"LJ909" (lj909)
10/25/2018 at 19:05 • Filed to: Genesis, Genesis G70
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"LJ909" (lj909)
10/25/2018 at 19:05 • Filed to: Genesis, Genesis G70 | 1
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! when Genesis announced pricing for the much anticipated G70, so here’s the price and option break down.
There are a total of 5 different trim levels spread across 2 engine and 2 transmission options. For the sake of this breakdown, I’ll only build and price the base,, manual, and top trim. As stated before, the base G70 starts at $34,900. That gets you the model powered by the 2.0 turbocharged I4 252 horses paired to an 8 speed auto and a mpg rating of 22 city/30 highway. With Genesis being part of Hyundai, its standard features list is impressive, especially when compared against lease specials like the 320i, A4, and C Class:
Shift by wire
Idle Stop & Go
MacPherson strut front and multi-link rear suspension
Ventilated front and solid rear disc brakes
Intelligent Drive Mode
Rack-mounted Motor-driven Power Steering
Vehicle Stability Management with Electronic Stability Control and Traction Control Systems
Hillstart Assist Control/Brake Assist
7 airbags: driver’s knee, dual front, front side and side curtain
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist with Pedestrian Detection
Lane Keeping Assist
Blind-Spot Collision Warning with Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning
Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go
High Beam Assist
Driver Attention Warning
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Tire Pressure Monitoring System with individual tire pressure indicator
Temporary compact spare tire
18-inch alloy wheels (P225/45R18) with Michelin® all-season tires
Twin-tip exhaust
LED Daytime Running Lights
Automatic halogen headlights
LED taillights
Heated outside mirrors with LED turn-signal indicators
Hands-Free Smart Trunk with Auto Open
Proximity Key with push button start
12-way power driver seat including 4-way power lumbar
8-way power front passenger seat
60/40 split-folding rear seats
Leatherette seating surfaces
Leatherette-wrapped lower instrument panel
Leatherette door panel inserts
Perforated leather-wrapped steering wheel and leather shift knob
Manual tilt-and-telescopic steering wheel
Stainless steel door sill plates
Power windows with front and rear auto-down/up
Electronic Parking Brake
Dual automatic temperature control
Auto-dimming inside rearview mirror with HomeLink®
Illuminated front vanity mirrors with sliding sunvisors
Front maplight and pin light
Rear-seat center folding armrest with cupholders
8-inch color touchscreen display audio
Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto™
Rearview camera with parking guidelines
7-inch color LCD multi-information display
Bluetooth® hands-free phone system
Steering wheel audio, cruise and phone controls
2 USB front: (front console: data + charge/center console: charge only)
1 USB rear (charge only)
12V power outlet (1 front)
AM/FM/SiriusXM® Radio/HD Radio
Audio system with 6 speakers
Genesis Connected Services
A lot of this stuff is part of pricey option packages on competitors. In addition to the standard features,there are 3 option packages for this model:
A $5,000 Elite package that comes with:
Full LED headlights
Integrated navigation system
Parking Distance Warning
Power folding auto-dimming outside mirrors
Genesis logo approach lights
Rain-sensing wipers
Integrated Memory System
Power tilt-and-telescopic steering wheel
Heated and ventilated front seats
Front passenger seat walk-in device
Wide sunroof
Lexicon® 15-speaker audio system with Quantum Logic® Surround & Clari-Fi™ Music Restoration Technology
Leather seating surfaces
Aluminum trim (door and console)
A $9,000 Dynamic package that includes both standard features and the Elite package and one ups those by adding:
19-inch alloy wheels with summer tires
Front: P225/40R19, Rear: P255/35R19
Limited-slip differential
And a $10,000 Sport package that includes all the standard features and both the Elite and Dynamic packages and adds:
19-inch Sport alloy wheels with summer tires
Limited-slip differential
Copper headlight bezel accents
Dark tint taillight covers
Dark chrome grille and daylight opening
Alloy pedals
Nappa leather seating surfaces with sport quilting
Black seat with red or gray stitching
For the sake of the build, I choose the Sport package. Selecting that sees the price jump to $44,900. Not bad considering the features.
There are 8 exterior color choices. With this being Genesis, they are all luxuriously and extra named:
Santiago Silver
Himalayan Gray
Victoria Black
Casablanca White
Mallorca Blue
Adriatic Blue
Havana Red
Siberian Ice
I chose the nice Malorca Blue color that was previewed. Nicely, all are no cost options as well.
There are only 2 interior leather color choices, well one really. Its black. The only difference between the 2 choices is stitching color. You can have either gray or red. I chose red. Both are no cost options as well.
There are only 5 other options. Things like first aid kits, cargo trays, wheel locks etc. All in, a base G70 is $45,895. Not bad.
The next trim up is the $36,900 AWD model. After that is the $37,900 manual model. There are none of the available option packages for this model. It does comes with different standard features though. Performance features. Like Brembo brakes, full LED headlights, sport exhaust system. This trim also gets different interior leather colors: full on Black, or gray seats with Black stitching. All in, a manual G70 is $38,895. Remember, you cant get AWD or the twin turbo V6 with the manual.
