welcome to another comparison test of luxury sports sedans remember the acura tlx type s
and the lexus is 350 f sport that was during the summer on a race track watch that video but then
keep watching this one because i'm here in the dead of winter with two really hot sports sedans
bmw m440i x-drive and the genesis g70 3.3 t sport both cars pretty much new this is all new for 2022
that's a refresh a lot of new things i'll tell you about that later and they're both loaded they
both got turbo sixes with over 360 horsepower both cars represent the sole of each brand
i'll show you why the 4 series and the g70 are my kind of cars luxury sport sedans they have the
style to make me look and feel good about myself the interiors take away my stress and when i want
to go fast they deliver a satisfying punch but never too much that i can't handle it they're
everything i want in an everyday car but how they do all this that's what makes them special
reason why you buy one of these cars is the six cylinder engine the g70 just straight up pulls
i honestly think it's making more power than it's suggesting it says 365 horsepower and 376
pound-feet of torque but good lord because when you have to actually slow down and drive quietly
you can handle it for just a little bit and you crank it back up
and even if you don't even put the accelerator down that far it sounds good there's a new tuned
exhaust for 2022. it's not fake they have a fake sound in here that you can adjust
turn off i've turned it off so the sound that you're hearing is actually the real exhaust so
they've actually physically changed to get more of that sound through the cabin that's
something i really appreciate it doesn't burble it doesn't pop it doesn't do any of those trendy
things that a lot of cars and aftermarket tuners are now adding it just sounds good all the time
every g70 that i've driven has had this twin turbo v6 engine i know there's a four-cylinder
option a lot of buyers do choose that one good for them spend some more money and it's not that
much more money a few thousand dollars get this one because this is what elevates the g70 to
a proper true sport sedan and when you compare it fully loaded against that bmw really against
almost any other competitor it's hard to ignore how much you're getting with this car
and the thing is you're not trading things away to get all the good parts
it distills everything you want in a sports sedan but you never feel shortchanged i certainly don't
it's 17 city 25 highway with all-wheel drive or 18 and 27 with this rear wheel drive car
it goes without saying that any money you save in this genesis versus the bmw
well erase it when it comes time to refuel because this thing drinks
acceleration on this car is nothing short of explosive i don't even want to look away right
now i'm not going to tell you how fast we're going just know that it gets you there very very quickly
they definitely have re-tuned the transmission settings on this 8-speed automatic i thought it
lagged behind a bit in response before now it is just snapping off the gear changes and there's
a new mode sport plus that was not there before it's even faster what's interesting though is that
it will disable the traction control which is not ideal on a cold winter day like today this car has
all the hardware to back up the looks it's got the limited slip differential
it's got torque vectoring which uses active braking it's got adaptive dampers the brembo
breaks the staggered size tires so it's not just looks it's real performance and i feel it
the steering feels so natural it's one of the best electric assist systems that i've tested in
quite a long time i like this car when it came out for 2019 i'm still loving it right now in 2022.
i hope they keep making a car like this for years to come i really like it that much even in comfort
mode it's never totally the plush experience that that m440i has it's weird that an m performance
car is riding softer than this genesis but that's the world we live in these days there's less i
would say variance between the different damper settings on this car it's kind of always firm it's
never out of whack it doesn't punish you you feel fine my back's still okay it's very comfortable
quiet as heck in here no problem there but the bmw definitely has an added degree of comfort in that
comfort mode it truly is literally comfort whereas the g70 is sort of like hey i'm gonna back off
from being a full-blown crazy person behind the wheel and then when you switch it back to sport
you get the ride to pay for and the fact that most people don't even know what it is
that's the best part it's stealth when you step up to an m this is not the full m4
but an m440i you get a three liter inline six which i think is some of bmw's best work inline
sixes are what made this company really famous the inline fours as well but the inline six truly
bmw hallmark of smoothness great sound just excellent power delivery that's why mercedes
is going back to inline sixes bmw never stopped building them they've just restricted them more
to top performance trims or mid-tier performance trims like this car i think it's worth the money
is it worth the money versus that g70 well it gets a little tough when you add options this
thing makes 382 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque and now it's paired with a 48-volt hybrid
system that's not really a true hybrid where you know you would run on electric power like a prius
it's really there like in mercedes and other new cars to cut the really the drain on the engine
so instead of the starter motor and alternator it's using a belt starter generator that's an
electric motor that is powered by a separate 48 volt system that's obviously a lot higher than
the regular 12 volt so it'll shut the engine down more often it's supposed to save fuel in theory
