What gave you that impression? They said that the build and material quality was so good that it "puts some traditional luxury brands to shame."

 

I think you misunderstood my statement. That was exactly my point. Genesis products have always done that. One should not be surprised at it....at least one who regularly follows the industry like C&D does.

 

I meant that they didn't come across as being surprised at all. I didn't see anything to indicate that they had low expectations. Their comment was simply an observation.

 

That was my takeaway too. Just an observation/comment.

 

we didn't misunderstand, you said they were surprised but they weren't, so if that was your point it was in error.

 

I have sat inside the new GV. It’s very very nice. Say in a mid level model as well as top spec.

 

And when you talk about that Genesis has ALWAYS done, Remember Genesis has only been around 3 or 4 years. So, surprise at what they come out with is totally reasonable.

 

finally had a chance to read this review. Wow. One thing that stood out was their sound level test.

Quote:

There's another hallmark of luxury that's maybe more important to customers than excessive thrust: respite from the noise of the world. That, the GV80 has. We measured 66 decibels in the cabin at 70 mph. That's a mere one decibel louder than the sound level in a Mercedes-Maybach S560, the luxury car that many sedans want to be when they grow up.

and they weren't testing the top of the line 3.5tt prestige which has RANC (new type of noise cancelation).

 

And this chart in their review took some head scratching to figure out but it's neat. Basically, the further out on the arms you get the better you are. The aviator line (pink) for example is weakest except for cargo volume.

 

This slow trickle of reviews rather than everything coming out at once is rather unusual.

 

Might have to do with the number of press-fleet samples currently available.

We saw the same thing with the Lincoln Continental.....a very slow start to official test-drives.

 

This is a vehicle of way more interest than the Continental though.

 

Extremely difficult to do the logistics of the giant press events that are more typical. They main embargo is up, so no holding back on releasing things and they're just now doing some of the non major magazine outlets through concise ultra small/short vehicle sessions.

 

this is a pretty interesting review. i didn't know it has a limited slip diff on higher trims.

 

That's good to hear.....and Kudos to Genesis for that. I had an LSD on my Outback, and it was just marvelous on slippery surfaces, even with all-season tires. Other vehicle-owners I've known with LSDs have also generally been quite satisfied.