The next trim after the manual is $43,475 twin turbo V6 rwd. The top trim is the V6 awd at $45,750. I built the rwd model. Standard features of this model are:Shift-by-Wire
Idle Stop & Go
MacPherson strut front and multi-link rear suspension
Ventilated front and solid rear disc brakes
Intelligent Drive Mode
Rack-mounted Motor-driven Power Steering
Vehicle Stability Management with Electronic Stability Control and Traction Control Systems
Hillstart Assist Control/Brake Assist
7 airbags: driver’s knee, dual front, front side and side curtain
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist with Pedestrian Detection
Lane Keeping Assist
Blind-Spot Collision Warning with Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning
Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go
High Beam Assist
Driver Attention Warning
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Tire Pressure Monitoring System with individual tire pressure indicator
Temporary compact spare tire
Twin-tip exhaust
LED Daytime Running Lights
Automatic halogen headlights
LED tail lights
Heated outside mirrors with LED turn-signal indicators
Hands-Free Smart Trunk with Auto Open
Proximity Key with push button start
12-way power driver seat including 4-way power lumbar
8-way power front passenger seat
60/40 split-folding rear seats
Perforated leather-wrapped steering wheel and leather shift knob
Manual tilt-and-telescopic steering wheel
Stainless steel door sill plates
Power windows with front and rear auto-down/up
Electronic Parking Brake
Dual automatic temperature control
Auto-dimming inside rearview mirror with HomeLink®
Illuminated front vanity mirrors with sliding sunvisors
Front maplight and pin light
Rear-seat center folding armrest with cupholders
Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto™
Rearview camera with parking guidelines
7-inch color LCD multi-information display
Bluetooth® hands-free phone system
Steering wheel audio, cruise and phone controls
2 USB front: (front console: data + charge/center console: charge only)
1 USB rear (charge only)
12V power outlet (1 front)
AM/FM/SiriusXM® Radio/HD Radio
Audio system with 6 speakers
Genesis Connected Services
Brembo® braking system
Limited-slip differential
Dual exhaust
Sport-tuned suspension
Full LED headlights
19-inch alloy wheels with summer tires
Front: P225 / 40 R19, Rear: P255 / 35 R19
Variable Gear Ratio Steering
Alloy pedals
Lexicon® 15 - speaker audio system with Quantum Logic® Surround & Clari - Fi™ Music Restoration Technology
Integrated Memory System
Power tilt - and - telescopic steering wheel
Power folding auto - dimming outside mirrors
Integrated navigation system
Genesis logo approach lights
Heated and ventilated front seats
Power driver seat cushion extension and bolster
Front passenger seat 4 - way power lumbar
Front passenger seat walk - in device
Leather seating surfaces
Aluminum trim(door and console)
There are 3 option packages for the rwd V6 model:
A $1,750 Elite package that includes the standard features plus:
Low Beam Assist
Rain-sensing wipers
Parking Distance Warning
Wide sunroof
Wireless charging pad
A $4,350 Prestige package that includes standard and Elite features plus:
Heads-up Display
Surround View Monitor
Nappa leather seating surfaces with luxury quilting
Heated rear seats
Microfiber suede headliner
And finally a $5,750 Sport package that includes standard,Elite and Prestige features plus:
Electronically Controlled Suspension
19-inch unique Sport alloy wheels
Front: P225/40R19, Rear: P255/35R19
Copper headlight bezel accents
Dark tint taillight covers
Dark chrome grille and daylight opening
Nappa leather seating surfaces with sport quilting
Black seat with red or gray stitching
I choose the Sport Package and Black seats with red stitching. All in, a rwd G70 is $50,495 with the Sport Package. Genesis is also doing us enthusiasts proper by at least letting us have the option of getting the Sport Package on the AWD model. AWD with the Sport Package is $51,500.
On every level, the G70 looks to put the Germans on notice. Its performance, pricing and features shows again that Genesis is willing to undercut the competition price and performance wise to try and be the best. Hopefully it works. And hopefully, either this or a G90 will be my next Hyundai product.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 19:31 |
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The configurator is online by the way-
https://www.genesis.com/us/en/build-your-genesis-select.html?sz=G70&yr=2019&zipcd=10001
My choice will be either the 3.3T AWD Standard- which is a great price for what you get already, or go all out with the Sport. I find the Elite and Prestige don’t really appeal to me for what you pay.
I’ll take one in Adriatic Blue, thank you very much.
The Dummy Gummy
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 19:33 |
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Elite package: Too Much
Dynamic package: Way Too Much
P restige package: Astronomical
Sport package: Not in this solar system
Hyundai prices have really gotten out of control. I get they want to be ‘premium’ cars, but they aren’t quite there yet.
CompactLuxuryFan
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 19:36 |
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Wow that is definitely undercutting the Germans by a *lot*. Looks like they definitely learned Cadillac’s lesson with the disaster that was the ATS.
I would honestly probably skip the manual due to lack of features (I like sunroofs) and be very torn between a Sport package 2.0T or a Standard 3.3 R WD for the same price or a Standard 3.3 AWD for a couple grand more.
