I was at the LA Auto Show on Thursday and got to sit in the Magma for as long as I wanted, which turned out to be about ten minutes (I didn't time it). This was the media/press day so the show floor was pretty quiet, especially since it was about 3PM by the time I got to the Genesis booth.
On the inside, the cockpit arrangement is EXACTLY like my 2024 Advanced GV60. The biggest difference is the seats, which are much stiffer and strongly bolstered. Probably not as comfortable on long drives, but not bad. The seats do have heating and cooling, which I think is missing from the Ionic 5N. Also the seats are motorized, which again I think the 5N doesn't have. Other than that, every single button is in the exact same spot as on my car. With your eyes closed, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. The "Mode" button was named "Magma" (??), while the Boost button (which my car of course doesn't have) was still called Boost. I think maybe the steering
wheel had an addition spoke on the bottom. Oh, and the roof is solid, there's no sunroof/moonroof or opening of any kind. The instrument gauges were different, but since obviously I couldn't drive the car I couldn't really understand what the gauges meant - in the mode the car was in there were 3 temperature guages.
It would be crazy for me to buy this car, I don't drive my Advanced to more than probably a third of its potential. I'm not really into fast driving. I almost certainly won't buy this car, but all that being said, I find it tempting! I guess I'd have to buy a Cosmic Orange iPhone Pro Max to go with it
99.9% I'm sticking with my current GV60, but I did think this was the coolest car at the show. As you can see, I had full access to everything, I was able to open the trunk, glove box (still a sliding drawer), etc. I thought about trying to open the frunk but I chickened out, now I kind of regret that.
