Our Thoughts Exactly: 2026 Genesis GV70
Perhaps for the past couple of decades, the traditional model year calendar has been thrown out the window.
Perhaps for the past couple of decades, the traditional model year calendar has been thrown out the window.
Although there are other coupe SUVs out in the marketplace – in particular among luxury brands – the Genesis looked and felt cooler.
You have choices. Plenty of choices. Luckily, each one offers a distinctive design, level of luxury, features and technology.
We should celebrate the positives. That includes those vehicles which made our work an enjoyable one.
However, you must be open minded in this business of automotive content creation. There has to be a vehicle in the genre that would overcome these complaints.
For 2025, Genesis gave their mid-size luxury sedan a mid-cycle refresh. While it looks the same, you can certainly tell the difference.
Before we even consider the Coupe SUV, we must look at the 2025 GV80 SUV. In fact, it’s right here – just as you are looking at it on this website.
They do so with a unique touch, inspired by forging their own interpretation of their definition of luxury.
As in most elections, it came down to the votes. It wasn’t even close. It points to one of the key reasons why this compact unibody pickup truck won.
It should have come as a surprise that Genesis has taken the GV70 and made it into the battery-electric SUV. On the same platform!