Genesis GV70 review

Prices start from £41,475 for the diesel, £41,975 for the petrol (around £5,000 less than an entry-level BMW X3) and £64,405 for the electric model.

On lease, you’re looking at around £550 for petrol/diesel and £910 for the electric variant per month on a four-year deal with a £5,000 deposit.

Tell me more about the ownership proposition.

In its attempt to conquer Europe, Genesis is offering something it calls the Five Year Care Plan. This begins before you buy the car, when a ‘Personal Assistant’ will guide you through the process and deliver a car to your door for you to test drive. 

Once you’ve bought the car, you get a five-year warranty, five years of complimentary roadside assistance, five years of servicing - where Genesis will collect your car, drop off a courtesy car and then return it once everything is complete - and free over-the-air updates. In the case of the Electrified model, you also get subsidised Ionity charging rates and a free home wallbox worth £1,125. This is supposed to be a proper luxury experience at a mid-level price point.

Where would you spend your money?

We haven’t been too enamoured with any of the petrol or diesels produced by Genesis thus far – the competition is simply too strong – but the Electrified variant has got plenty of strengths in this new battery powered era. Just a shame there isn’t a more accessible variant.

Yes, it’s somewhat pricey, but if you can get on with the looks it drives pleasantly enough despite the weight, and feels well suited to electric propulsion. And let’s not forget that this is the future – Genesis itself has announced that it will release no new combustion engined cars past 2025.