but when you pair it with the letter m you're not saving fuel you're just going faster
this is really a 3 series with a bigger nose and a sharper coupe roof line that's it so
dynamically it drives the same as an m340i no big deal there it's just a matter of what you want to
choose visibility is actually still pretty good all around i like these seats they hug
you pretty well no complaints there the driving position is really good it's classic bmw right
here you can see how it's practical nothing is distracting it's all about driving there's
a lot of technology in here i'll walk you through that later when you're on the road pretty awesome
now a lot of the things that make the g70 so great you have to pay
extra for with an m440i you don't even get extra cooling fans that's a separate
package i guess that's not as important with the hot turbocharged engine under the hood
if it's 90 degrees out yeah you got to pay extra for that you got to pay extra for adaptive dampers
but once you do and that's the thing about bmws you always have to pay more doesn't matter
what you're talking about in what year from now until forever you're going to pay a lot
more for it but once it's all together yes i think bmw knows how to tune their cars
i'm not in love totally with this steering unlike the genesis i feel more connected to the road
all the time in that car funny enough because genesis is really patterned after older bmws
but right now bmw is definitely well they're better at doing comfort where a lot of other
companies are now almost better than bmw at doing the full on sport so not a terrible
thing but totally a different driving dynamic than what older bmws were like i can say though that
once you're off a regular road i've taken these cars on race tracks bmw does that several times
a year with a lot of journalists and i got to say these cars are very very capable they're balanced
and when you see what they're capable of doing i honestly walk away every time very impressed on
the road it's a different story because you're not going to be hanging the tail out you can't
be going ridiculously fast unless you want a wreck so on the road sometimes you lose some
of that edge compared to the genesis which when you're going slower is still really really good
this bmw you just gotta have to wind it out a little more to bring out the full goodness of it
and performance exhaust comes standard on the m440i so does all that power
when you get the m440i it only comes with all-wheel drive or on the genesis it's another
option cost a couple grand no big deal there but more performance certainly with all-wheel drive
all the time this is still a rear bias layout so that means that it's still going to feel
very tail happy that's what bmws are all about nice neutral handling balance handling another
check mark in this bmw's favor is fuel economy 22 city 29 highway 25 combined with all of this power
compare that to the genesis the genesis is a heavy drinker the bmw especially with this hybrid system
is totally saving fuel the brake pedal here is just a little soft to my taste maybe people have
been pounding the brake pedal i don't know but i like the one in the genesis a little bit better
performance driving the 4 series and the g70 can do that all day but do you want to keep them for
more than a hot night for the long term because what i see here are some big noses fat tires and a
very fat wallet to keep them both running now's your chance throw some shade on the bmw type
your comments everybody's done it i'm going to go out there and say bmw's bold and i actually
like what they did they're bringing back some history here from the 1930s that they haven't had
in a long time on this car with these very tall nostrils yeah it can be a little awkward if it's
bisected by a license plate so if you have a front plate law in your state i don't know throw it in
the back seat or something it does not look good on this car but if you have the right shade this
is san remo green metallic it's really pretty in person give the 4 series a shot that's all
i'm going to say is it as striking as that g70 all around no the g70 isn't a traditional beauty
but this face is the one i want to wake up next to in the morning versus the bmw
it's got this home plate grill covered in chrome reminds me of a bentley it's pretty attractive it
even has a grille emblem that looks like a bentley right above it or is that aston martin no one
really knows what genesis is so when you drive one of these you get questions you get stairs
especially these headlights no one's doing them like this they bisect with the turn signals
they're double bar it's a really really unique design and overall the stance on this car is
more sport sedan than bmw is passive aggression is what these cars do best the muscle underneath
is shadowed by their conventional bodies you see four door sedans but i see low hoods
short overhangs flexing body creases hips tight rears large wheels that fill the fenders thin
profile tires and lots of detail like the bmw's pointy race mirrors that come off cars like the m4
the g70 strikes on the hood to make the car feel wider when you wear a good fitting suit or dress
doesn't it make you feel confident that's the goal with the g70 and the m440i both cars sit pretty
from back here 4 series has the same lights you'll find on the coupe and the convertible
on the g70 you'll notice some changes genesis is now spelled out across the trunk lid the license
plate moves down the exhaust tips are bigger and these tail lights they echo the headlights
they're bisected they've got those really cool turn signals in here subtle differences
really nice use of space and proportion especially on the inside if you get the bmw because this is
not a trunk it's a hatch that means you get almost 17 cubic feet behind those seats over
