable dealers and they will even settle your finance for you and
if you have a van you can also trade it in or sell it to exchangemycar.com if we carry
down the side here we've got this genesis double design here which looks a bit like
the lights also the indicator one of the cool things i like about this car is it's got soft
clothes so i do that and it closes by itself that's really really cool there's a lot of
luxury features on this car which i love which add to it on the side design of this car we've
got these big shoulders and now we've got a different design here if you remember on
the gv70 the chrome trim came like this and then came down here and then up on this car
it's more traditional in its design and then we've got our spoiler at the back it's small
relative to the size of the car but it's massive because this is a big car and then the tail
lights come around the side here just like on the gv70 and the g70 this is a big car
there's no now about it because it's got spaces seven seats in this model but it actually
drives very lightly it does not feel like a heavy car which is a really good thing when
i get onto the driving in a minute the back of the gv80 we've got the same familiar design
as a gv7 we've got spoiler on the back we've got the logo for the company we've got the
fact it's an all-wheel drive four-wheel drive car plus a 2.5 liter petrol engine we've got
a big bumper we've got two big oval exhaust spikes because this is the petrol version
on the diesel it probably doesn't have them and we've got the same little button to open
the boot as a g70 shooting rate and the gv70 suv which i will now press to open and this
will open up now and as i mentioned this is the seven seat version which is 500 pounds
more than the five seat version and you can see the extra row of seats back here there's
727 liters of space with these third row seats down in the back and they're slightly more
in the five-seat version with over 730 liters now how do you put these seats down by the
way really nice soft materials nice scuff plate here really really nice there are buttons
now i have to say this is the one part of the car that i don't like these are really
really fiddly these buttons so i will demonstrate that to you now so there's four buttons here
if i press the button to put these both down these will now go down automatically however
if for any reason you need to put the seats a tiny bit up or a tiny bit down you can't
do it it goes all the way up and all the way down it's a bit of a pain in the neck and
then you can obviously put this across here and have a nice protective layer to protect
the back of the car like that against any dirt or damage put your dog in here so that's
really really good lots of actually dog there we do have a cup holder back here because
there is seating on this side we also have two vents here so you can actually cool your
dog if they're in the back of the car or i guess if you get your shopping and you want
it to be cool because we've got separate climate zones at the back here and it's just a very
very spacious back and there is a tonneau cover as well stored underneath here which
you can then put in to cover anything in the backs and nobody can see so that is how this
works at the back like he said lots of space i can close it down like this automatic tailgates
who doesn't love an automatic tailgate i know i do let's check out the interior of the genesis
gv80
i love that jingle when you get in the seats move this is a fantastic interior we got leather
everywhere it's quilted it's comfortable it's not for leather the size of the doors the
dashboard there's soft touch plastic right at the bottoms in the areas where you normally
wouldn't feel in fact this is such good quality that i can barely notice anything in here
which isn't fantastic to touch i mean you don't touch anything which just doesn't feel
fantastic in this car and then we have the genesis infotainment system it's got 14.5
inch display which has got android auto apple carplay is fantastic to use and we've got
all the latest driving assistance technology including automatic lane change which we get
with the genesis highway driving assist which uses roads that it recognizes to change lanes
when you use the indicator we've got our 3d display in the middle here which displays
all the information 3d very very easy to use we've got three climate zones on here including
the third row at the back we've got a big jog wheel a bit different to design on the
gv70 but still works really really well and then we've got the same beautiful crystalline
gear changer two cup holders we've got a center console that i can put stuff in which is quite
deep and these seats these seats these seats are fantastic i love these seats they're quilted
these are nappa leather which is an extra option 12 way adjustments including the ergo
motion function which is your massage function which i really love we've got the lexicon
sound system and i have to be honest when i got on this car i was super impressed by
the sound system the sound system blew me away i immediately could hear what a good
sound system it was this is just such a nice interior it's very very spacious so this car
being an all-wheel drive four by four you can go between different modes so i can go
into terrain mode and i can change my settings so terrain mode is off right now but if i
tap on the settings here i can go into snow mode for use on snow ice wet slippery roads
i can go into mud mode and i can go into sand mode and then it will give me live information
about the tilt and the angle of my car as i'm driving and our location etc and then
i can go back over this by pressing the button here to go out of terrain mode and back to
our normal settings how much space do we get in the back of the gv80 well i can tell you
that this is a very very comfortable relaxing place to be there's no question about it these
seats nappa leather quilted feel fantastic you can slide them backwards and forwards
like this and the same on the other side as well they're also fully electric so i can
change the back position i can also raise and lower the bottom we've got an electronic
