Margin packer
Car manufacturers often do relatively good business with crossovers and SUVs, partly because the profit margin on a high model on existing technology is simply higher. What seems? By slightly flattening an SUV at the rear, you as a car manufacturer can easily add another margin packer to your delivery range. The Genesis GV80 will soon also be available as a Coupé and on these plates you can already see the newcomer quite well from all angles.
The Genesis GV80 was presented in 2020 and is now about three years old. Unlike its counterparts, Genesis’ competitor of SUVs such as the Mercedes-Benz GLE and BMW X5 does not have a variant with a steeper sloping roofline. After all, the GLE and X5 have the GLE Coupé and X6 as ‘more dynamic’ lined alternatives. But Genesis will also follow the path of the ‘SUV with a steeply sloping roofline’. You can see the proof on this set of spy plates.
Fair is fair: that the Genesis GV80 gets a Coupé brother is no surprise. After all, it already showed the Genesis GV80 Coupé Concept in April this year. That was already a pretty production-looking GV80 with the roof quickly diving down from the point between the A and B pillars. The test sample in these photos follows that line, but there is more interesting.
The Genesis GV80 Coupé Concept from earlier this year.
As mentioned, the GV80 is now about three years old, which means that Genesis will of course not release the new GV80 variant if it gives the model a facelift shortly afterwards. Genesis therefore seems to coincide with the arrival of the GV80 Coupé with the introduction of the facelifted GV80. On this test model we see headlights with a new light signature that is more similar to that of the younger G90. Whether the GV80 Coupé Concept’s interlinked taillights make it to production stage remains to be seen.
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