Hyundai Genesis test drive since 2008 sedan

All photos of Hyundai Genesis since 2008

Starting point

In the world of cars, as in any other field of human life, there are trends. The last and most striking examples of fashionable currents crossovers and white. Not so long ago, another originated. The name is premium.

This trend for brands, which have never been considered prestigious and luxury, but today they really want to be considered. Not so long ago, the list was replenished with the new name Hyundai. Koreans are tired of biting the same budget pie, selling inexpensive, non -retarded cars around the world. They gathered and laid the foundation for a new round of their evolution, and Genesis became the starting point. The first car in the history of the brand, describing which its creators, without hesitation, operate with the definition of Luxury.
Eight hours in the air, and we are met by the morning Seoul. The sky seems to be tightened with a haze, it is blue only at the zenith. But we will not linger in the capital of South Korea. The first control point of the Namjang trip, which is thirty kilometers from the capital. There is the technical center of the company Genesis built by the latest, the technical center of the company.

Under Jet Lag, we sleep at a press conference, then get on the bus, and, without waking up, we head to the suburbs of Seoul. The program is clearly not designed for weaklings, because its Koreans were made up, who, according to rumors, work 16 hours a day and rest 5 days a year.
Obviously, people from Hyundai want to not only show their new car, but also demonstrate the conditions in which it was created. It is a pity that at the entrance to the training ground we took cameras from the territory, prototypes of the new Hyundai and Kia are scorption, and a couple of plots for interesting news could be done without problems.
There is everything that is needed for the full cycle of development, refinement and testing of cars. After a short introductory tour, the first meeting with Genesis takes place.
On a large asphalt site, a rearrangement is marked inside the test ring with profiled turns. The speed at the entrance is about 90-110 km/h. The rear-wheel drive car behaves clearly slopes in the front at the entrance, and after the obstacle detours, it smoothly hides the tail, adjusting the steering wheel for one or two. It is curious that American versions of the car were provided for rearranging. They have ordinary springs in their suspension. But versions with pneumatic elements will come to Russia

Genesis developers have something to be proud of. The top model is made taking into account the most stringent requirements that today are improving the classes of class E. Creating Genesis, the Koreans in absentia competed with the best business departments of Europe and Japan. The goal was to do one no worse, but if it is better.
If we consider the components of this car separately, it will be necessary to recognize a set of first -class technologies. The hardest body in the class, which is 74 percent consists of high -strength steel. Modern motor two V6 and one V8. Gearboxes from world -famous Aisin and ZF manufacturers. Great aerodynamics only 27 CX! Almost ideal amusing (52/48). Eight airbags. Colossus sizes within the class
In theory, all this looks convincing. But why are contraceptive cars constantly flashing in presentation videos? Why do Koreans cite direct comparisons with them at a press conference? In Europe, this is not accepted ... but we are in Korea. And it can be assumed that the development of Genesis was in tight cooperation with potential rivals disassembled to the screw. The Koreans themselves spoke about this at a press conference, once describing Genesis as a car with the size of a BMW seven, which looks like a five, and stands like a third series. People need to explain what kind of new Genesis came from nowhere in the old car coordinate system. Next to whom does he stand according to the creators? Who is equal to?

A full -fledged test passed even further from Suel, on one of the most beautiful islands of Korea Chechzhudo. To fly to him exactly an hour. The Koreans themselves call the Chejudo the island of wedding couples, lazy men and brave female shelves. The latter carry combat shift up to 60-70 years, and many, thanks to daily physical education, easily live up to a hundred. I saw them on the coast ordinary elderly women. But unlike ours, they eagerly dive to a depth of 12 meters, making various seafood from the abyss, which are cut right there, on the shore and for a moderate bribe are fed in the damp form of the coin-coins. The European is unusual to look at this. It is disgusting Russian. It’s good that they drink this whole business of the local 24-degree vodka Suj. At least in some ways they can be understood.

But the approach of the Koreans to drawing the appearance and insides of Genesis to understand and explain easily. Eastern peoples have always been distinguished by a craving for the use of carbon equipment. The Japanese at one time drew inspiration when creating Lexus from the Germans. The Chinese brazenly and unprincipledly copy everything they see. But Koreans act more unobtrusively from the world along the thread. Therefore, in Genesis you can find elements of many Japanese and European competitors.
Borrowings can be traced in the cabin. Moreover, Japanese motifs are especially clearly read. In particular, Lexus. Not surprising, this brand from the Japanese is the most popular in the world. And very popular in South Korea. The feeling of Deja Wu form fonts, design of the dashboard, the interface of the multimedia system. Even the shape of an ashtray! And the motor starts up with a round button, very similar to those that puts Toyota in its cars. I put my hands on the steering wheel and feel a little viscous feedback on the steering wheel. GS or LS?

