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Mo Yilong is a former vehicle supervisor evaluation engineer
In April 2021, after seeing the Genisesy brand for the first time in Shanghai and experiencing the "Korean luxury package" of the G80 and GV80, I was deeply immersed in it, and then these two cars set the top 10 position in my mind. In September of the same year, I saw this brand again at the Chengdu Auto Show, when Jenissee released the latest sports car G70, its unique appearance and every detail are long in my aesthetic, although in recent years, the shape of the Korean brand has been stunning for a while, but it turns out that Lian is not old, eating gaga.
Forget it, or don't blow the appearance, after all, the shape of this thing, see the wisdom.
I sent a Giulia car article before, in fact, at that time I most wanted to buy the G70 this car, from the static quality and configuration, And the design has been ranked in my car purchase list No.1 position, in the end did not choose the G70 because there is just this Giulia around, the most important reason is that there is no Genissy direct store in Changsha and surrounding cities, not that there is no place to maintain, this is a small thing, the key is that there is no way to test drive, I have always been very curious about its bright appearance under the inner quality, so the car that has not been driven dare not take the initiative to choose.
This time I have the opportunity to come to Chengdu on business, and I must have a white prostitute to satisfy my curiosity. And the feeling after the test drive, it didn't disappoint me at all.
This article will share with you the product power of the G70 in an all-round way.
The story of the Genisesy brand is briefly described here. In 2008, the first Genesis codenamed BH was released in North America, at that time we called it Genesis, "Genesis" is just a model name, the original intention of the development is 4-door, rear or four-wheel drive, full-size, focusing on administrative, luxury and sports routes. By 2013, Geniseys had grown the platform to the second generation of DH, which was exhibited at the North American Auto Show in 2014.
By 2015, Hyundai had split Genises into a separate luxury car division, and in 2017, Genises was officially split into a separate sub-brand to operate.
And the fate of Geniseys and the Chinese market has long been there, 10 years ago everyone must often be able to see a two-door sports car on the street on the road, and most of them are with a large tail of auto parts city, glass fiber and countless putty paste all over the body of the wide body, its name is Rohens coupe, that is, "cool", in fact, Rohens is not the name of the brand, but equivalent to the name of Geniseys, or the name of Hyundai's first high-end car series, and "coupe" It refers to the fact that this model is a version of a two-door sneakback sports car. At that time, its scenery was no less than that of today's 86 and Brz.
After that, everyone knows that they successfully played themselves to death, and then they returned to the Chinese market last year with a new attitude of Genisaith, and brought the G80 and GV80 series that should be regarded as the third generation of products.
I believe that many people who love cars and love to drive have heard that KIA has a four-door sports car called Stinger, in fact, this car is built after THE SHORTENING OF THE REAR-DRIVE PLATFORM OF NAIA NAGENSIS, AND WAS OFFICIALLY LISTED IN 2017.
The people who led the design and tuning of this car are mainly two big men, one is the famous former BMW M department president Albert Biermann, his achievements include many Bimmer familiar performance models, such as E39 M5, E46 M3, and 1M, etc. After jumping to Hyundai, responsible for the model development of Hyundai N performance department, and made such as i20N, i30N, CONA N and so on to burst models.
The other is peter Schreyer, famous for being the first generation of Audi TT, and the rest of the famous products include Volkswagen EOS, MK4 dogfuther, new Beetle and so on. After jumping to Hyundai in 2006, he made the K5, K9, Tucson and other models that sold well in China that year. Under the leadership of these two gods, Stinger has won numerous awards and the product strength is quite good.
The first generation of G70, in fact, was listed with Stinger in the same year, the person who designed it, is also Peter Schreyer, the two cars in the chassis, powertrain and other aspects are almost all the same, it can be considered that the relationship between the two cars is the difference between the ordinary version and the hardcover version. So the dynamic performance of the G70 is quite guaranteed, and it also indirectly explains why this car feels so much like BMW when it drives.
Pull so much, get to the point.
G70 static to give me the feeling is very elegant and good-looking, 4700mm length, 2835mm wheelbase, front-facing rear-drive model proportions are really just right, the appearance design is very restrained, using the latest family design language of Genises, this set of design personally feels really very beautiful and very recognizable.
At present, this model has a total of 2 configurations, the entry-level luxury version and the top of the flagship version, in addition to the optional rear-drive or four-wheel drive model, plus more than 20,000 yuan on the sports kit, including Brembo front four rear two brake calipers, LSD, 19-inch wheels, 18-inch brake discs, power tailgates, as well as such as full car seat heating, naked-eye 3D LCD instruments, L2 level driver assistance system, Alcantara black roof and other accessories, can give you can not give all to throw up, As an Italian miscellaneous car owner I am really super envious.
