2021 Genesis GV80
11-17-20 | 12:09 PM
#543
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That's quite commonlace in the industry. Not always, but quite often, the higher-line (or the more sport-oriented) the trim level, the larger the wheels tend to be, and the lower the tire-profile. Not a system I like either, but, for the most part, something we're stuck with.
11-17-20 | 12:36 PM
#544
That's quite commonlace in the industry. Not always, but quite often, the higher-line (or the more sport-oriented) the trim level, the larger the wheels tend to be, and the lower the tire-profile. Not a system I like either, but, for the most part, something we're stuck with.
11-17-20 | 05:20 PM
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20,000 preorders and counting. The only way this will be a "dud" is if Genesis runs into inadequate supply issues like Telluride and Palisade that artificially make it look like it's selling less than the competition.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20201115000201
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11-17-20 | 05:51 PM
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SW. I will send you a $50 e card in 2022 if sales are on the decline in their second MY on the market...if not you send me. I remember the KIA Stinger was so overhyped and loved...sales are now on the serious decline. Take my bet?
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11-17-20 | 06:00 PM
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What's so magical about a Sport version?
I agree that it doesn't necessarily have to handle like a school-bus, but most people don't buy or lease something like a GV80 to go whipping around corners. We seem to be allowing this attitude that everything has to be sport-oriented to almost completely pervade the industry.
11-17-20 | 06:29 PM
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11-17-20 | 06:42 PM
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I think you two have your bets accidentally swapped lol
Because it'll sell. Like them or not, SUV's have become the "do-everything" vehicle of choice to the general public. They want their wagon on stilts to seat their whole family and be a track car when they feel like it. And since Genesis is already making a new G80 Sport, there's no reason not to spread development costs and share the same components with the GV80, especially when the GV80 will outsell the G80 by multiples.
It would also be a direct competitor to the likes of the GLE 53 AMG.
What's so magical about a Sport version? I agree that it doesn't necessarily have to handle like a school-bus, but most people don't buy or lease something like a GV80 to go whipping around corners. We seem to be allowing this attitude that everything has to be sport-oriented to almost completely pervade the industry.
I agree that it doesn't necessarily have to handle like a school-bus, but most people don't buy or lease something like a GV80 to go whipping around corners. We seem to be allowing this attitude that everything has to be sport-oriented to almost completely pervade the industry.It would also be a direct competitor to the likes of the GLE 53 AMG.
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11-17-20 | 06:52 PM
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As for the Stinger, probably apples and oranges. The market for family-SUVs, today, is quite different from the market for sports-sedans.