It works quite well in the USA: in 2021 Genesis sold almost 50,000 cars there and was able to triple its market share. There is still a long way to go in Germany: In 2021, the Federal Motor Transport Authority will not yet identify the brand individually with its five and soon eight models.
The tailgate of the GV80 also opens remotely when the trailer is attached.
GV80 with specially developed straight six-cylinder diesel
It has a specially developed in-line six-cylinder diesel with three liters displacement under the hood – which not only sounds amazingly similar to the BMW in-line six in the X5 30d, but also like this is coupled with an eight-speed automatic converter and a rear-wheel drive-based semi-permanent four-wheel drive.
Genesis builds the three-liter straight-six diesel especially for the GV80.
Engine type/cylinder
displacement
Power at 1/min
Torque at 1/min
transmission
all wheel drive
suspension
wheel size
brakes v/h
driving aids
body
L/W/H
wheelbase/ground clearance
turning circle
load volume
curb weight/load
roof load
Price
TOW VEHICLE
Towing capacity (plus support l.)
permissible drawbar load
High hitch ball loaded
span
Clearance above the center of the hitch ball
100 km/h approval
max. trailer load with driving license category B
MEASUREMENTS SOLO
Acceleration 0-100km/h
60-100 km/h (kickdown)
80-120 km/h (kickdown)
top speed
Standard fuel consumption/CO2 emissions (WLTP)
Test consumption Ø
MEASUREMENTS WITH TRAILER 2.0t
acceleration 0-60km/h
acceleration 0-80km/h
60-80 km/h (kickdown)
Test consumption Ø
theoretical climbing ability with 2.0 t trailer load
theoretical climbing ability max. trailer load
On the highway at a trailer speed of 85, however, she rarely grants him eighth gear, where the engine rumbles at a leisurely 1250 tours. The consumption is still reasonable, if not record-breakingly low: 15.14 liters/100 km in the grueling mountainous first part of our consumption lap, 13.74 liters/100 km in the second with a lot of constant driving.
Trailer ESP is wide awake
The level control is missing: the rear already sinks in significantly with a vertical load of 100 kg plus 100 kg of ballast. The driving behavior of the combination is nevertheless perfectly stable.
The fact that a large SUV is predestined to tow a trailer seems to have been incorporated relatively late in the development process. In this vehicle class, one expects a nicely integrated, fold-out trailer hitch. The Genesis, on the other hand, only has one detachable; and their tear-off cable eyelet and socket are hidden under the car and are very difficult to access.
The fact that there is no trailer detection and therefore the reversing beeper has to be deactivated again every time you back up with a trailer seems unfinished.
