Genesis’s gorgeous Essentia concept from 2018 was certainly a looker, but it also seemed a long way from production, if it was ever bound for it at all. But now, the Korean brand has just released a teaser video of a new electric coupe concept that suggests the Essentia might be closer than we think.
The teaser offers a very brief look at the
car’s design, but it’s enough to piece some things together. First up is the
the signature Genesis double strip lighting. On the front of the car, we can
see it not only has similar lighting elements to the rest of the Genesis
lineup, but the design also bears a striking resemblance to the long, narrow
headlights found on the Essentia, which extend “through” the fenders and into
the side markers. The car also seems to have the same slender taillights and
concave rear end as the Essentia.
Also evident from the teaser video is that
the new concept appears to feature the updated shield-like grille, which now
adorns all of the company’s models, but hadn’t yet been introduced when the
Essentia was originally unveiled. That, along with the long-hood-short-deck
proportion and muscular rear haunches all suggest that whatever this concept
is, it’s going to look good.
And while all signs seem to point at this
new concept being a more production-ready Essentia with the company’s current
design language, nothing’s set in stone yet, so we’ll have to wait until it
makes official debut on March 31 to find out.