blind
shade which comes up out of a little space there and then it goes back down as well i
love how that goes in there that's very very cool we've got air lifestyle pockets here
at the back we've got our own climate zone back here as well with a screen you can have
heated or cooled and it will actually blow the air out of either the top or the bottom
we've got two usbs down here and a european plug so you can charge as well in the back
here we've got this alcantara headliner which is amazing and like all the genesis models
we can move the seat forward and backwards using the button on the passenger side as
well this is a fantastic interior it's very very comfortable back here we also have of
course our slide down here and we've got pop out cup holders here and this is very nice
so you can have an arm rest in the back sitting in your genesis gv if you're just relaxing
as you drive around but what about the back because obviously we have seats in the back
how much space is there well there's a button down here you press that this will come forward
and it will go down i'm sitting now in the back of the gv80 and the sixth and seventh
seats in the seven seat version which is 500 pounds more than the five seat version as
you can see it's quite cramped back here if you have little children i'm sure they would
be fine but if i put these seats back there is not a lot of room at all however while
i'm back here we've got an armrest we've got two cup holders we've got the sound system
and we've got air vents as well although i can't adjust the events back here other than
their position it's nice to have all these amenities back here but it is rather cramped
and i think i wouldn't bother with this i'll just keep it with a five seater and use the
extra boot space back there driving the genesis gv80 this car as i mentioned before comes
with a genesis care plan which is a five-year plan which includes servicing warranty courtesy
card breakdown assistance and also software updates it's a really compelling package which
genesis includes with every car that they sell i mean you never have to worry about
little things in life which frustrate you when you have a car and ownership such as
servicing costs and having a replacement car when that servicing happens this car inside
feels every bit like a 70 000 pound car except for it doesn't start at 70 000 pounds it starts
at 56 000 pounds just above that for the petrol version so you get all of this comfort inside
for that price and it is a fantastic interior we've got a heated steering wheel which i'll
turn off we've got the great drive assistance technology such as it beeping to let me know
when the car in front is moving we've got this fantastic display we've got the 3d driver
displays we've got everything we want in this car driving down a normal road or any road
this is obviously a city road 22 inch wheels definitely handle all of the bumps really
really happily there's no issues at all with it it goes over them like they're not there
and that's you know really impressive considering the size of those wheels generally speaking
you tend to think that the bigger the wheels the worse the ride quality is i wouldn't say
that's the case here this is very comfortable now i do have to say that i do think the gv70
felt to me slightly better but the wheels on that were also slightly smaller so i think
maybe if you put that after 22 inch wheels no that's an option it would probably feel
the same it is a very very comfortable ride very relaxed very smooth to drive it's not
in any way a heavy car despite the size of it the steering is fairly light which means
that going around corners you actually it's actually very easy to oversteer around corners
because you put too much correction onto it you don't need it it actually is very very
responsive so that takes a tiny bit of getting used to but you will get used to it it's just
very very comfortable car this steering wheel feels really nice as i mentioned we've got
adaptive cruise control we've got lane assist we've got a highway drive assist from genesis
which is also automatically able to change lanes if you indicate on motorways which is
really very very sophisticated and is very very rare on cars right now then you add in
these multiple climate zones the fact that we can have this as a seven seater with another
row back there although it is a bit cramped back there it's just a very very nice car
to be i you know there's there's this is a luxury suv and i think it very much competes
with everything else that's on the market as long as this is not looking to be a sporty
suv because i don't think it's that then this is obviously the luxury line not the premium
line so as long as you're not looking for a sporty suv this car is something worth considering
because there's no other car that you can get in this price range it has a value proposition
which includes servicing which includes a warranty which includes breakdown assistance
for five years this is a unique car in that respect plus it doesn't break the bank and
it looks a lot more expensive than it actually is it definitely does it's a very eye-catching
car what's my taking the car score for this genesis gv80 well for driving assistance for
technology that's five out of five for comfort five out of five for connectivity you've got
the app you've got the ability to see what's going on on your phone five out of five for
economy three out of five for the diesel version get two for the petrol although this is actually
a very economical car considering how big it is it still is an electric or hybrid for
parking it gets five out of five because the genesis gv80 can be part remotely using the
key fob just like in this example here that means along with the 360 camera and all the
other cool technology it's a super easy car to park to spike its size for value i give
it three hour five the gv70 has all the same technology but it's less so it's not quite
as good value as that but overall this is a fantastic car and if you're looking for
a large suv plus a genesis care plan you should definitely check one of these out please give
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