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SEPTEMBER 25 - OCTOBER 1 | 2015
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Hyundai Genesis: brave new world of luxury
THE Hyundai Genesis: it’s hard to know where to start. The luxury sedan from South Korea was benchmarked against BMW, MercedesBenz, Audi, Lexus and Jaguar. In Australia it even competes with top end Australian models from Holden and Ford, as well as the Chrysler 300 from the US. Hyundai’s flagship delivers eye-watering high levels of automotive technology and refinement at astonishingly low prices. The first-generation left-hand-drive only BH Genesis set the standard with rave reviews and major awards, including the 2009 North American Car of the Year, now the all-new second-generation DH
By DEREK OGDEN model eclipses this in many ways. The unfortunately tagged ‘DH’ underwent high-speed and durability testing on the famed Nordschleife Nurburgring, in Germany, and at Yeongam Circuit, Korea. It also did some extreme hot-weather testing in Death Valley in the USA and cold-weather testing on Sweden’s Argeplog Lake. That wasn’t the end, our local engineers oversaw final durability testing in Eastern and Central Australia. The basic Genesis is bursting at the seams with innovative high-tech kit, some of which is an expensive addition in
European rivals, and others not at all, yet it comes to the Australian market for a mere $60,000. This can be topped up with more features from two packs, Sensory and Ultimate, for $71,000 and $82,000 respectively. Hyundai took the middle ground with our road test vehicle, the Genesis Sensory Pack. Genesis has a one-piece hexagonal grille, HID headlights, LED indicators and daytime running lights, a sweeping line along its flanks, aerodynamic boot lid, and ‘jewelled’ LED tail-lights. At 4990mm, the Genesis is 91 mm longer than a BMW 5 Series and 43 mm longer
than a Holden Commodore. A width of 1890 mm is 30 mm wider than a 5 Series and only 8 mm narrower than a Commodore. Genesis, with its Sonata stablemate, last year earned Good Design Awards for quality design, function and aesthetics from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The wheelbase of 3010 mm is not only longer than that of a BMW 5 Series but also 1 mm longer than the wheelbase of a Holden Caprice and translates to a generous amount of space for occupants.
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GENESIS: The new model has Hyundai punching above its weight in the luxury sedan division.
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