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CompactLuxuryFan
> CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2018 at 19:36 |
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Also I love that the top package is “Sport” and not “Diamond” or “Executive” or “Luxury” or anything like that.
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LJ909
> KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
10/25/2018 at 19:39 |
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Yes. Should have mentioned that. Thanks for that. That’ s a nice ass color though. I’d take the standard base model. You cant beat the value and performance proposition either.
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LJ909
> The Dummy Gummy
10/25/2018 at 19:47 |
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They are there. But moreso the value is there. Compare the price of a similarly equipped and powered 3 series or C class and you’d be spending 20-30-40 grand more. Thats the bit.
Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 19:48 |
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Can I pay to have them take that tacky chrome boomerang off the side? And the fake printed grill pattern across the sensors on the bumper is terrible. So cheap looking.
Interior looks nice, though. Hopefully it feels the same.
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LJ909
> CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2018 at 19:50 |
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They really did slap the Germans in the face pricing wise. You’d have to be a straight up badge whore to not see the value here.
I did find it weird that the manual model is not the base model. They seem to be pandering to the enthusiasts takers, of which there is going to probably be a few hundred and until this model is dropped probably in ‘21. The Sport 2.0 and the base 3.3 is a hard thing to choose between. But the lighter weight of the 2.0 will probably make it the better drivers car.
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CompactLuxuryFan
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 20:02 |
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We already knew the manual wasn’t gonna be base, I’m just bummed it didn’t get more comfort features. T hey probably went through BMW forums and saw how everyone’s looking for a ‘slicktop’. What they didn’t realize is that everyone wants a slicktop M3 to take to the track, not a slicktop 328 to drive to work. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’d rather have six cylinders than a manual, and the F30 340i will probably be the last car in this segment to ever allow that.
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LJ909
> CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2018 at 20:06 |
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Damn spot on. You’re right on every point. Whats more irking to me about it too is that not only did they not make it the base model, or even a base option, they de contented it compared to the other trims, and then charged more for it. Not realizing that the people that will go for this model are, like you said, looking for something with performance to drive to work.
Other than that though its still a solid deal compared to the competition . But the manual, while one of the few left, might be the weak spot in the lineup.
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The Dummy Gummy
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 20:10 |
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That’s not true. Base 3 series (320i) is the exact same price; premier is $41k which is cheaper than the Hyundai; which I actually didn’t realize the gap was gone and actually inverted now. Something severely wrong with that equation.
The M sport 330 with the executive tier is $53k which is vastly superior to the Hyundai but very similar cost again. Maybe I’m comparing the wrong lines... everything is so blended these days on what they’re trying to compete with.
Car prices in general are about $5-10k higher than they should be, but this Hyundai is over priced straight up.
BJ
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 20:28 |
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I don't know if you missed it, or the US market is different, but in Canada they're offering another colour on the configurator: Nurburg Green. It's dark and looks like a good option.
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LJ909
> The Dummy Gummy
10/25/2018 at 20:31 |
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While its true the base models are close in price, I’m sure that was on purpose to lure over buyers. A lot of the features the G70 has are either options on the 3 Series, or not even available. Like Apple Car Play. Standard on the G70, $300 option on the 3 Series.
And why is the 330 M sport vastly superior to the G70? Because its a BMW? Just by adding the 340i Sport design and premium tier, you’re already pushing $52 grand. And that’ s before sectioning specific options like leather colors and paint options. Wh y not get something that can do BMW, but for less? The value is there. We gotta stop letting badges blind us. I do agree with you that cars are overpriced, but again, the value proposition here is too hard to ignore.
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LJ909
> BJ
10/25/2018 at 20:35 |
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We have that color here, but its only for one of the launch editions they are having. So its not on the configuration . They are only making 800 in this color in 2 different configurations :
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The Dummy Gummy
> LJ909
10/25/2018 at 20:50 |
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It’s beyond the badge, the gear on the M is superior to the Hyundai. They interior, while handsome, is uglier then the 3 series but I assume that will be preference. The giant screen (3 series has one too) is fugly and worse than the 3.
I think people defending the hyundai pricing always resort to ‘badge’ envy to justify they hefty price; which is far from the case.
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LJ909
> The Dummy Gummy
10/26/2018 at 15:33 |
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Not really. Especially when you speak to BMW service techs. Their quality and reliability have gone down vastly. I personally wouldnt ever touch a BMW, especially one out of warranty . Even my mom, who was a BMW faithful, is getting rid of her 640i due to the repairs.
The price isnt hefty for what they are offering. Its only hefty to someone thinking that because its Hyundai, it shouldn’t be costing as much.
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The Dummy Gummy
> LJ909
10/26/2018 at 17:47 |
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I wouldn’t want either at that price. BMW quality has been awful for decades.
It’s hefty for any car let alone a Hyundai. I’m not buying into the high prices but good on you for having the extra cash.
You have this weird obsession on that I’m a badge snob... clearly you’ve never seen my posts. I’m far far far from that. I look for value and this isn’t there.
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LJ909
> The Dummy Gummy
10/26/2018 at 19:56 |
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Nah sorry if thats what you took it as. I dont know you like that to make that kind of assumption. Im was speaking in generalities .