You guys are newb... The 2.0t is slower than you HOPE or IMAGINE it to perform. Don't get too much faith in the 2.0t with so much pride it won't make the car go faster for you. It's known to be slow the 7.4 sec 0-60 is legit from AoA (Alex on Auto) review which is actually pretty dang reputable. He does pretty good job getting every car's performance to near full potential while still following the codes and regulations. This is really old news. About a year ago Korean review ran the 2.0t and the 3.3t side by side and there was no comparison. The 3.3t pulled on the 2.0t by 3 soccer fields in the acceleration tests. The 2.0t is secretly slow and the 3.3t is wildly fast. Don't go use your faith that the 2.0t will perform nearly as good and you'll end up regret buying it cause you got destroyed by an Accord 2.0t on the street. Yes the Accord will destroy it. Even the 12 year old technology Lexus IS250 (200 hp) will whoop the G70 2.0t as it puts down 7 sec 0-60 flat.
Stop complaining about the small feet room (and overall tight rear cabin space) in the G70. Genesis did that on purpose to keep the car short as possible for performance. Shorter wheelbase increases handling performance and also helps with the acceleration by a small percent. Less metal means less loss of power transfer.
Stop complaining about the fuel economy. The G70 3.3t has very aggressive gearing all the way to the top speed which is a bit different than other manufacturers that make fuel efficient cars. Genesis engineered the G70 for performance they know that short gearing will make the car go fast but trade off on the fuel economy. You have to sacrifice on one thing to get the other. You can't have both it's just the physics. If you want descent gas mileage than you have to put into eco mode and drive very gently like a grandma. That car is not made for that.
AoA (Alex on Auto) said he got the 3.3t in 4.6 sec 0-60 WITHOUT the use of launch control. That's pretty good. He should be able to shave off another .2 or .3 sec with the launch control.
Use 1/8 tank of gas and test on a nice favorable weather and you are looking at 4 seconds flat 0-60. The manufacturers claimed 0-60 numbers are pretty conservative they underrate them for various reasons and Genesis isn't the only manufacturer that does that. Lexus IS350 for example gets 4.7 sec 0-60 using a g meter when tested on a nice cool/cold weather. Manufacturer on the brochure claims 5.6 sec which is for marketing really to make room for IS-F 0-60 number when in fact both IS-F and IS350 have pretty close 0-60 accelerations. Also interesting to note that AoA estimates the G70 to have 114~ 115 mph trap speed at quarter mile. The guy said it's a very quick car and he means that he ain't joking around.
Many (actually most) car mags won't be able to appreciate nor fully unveil the G70 3.3t potential as they don't take the car out for acceleration tests from 0- 170 mph. The acceleration really excels after 125 mph as it has nearly linear rate acceleration pull when going past that speed. The G70 will beat the
Infiniti Q50 and Q60 Red Sport from dig 8 out of 10 tries in the street out in the real world. And racing from roll say 60 mph to 160 mph they both will come out about dead even, especially the Q50/60 Red Sport vs G70. That's pretty impressive in my book considering the G70 has 35 to 40 less horsepower on the brochure. The Q50 and Q60 are pretty underrated but the G70 is even more underrated.
I wouldn't get the G70 though the front end is so ugly. The Q50/60 looks better than that.
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