Although the interior is an old-fashioned platform design, compared to the G80 and GV80 is a bit of a bargain, but the thing that makes me feel very cool is that the joint of the entire interior is quite strong, it should be the only two models I have opened in the past one or two years in addition to the Polar Star 2, how to shake hard is difficult to see the interior has excessive shaking, and there is no particularly obvious plastic crunching, the interior workmanship material is also very thick, large area of leather material and soft plastic wrapping, threaded aluminum alloy trim embellishment, Diamond-shaped cross-stitched door panel leather surface and seat, the sense of premium and luxury is quite strong.
The car machine is not clear who is cooperating with, anyway, the map is used Baidu, compared to AutoNavi is a lot worse, and occasionally the response is relatively slow, and there is a delay in the recognition response when turning. In addition, the system is very sensitive in operation, there is no caton phenomenon, the visual effect is also very good, the overall logic is relatively simple, and it is very fast to get started.
To measure how strong a car company's research and development strength is, to see if they have a self-developed gearbox that can be taken, compared to the engine, the gearbox is actually more difficult to engage, such as Volkswagen, Toyota and other strong companies have self-developed gearboxes, and Hyundai Kia Group is actually very strong in the world, not to mention whether things sell well or not, single research and development capabilities are unattainable by many car companies, they have self-developed gearbox products, covering horizontal, longitudinal, front-drive and rear-drive four-wheel drive, including MT, CVT, DCT, AT or even AMT, such as the dual-clutch transmission placed on the Fiesta, which I originally called the "East Asian DSG", and the 8-speed wet dual-clutch transmission used on the Kona N that was blown up by foreign media, the product force is very strong.
The 8AT transmission used on the G70, code-named A8LR1, is paired with the modern Theta G4KL 2.0T engine, and this powertrain is also shared with the Stringer. The overall drivability is quite smooth, only a slight pull in the process of 3 down 2, in addition to the switching between the various gears are very comfortable, from the product performance point of view, personally feel that it is comparable to the king of 8AT ZF.
Because my own car is equipped with ZF's 8HP50, so I am very aware of the difference between the two, the only inferior part of the G70 is in the sport mode, the speed of the upshift gear, the speed of the gear joint is slightly slower, which may be for durability considerations, but compared to a number of internal combustion engine models that advertise sporty performance, the G70's shift speed is already fast enough, if giulia's shift delay is only 200ms, then the G70 is at most 3-400ms.
So in terms of athletic performance, G70 is completely enough to play, and daily driving, with 5 driving modes to choose from, while allowing the owner to customize, the daily comfort mode when driving smoothly and obediently, there will be no all kinds of messy ghost animal phenomenon, the performance of low twist at the beginning is stronger than my Giulia, the overall feeling is very smooth. And when the driving mode switches to the Sport, the clutch engagement speed is obviously much faster, the kicking back feeling becomes obvious, and when it is cut to the Sport+ mode, the ESC is closed, and you can happily brush the circle, giulia owner tears.
In terms of chassis control, BMW is very European, not at all like a car built for the American market, in fact, it is also developed by European leaders, of course.
The pit over the obstacle obviously feels very flexible, without a trace of aftershocks, the PS4 tires with a flat rate of the front 40 and the back 35 flat rate are added, so that the G70 has both super grip and a very clear sense of the road. Of course, the G70 also has an electromagnetically controlled suspension system that can adjust the damping in different modes, but the suspension off-frequency itself is relatively high, so even in comfort mode, the chassis is harder than most cars.
However, when encountering some sharp edges of the impact, the G70 suspension system shows a very strong sense of protection and comfort, there will be no frame metal resonance phenomenon after the impact, nor will I have a feeling like the back of the head is stuffed with a brick, the whole process is clean and clean without dragging mud with water, while the chassis sound insulation is also quite strong, and as said earlier, the G70's interior joint is particularly good, no matter what the impact, I did not hear a trace of plastic crunching in the interior, Also doing well in this regard is Geely's CMA series models.
Like most models with excellent steering performance, the G70 uses the steering system of the DP-EPS. The steering response is slightly slower than my Giulia, and the middle bit is less sensitive, but I personally think that giulia is overly sensitive, causing me to suddenly change when driving the G70, which is very responsive and directive compared to most models. In terms of steering force matching, the gain with speed and angle is just right, and different driving modes also show obvious differences, and the Sport mode is heavier and more comfortable. The direction of the 2 laps makes it easier to move the car every day.
Other use of the feeling, the G70 also gave me a very big surprise, if I did not meet this Giulia, I should have chosen the G70. I personally feel that it has achieved the performance of the product within this price point, and truly showed the performance of the luxury sports car to the fullest. Don't look at an old platform, it is still very capable of playing today, as long as the product is strong enough, whether it is new or old. In addition, overseas also has a 3.3T V6 version, which can support such a large power, and the G70 must have a matching body architecture, which is beyond doubt.
epilogue:
In summary, if you are considering a 4-front front-a-back-drive sports car in front of the screen, occasionally carrying a person in a short distance, and at the same time needing a strong enough sense of luxury and unique personality, please be sure to put the G70 in your purchase list, and find an opportunity to go to the 4S store to experience, I believe it will definitely surprise you.
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