2022 Genesis GV60

Need rescuing? Here’s a modified Genesis GV60 concept on snow tracks

This 'Mountain Intervention Vehicle' will get you out of a tight spot

Thinking about an ambitious climb up your local park’s mound? Should you get stuck on your summit attempt, you better hope the distress call is picked up by this tricked-out Genesis GV60 concept.

The purpose-built ‘Mountain Intervention Vehicle’ - that purpose being to intervene on mountains - gets meaty snow tracks beneath wider carbon fibre arches, and black-coloured cladding to form part of a new all-round body kit.

Other upgrades include a large spot lamp that channels the power of a dozen suns and a custom heavy-duty roof rack that can hold many things. Many more things can also be stored on the hatch rack, which features mounting points for various bits of rescue equipment. Should work just as well on Mission Local Mound then.

No mention of any powertrain changes, so we’re guessing this one gets the 483bhp dual-motor setup and 77.4kWh battery from the range-topper. The four-second 0-62mph sprint and 321 miles of range will probably both take a hit, mind.

 
The facelifted Genesis GV60 now comes with virtual gears and a *drift mode*

Plus a bigger battery to up the maximum range to 348 miles

Genesis has facelifted its charming mid-sized all-electric GV60 for the first time since its 2021 launch, and the big news is that it gains a bigger battery, a Virtual Gear Shift (VGS) and a Drift Mode. Yes, a Drift Mode.

It can be enabled by holding both paddle shifts simultaneously for three seconds, unlocking the feature and sending the rear wheels into slidey mode. As for the VGS, it’ll disengage the regen braking and simulate a traditional gearbox to improve driver engagement.

And that’s not all. In its quest to make the GV60 more performance-y (and efficient), Genesis has added stronger four-pot brakes which pack its latest 3.0 regen technology. It’ll use the car’s various safety systems to predetermine how much brake force to apply, optimising energy levels.

Energy levels now conducted by an even bigger 84kWh battery (up from 77.4kWh), delivering a maximum of 348 miles in the two-wheel-drive cars. A 10-80 per cent recharge is completed in 18 minutes at a 350kW fast charger.


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Hyundai tech boss: "You can fundamentally change a car with software"

What can we expect from Genesis performance brand Magma? TG finds out...

The performance sub-brand of Genesis, called Magma, is getting closer. The GV60 Magma goes on sale in Korea late this year. Genesis promised us as much when the concept version ran up the Goodwood hill last summer. We'll see photos in November.

Next year there will be more Magma road cars, plus a V8 hybrid Le Mans hypercar that's already testing.

Given Genesis was spun out of Hyundai it's no surprise the GV60 Magma will use much tech from parent company Hyundai's Ioniq 5 N. So expect an electric 600bhp and torque that's vectored in the direction of traction or hilarity at the driver's will. But don't expect it to feel quite like the Hyundai.

Top Gear spoke with Tyrone Johnson, head of the Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center, a 400-strong €150 million outfit near Frankfurt, Germany. HMETC will be responsible for the development and tuning of all Magma cars after the GV60, which was done in Korea. Given Johnson was head of testing for the Ioniq 5 N and had programme responsibility for the last Focus RS, we can take that as good news.

Johnson says the first of those German-developed Magmas will appear in 2027 and that the changes are "much more complex" than for the GV60.

Magma has also shown concepts for its version of the America-friendly GV80 SUV. There was also a partially Magma-ised version of the G80 saloon for the Middle East, very much a petrol-swilling region. Magma won't, it seems, be solely about EVs.


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You’ve Been Tango'd! Genesis has launched its first performance car

The GV60 Magma is the Korean luxury brand’s first step into proper performance. Very orange performance

If you are going to reinvent yourself, you might as well do it in lurid orange on the start line of a French race circuit. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the future of Genesis.

It kicks off with this – the Genesis GV60 Magma (yes, say mahg-ma in your best Austin Powers ‘Dr Evil’ voice). It’s the first production car from Genesis’s new performance wing and the opening chapter in what the brand rather grandly calls its next decade of “Luxury High Performance”.

Genesis has been quietly seeding the Magma idea for a while. We have already seen a GV80 Coupe Concept in bright orange, G80 Magma specials, a wild X Gran Berlinetta show car and various prototypes running at places like the Nordschleife. This GV60 is simply the first time the engineers have been allowed to put a number plate on their ambition and sell it. And now we've got proper details for the very first time.

Underneath, it is still the same compact electric crossover that shares its bones with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, but like the N and GT versions of those cars, the Magma has been given a whole load of sporty upgrades to push the brand in a new direction. Even if it wasn’t painted bright orange, the new stance would be the giveaway.

 
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