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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 05:42 PM
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Part of the LA Auto Show festivities, which sadly I had to miss this year, Genesis debuted their X Convertible concept. Absolutely stunning.







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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 05:45 PM
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Damn that's nice.
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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 05:46 PM
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Not bad. Don’t like the front end The rest is great
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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 05:52 PM
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Oh wowzers
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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 06:03 PM
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They can go ahead and build this now. This the 3rd one. Feedback seems to be mostly positive on these concepts. What else they waiting for.
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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 06:06 PM
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I like it 👍🏼
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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 08:14 PM
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It's nice to see a new convertible. They have been basically neglected recently, outside of a few sports cars like the Mustang, Miata and Fiat Spyder.
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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 10:47 PM
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Superb design overall. But I question the need to light up the entire front quarter panel- twice. Could have done without that gimmick.

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Old Nov 16, 2022 | 03:23 AM
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Pretty sleek, but no idea what a production car derived from this will look like …
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Old Nov 16, 2022 | 06:19 AM
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decent effort but I'll pass
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Old Nov 16, 2022 | 08:51 AM
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Looks production ready - it would be great Halo car for the Genesis brand.
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Old Nov 16, 2022 | 10:05 AM
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Looks ok, but not a fan of that interior. If this were in production, I'd still choose an LC500 over it though.
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Old Nov 16, 2022 | 10:30 AM
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It's driving me crazy. I can't put my finger on it, but a late 80's/90's GM-something had a very similar dash and central console. Can anyone put it together? I want to say it was a Pontiac or Buick model...
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It at least sounds like Genesis is trying to put this into production.
Donckerwolke wouldn’t confirm the underpinnings of these concepts. He did tell TechCrunch: “We are working with the right partners to get the right amount of of performance, which will be in my opinion adequate performance to fit this segment.”

He continued to say that the X Convertible will “open up a new, uh, let’s say base of platform, a new platform and modular system.” Donckerwolke declined to elaborate.

Genesis continues to push the design forward, as Donckerwolke mentioned, “Normally you go to you create something and you have to limit your design to the most common denominator,” he said. “We don’t have this, we, we talk to our internal suppliers and we say, we need those seats. We need those lights. And this is, this is basically allowing us to push the boundaries a lot. And that’s basically what’s allowing us to create cars like this.”
Months ago, they also hinted that it would share the same platform as the Hyundai Vision 74.

But the really clever part is that the N Vision 74 wouldn't be an orphan inside Hyundai. The car has the same wheelbase as the Genesis X Speedium concept, insiders say with a smile that leaves you to draw your own conclusions. And, they add, we can expect to see another concept that could also conceivably be part of the same vehicle family as N Vision 74 and X Speedium."We would like to make this car as soon as possible," N brand management team department head Joonwoo Park says. And he and his colleagues are doing their damnedest to make it happen.
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Old Nov 17, 2022 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by RNM GS3
Looks production ready
I'll only agree with this when I see it with the top up. This concept does not appear to address where the convertible top goes when it's down, unless it somehow folds like an accordion, into the trunk.
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