AWD Genesis?...

[pmonag]

Anybody know if this is a possibility for the Genesis sedan? I live in Canada and do alot of highway driving in some pretty nasty conditions. I realize that a good set of winter tires and some electronic nannies(stability/traction control) is helpful but must admit that AWD is something I look for. Alot of competitors to the Genesis offer it as an option - will Genesis do the same at some point?

 

[JOwest]

I live in Canada as well. An AWD Genesis sound really good to me. Hyundai said the current Genesis chassis cannot accomodate the AWD system. We may have to wait for the 2nd generation.

 

[YEH]

^ Pretty much sums up what (little) Hyundai has stated about AWD - that it likely won't appear 'til the next gen.

 

[glickrick]

I live in Canada as well. I leased a Genesis 4.6 tech. My other choice at the time was a G35x. The Genesis was $60 pr month more, and had RWD.

Well, why lease this over the other?

I was basically blown away by the difference between th 2 cars. The G35x is a good car, but not really in the league of the Genesis. Infiniti's closet competion, the M45 would cost close to $300 per month more than the Genesis.

So what about the RWD?

I thought long and hard on this. Last year we had an enormous amount of snow here in Montreal. We have hills. Icy conditions from time to time.

I went for the 4.6 mainly because it had limited slip. In addition, Hyundai threw in 4 Toyo snow tires (worth app $1,000).

I know that RWD had worked for years without too many problems. Therer are the days where you definitely want AWD. But how many are they really?
I figured about 15 days. Of that, about a third are days where you also leave the AWD at home.

So for 10 days out of 365 I have the inferior car, on the other hand, the other 355 are definitely to my advantage!

I can tell you that for the last 2 weeks I have enjoyed the car immensely, but still look forward to winter with some trepidation.

Some other things to consider:

No remote start. I have been told that they will have a remote start available by the end of November. Not counting on it.

Suspension: Not up to the rest of the car. The car has excellent dry road cornering, but doesn't like bumps and heaves.

After 2 weeks, would I still have done the deal? Yes. Amazing car.

Hope this helps.