I respectfully disagree. IMO I don’t believe Genesis is positioning GV80 to be anything less than a equal player in the mid-size luxury suv market. They’re not interested in stealing
Palisade customers, through I’m sure they will attract some. Move over OLD LUXURY, YOUNG LUXURY is in da house.
Hyundai has chosen to tilt the Price/Value scale in their favor by pilling on the goodies to add Value and still beat the competition on Price. It’s hard to argue that they have not been a smashing success with that approach. As Genesis enters the SUV market I would expect them to use the same marketing tactics, pile on the goodies and beat the competition on price.
The Genesis starts at $49,500, right where the
Palisade leaves off, welcome to the Luxury niche. The BMW X5 starts at $58,900 If you compare base models BMW has some nice features and Genesis has others, but when you total it all up the scale tilts to Genesis it has more goodies and it’s $10k cheaper. The Cayenne starts at $86k, GLE $54, GLS $76. Q8 starts at $68.
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So would a BMW owner/shopper look at Genesis? Shopping a replacement for my Lexus RX has led me discover the GV80. Now I want to be careful here, because I’ve only sat in it briefly and really know very little. However, if it is what I am hoping it will be, the GV80 will easily match up against the competition on an equal basis. Not only would I consider the GV80, I reserved one already and pending further reviews there’s a good chance I may buy it.