It turns out that the Genesis salon is completely devoid of individuality? No, but it is missing. And, it seems, everything is in place. The front panel is covered with leather, on the tunnel of the puck control of the multimedia system in the manner of I-Drive, the front seats have not only heating, but also ventilation, and the rear ones are completely equipped with electric regulations as in the representative class. Everything is fine separately, but the finished picture is not looted from the details. So far, Genesis does not have its aura, highlights. This is a matter of time and a change of generations. Well, the disadvantages are a simple black steering wheel, insufficient adjustments to the front seats (I wanted to sit down since 190 cm) a fuzzy work washer of the multimedia system. And I would probably have advised the artists a little revive the color scheme.
Roads to Chechzhudo are one sight for sore eyes. Wonderful markup, no traffic jams. There are highaves, and there are two -year -olds of varying degrees of winding. Only there are almost no broken areas. For the test, we received cars in the Russian specification: a 3.8 -liter motor, a six -speed machine, and a pneumatic suspension.

I did not go behind the wheel first, but sat on the second row and asked my colleague to put electronic controlled shock absorbers in a comfortable regime. I am sitting in a mobile knees away from the back of the front chair, and if I suddenly turned out to be Sabonis, then, without hesitation, I would move the chair forward of this machine another purely representative function. Genesis steps softly. Noise isolation at a height. And the Lexicon musical system sounds worthy. I am very good in the role of a VIP passenger with my own driver. And Genesis manifests itself perfectly in the role of a membership. But to conduct the rest of the dough in the back row would be an unacceptable luxury, and at the pit stop I take the driver's seat.
Guess what I did as soon as I was driving? That's right, I chose the sports mode of the suspension. I sink the floor pedal of the accelerator, and under the velvety baritone of the six, the sedan briskly breaks down. Good motor! Confidently pulls from below and smoothly increases its characteristics in the entire speed range. But the machine is imperfect. When you go calmly, he is a good partner, as he switches smoothly. And in a fast, drooping mode, he begins to slow down. There is a complaint to the manual regime. It consists in fuzzy responses to the actions of the selector so that the transmission switches for sure, it is necessary to slightly fix the lever when switching. This is inconvenient when the score is for seconds. The suspension is quite collected even in comfortable mode. At least at a speed under two hundred on the waves of asphalt, a large sedan does not sway. In sports, the nature of controllability does not change dramatically the car becomes a little more assembled, and the rolls are less.

I can’t even believe that Genesis was developed not for Europe with its high preferences in terms of controllability, but for such omnivorous powers as America, the countries of the Middle East, Korea and even to some extent Russia. With such habits, it’s not a shame and in the old light to help. But the Koreans have not risked yet. However, the pure Drivers Car Genesis still does not reach. Yes, its creators did not seek to make Ultimate Driving Machine. And in order to achieve good comfort at the same time and did decent manageability.
Well, in five years, the Koreans did a lot of work, and at the exit received a car of a new level for themselves. It is much higher in the piles about car ranks of the same Grandeur that even the saleswoman of the pies at the metro would easily noticed other tasks, more difficult and interesting. The newcomer needs to withstand the bison, which for decades have honed their skills. It is necessary to break stereotypes in relation to the budget brand Hyundai. Alas, this cannot be done with one scan. The battle will be long. The formation of a new image is needed years. To start looking at the brand in a different way, the exacting audience of the decade. This is a whole round in the evolution of the development of Hyundai. And the first step has already been taken.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION
The front suspension is assembled on double levers on each side, and a five -piece scheme behind. Thanks to the presence of pneumo elements in the design, the machine can change the clearance. Forcibly sink 30 mm (until 70 km/h the body will return to the original

position). At a speed of more than 120 km/h, the clearance is automatically reduced by 15 mm. The front suspension is assembled on double levers on each side, and a five -piece scheme behind. Thanks to the presence of pneumo elements in the design, the machine can change the clearance. Forcibly sink 30 mm (until 70 km/h the body will return to its original position). At a speed of more than 120 km/h, the clearance is automatically reduced by 15 mm.
The machine is equipped with two V6 and one V8 Lambda family. Verses with a volume of 3.3 or 3.8 liters will come to Russia. And the V8 will be sold only in America, Korea and the countries of the Middle East. Aluminum engines blocks. Motors are equipped with variable phases of gas distribution at the inlet and release. Intake manifold with variable geometry.
The machine is equipped with 8 airbags, as well as electronically controlled active head restraints. The Genesis body, as Koreans say, is 12-14 percent tougher than cars such as BMW 5 series, Mercedes-Benz E-class, Lexus LS. Such an indicator provides, in particular, the manufacturing method, where especially loaded joints are not connected by multiple welding, but by gluing, which provides a more durable chemical compound. Then spot welding is performed.