Genesis Motors’ Middle Eastern division recently hosted an event at the Four Seasons Resort in Dubai to show off a few of its more expensive creations. Among them were a pair of particularly exciting vehicles: a high performance G80 and an ultra-luxurious GV80 dubbed the ‘Twilight’ edition. Unfortunately, official information remains scant at this point, but according to footage taken at the event, we can piece some things together. The most exciting product will likely be the Genesis G80 Performance.
Finished in a shade of paint called Love
Orange, it features
21-inch sport wheels, a carbon fiber trunk lid spoiler, a diffuser, black
exhaust tips, and aggressive black slashes in hood and fender. It also gets
widened wheel arches that, at the front, seem to integrate air vents into the
bodywork surrounding headlights.
Inside, it has Recaro bucket seats with
diamond quilted suede-like surfaces for the driver and passenger, and, since
it’s a luxurious sedan, it also has Recaro seats in the back. Its steering
wheel also has a very racy red strip at the 12 o’clock mark to let you know it
means business.
Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to
figure out what powertrain warrants all of these performance upgrades, but the
line currently tops out with a 3.5-liter engine that makes 375 hp, so we would imagine that it will get something a little meatier to attack
tracks with. However, it’s not yet clear whether the G80 Performance is a
flight of fancy or a vehicle that Genesis intends to put into production. It
seems that it does intend to build the second vehicle of interest at this
event, albeit not many of them. The Genesis GV80 Twilight Edition is a two-tone
SUV designed to show off just how luxurious the brand is capable of making its
vehicles, and will be limited to just 20 examples.
With a black roof and gold sides in which
brush strokes can be seen, it’s immediately clear that this is no normal GV80.
Indeed, customizability will be the priority here, allowing each buyer to make
it their own.