45 when they're folded over here well you'll be lucky if you even get 11. it's a tiny little trunk
the g70 is a four seater but barely it's not that i don't have a ton of headroom i hardly have any
tow room i'm like wedged into this car this is how the three series was several generations ago
and thankfully if there's no one seated up front this little control here i can
bring it forward pretend like i'm in a five or a seven series of the new g90 but let's face it here
it's really comfortable these seats are really nice i love the diamond quilted pattern but unless
you're you know sleeping in a bunk bed you're not going to want to sit in these rear seats
it's less ornate back here than the g70 the seat cushions are flatter there's no diamond quilted
stitching anywhere like that not even contrast stitching but considering this is the 3 series
coupe that's why they call it the 4 series grand coupe i feel like there's more room in here in the
g70 it's not as tight as you would think back here but you buy a g70 to sit in the front and
you also buy it for these red seat belts at least i would i love how this looks but aside from that
you get a 10 inch touchscreen it changes that old kia head unit they had before the graphics are
updated the interface is much better otherwise the dash is basically the same it's a simple
cabin layout it's not distracting i got a row of buttons vents everything angled toward me
it's very much like bmw right the technology is way better than in previous g70 models it wasn't
bad before but the layout is simpler it matches what current hyundai and kia models have and
that's not a bad thing i do wish that genesis had a very specific reskin for this car the g80 sedan
and the g90 do a better job with that but as it stands you're gonna like what you find in here now
things like what you use in the setup for example lots of easier ways to look at vehicle settings
there's so many active safety features standard here that would be optional on the bmw the head
up display custom driving modes you can change the instrument cluster on here whether you're
not you want a welcome sound there's so many fun things some of them are not useful like you know
making chimes at you and showing you if there's a smart trunk you can use that yourself with the key
fob but the point being is it if you wade through all these settings you'll find a lot to use
probably a lot that's very convenient there's a new instrument panel with a half digital screen
for the tachometer and it spins counterclockwise that's kind of interesting i prefer it to go all
analog are all digital because to be honest all this information in the center screen
that's not really much different or bigger than before but you'll get used to it it is nicer and
you can do this blind spot cameras right in the screen i love that this is the interior
that genesis benchmarks when it comes to sports sedans because bmw keeps it simple heck it's not
even all that luxurious but it's not distracting everything is right where you need it and even
though there's digital screens in here this looks the same like every bmw has for the last 30 years
that's a good thing now these seats are sensitec it's bmw synthetic leather it's not real leather
but everything you touch has a nice grain to it the fit and finish is really good in here
bmw idrive is now in version 7.0 and it's definitely leaps and bounds which you'll
find in a lot of other luxury cars and genesis touch screen you can customize all these apps on
the front here that show you live information like local traffic conditions or you can use
the rotary knob down here which is also a touch pad it's got buttons there's so many
different ways to interact with it and it's easy there's also a voice assistant hello bmw
you can do things like that if you like wireless apple carplay
a lot of active safety features of course some of those come
optional but it does have an eye tracker on here that's watching my eyes so it knows that i'm
watching the road so it'll self-steer only when i'm looking ahead stuff like that is really useful
the more you poke around this interface the more you find things like the 3d view camera
now other cars are now doing this but bmw lets you send this image to your smartphone
so you can see if someone parks next to you it's pretty cool all this type of stuff is
not available in a lot of other luxury automakers and you really have to poke through this system
there's so many different settings it's really easy to actually use
less cumbersome than it looks like online owner's manual when you compare it to what's in the g70
this is definitely leaps and bounds ahead so if you're into tech this is probably your car as
you might guess the bmw costs more way more the m440i grand coupe starts at 58 200 before any
of the options that are standard on the g70 like semi-automated driving 360 cameras and
heated front seats the g70 3.3 t with all-wheel drive in the sport prestige package ends at 53
620. the car here is a little less since it's the rear wheel drive version the bmw is 67 520
both cars come with three years of included service which is pretty good the g70 has another
year and ten thousand miles on the warranty for five years sixty thousand miles even if i
had tested a three series like an m340i versus the m440i grand coupe when you load it up like the g70
it's gonna cost you 10 even 15 grand more to keep up that's a price difference that i can't ignore
and to me this is not about picking the cheaper car just because of cost the g70 just speaks to
me it's more athletic it's more involving i like the style even more and even though the technology
is not as good as that bmw and there's almost no brand recognition with this car at least not yet i
think for the price this does so many more things what do you guys think want more luxury sports at
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