Being electrical, as we speak’s Nice Price or No Dice Genesis is whisper quiet. Pedestrians needn’t worry, nevertheless, since it will likely be exhausting to not discover its neon lime-green hue. Let’s see if the value makes this eclectic electrical value a glance.
Quick query: how do you pronounce “Renault?” Do you pronounce it “Ray-No,” ignoring the ultimate “t”? Or do you pronounce it “Rain-alt,” just like the pen identify of British creator Eileen Mary Challans? Whichever means you are inclined to spit it out, not very a lot of you had any good issues to say about yesterday’s 1967 Renault 10 and its $4,700 asking worth. That patina’d French saloon’s most fascinating function was its push-button automated transmission, which, sadly, additionally made for an extra burden on the automobile’s little engine, one thing it may unwell afford. That confluence resulted in a considerable 68 p.c No Dice loss for the ten.
One factor yesterday’s Renault had in its favor was its reportedly low mileage. While outdated as filth and searching its age, that little man had solely just a little over 17,000 miles on the clock. Quite astonishingly, as we speak’s 2023 Genesis GV60 is only one mannequin 12 months outdated, and but it has performed twice that quantity and extra. According to the advert, this lime inexperienced battery-electric upper-crust crossover has, up to now, performed a outstanding 44,000 miles.
Part of the rationale it has been in a position to amass such staggering mileage in so little time is the automobile’s rock-solid recharging velocity. Genesis is Hyundai’s up-market model, and the GV60 relies on the corporate’s Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which I prefer to name “E-gimp.”
This platform is constructed round an 800-volt structure that’s touted as being able to juicing up the GV60’s 77.4 kWh battery pack from 10 to 80 p.c cost in lower than 20 minutes when plugged right into a devoted 350 kW connection.
While primarily based on the identical platform because the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6 and the KIA EV6, the Genesis has its personal wheelbase and shares no physique panels with any of the opposite fashions. It additionally has a gimmicky-cool gear selector within the middle console that begins out as a magical crystal ball (I see you driving… on a street…) that then rolls over to disclose the rotary gear selector knob upon a press of the beginning button. Another neat ( and creepy) function is the “Face Connect” system that makes use of a face-reading digicam within the driver’s aspect B-pillar to grant entry to the automobile.
This GV60 is the mid-level Advanced mannequin, which provides some nice-to-have options and steps up the motor rely from one to 2. That gives the automobile with a complete of 316 horsepower and 446 lb-ft of torque between the 2 everlasting magnet motors, permitting for a zero to sixty time of round 5 and a half seconds. That’s not Telsa territory, nevertheless it will get out of its personal means. According to the EPA, the GV60’s vary on a full cost is 248 miles. That means this one has been charged, at minimal, round 175 occasions. That’s a whole lot of plugging and unplugging.
The automobile doesn’t present its mileage, no less than not within the advert’s photos. The Sao Paulo Lime paint stands out and is a daring alternative for a near-luxury crossover. It’s not one thing you’d essentially see on a Lexus or Mercedes. That’s matched with a set of good-looking gunmetal grey alloy wheels sporting Michelin Primacy Touring tires.
In distinction to the loopy exterior coloration, the cabin presents as muted in Obsidian Black with leather-based seating surfaces and silver trim. Those adversarial to Tesla’s minimalist interiors can be glad to seek out a number of buttons and knobs within the GV60. They all look to have little to no put on and to be functioning as they need to.
Genesis gives a 5-year/60,000-mile bumper-to-bumper guarantee on its automobiles. There’s additionally a 10-year/100,000-mile guarantee for the drivetrain, so the costly stuff ought to be lined for a while to come back, even with this automobile’s 44K already down the chute. This automobile’s title is clear, and it carries present tags, that are good by means of July.
When new — only a 12 months or so again — this GV60 MSRP’d at round $62,500. This one, with these loopy excessive miles, asks $42,500, a drop of $20K. Does that make it a deal?
What do you say? Could you get plugged into this GV60 at that $42,500 asking? Or do the excessive miles demand a commensurately lower cost?
You determine!
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