REVIEW: Can the Genesis G90 really compete with the best Germany has to offer? Find out as we test its front- and back-seat capabilities
Despite the subsequent arrival on European shores of smaller models like the GV60 and G80, the all-new second-generation G90 won’t make it here either, The new model clothes the established strengths of cosseting luxury and cutting-edge tech in a more attractive exterior package. The front end marries the brand’s familiar two-row LED headlights with a huge ‘crest’ grille. At the rear, there’s a whiff of Bentley in the C-pillars and Mercedes in the tapering rear deck.
Rear passengers are naturally afforded the first-class treatment in a car made for chauffeuring, with acres of leg room, reclining seats with footrests and individual touchscreens. As you’re wafted from place to place, the Mood Curator changes the cabin ambience by adjusting the lighting, rear window blinds, music, fragrance and massage function.
This trip also provided a chance to spend many hours in the back of a G90 - where most owners will spend their time, as they're usually chauffeured around. The G90 has plenty of shove, too, power provided by a 375bhp 3.5-litre turbo petrol V6, boosted to 409bhp when accompanied by the 48V e-supercharger system on the long-wheelbase model. Along with its eight-speed automatic gearbox, it's smooth and reasonably refined in normal use, and it provides prodigious acceleration when needed. You should expect sub 20mpg, however.
Genesis will make a final decision on whether to sell the G90 in Europe based on the cost of modifications required to suit the roads and customer tastes versus potential profits from sales and the marketing boost from pitching a rival against the flagship models from the German brands that have traditionally dominated the segment.
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