Genesis News

Want to feel like you're living in the future? Start talking to your watch and have it tell your car what to do. That's what Genesis owners will be able to do when they download a new app for their smartwatch. For those owners who also have an Apple Watch or an Android Wear timepiece, the new...

Talk of Hyundai following in the footsteps of Honda and Lexus and launching its own luxury brand to take on the more established marques has been around since the original Genesis sedan took top honors in the car category of the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards back in '09. Hyundai...

Hyundai and its sister company Kia are the latest to commit to increasing investment in vehicle manufacturing in the United States in the wake of threats from President-elect Donald Trump of new tariffs on vehicles and components imported into the country. The Korean automakers on Tuesday confirmed...

Hyundai’s new luxury brand Genesis has managed to snag another top Volkswagen Group designer. Sasha Selipanov, who was tasked to help design the Bugatti Chiron after one of his initial proposals won an internal design competition at the VW Group, is joining Genesis as the head of the...

The handsome Genesis G80 sails into the 2018 model year with a new performance-oriented option dubbed the G80 Sport. The vehicle was teased at the global reveal of the G80 in June but now it’s finally out in the open. It’s on display this week at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The G80...

Hyundai is evolving. With a stylish lineup of reliable, highly-rated vehicles that people seem to want, it's now onto the next phase of its evolution: A luxury brand, of course. Branded Genesis, the new luxury division of Hyundai is in the midst of launching its flagship, called the G90. Sitting...

Hyundai's new upscale Genesis sub-brand has become the first automaker to develop a "skill" for Amazon's Alexa service, which will allow owners to speak certain commands to, say, an Amazon Echo that will then be pushed to their vehicles. The system is part of the new Genesis Connected Services...

In the beginning, Honda created Acura. Toyota and Nissan looked upon it and saw it was good, and they begat Lexus and Infiniti. Many years later, Hyundai looked upon these luxury makes, saw they were good, and begat the Genesis coupe and sedan followed by the Equus sedan. Hyundai looked upon the...

The 2016 model year will be the last for Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe, the automaker has confirmed. A successor is planned but will be sold under Hyundai’s new Genesis luxury brand. The successor will be a larger, more luxurious model possibly hinted at by 2015’s Vision G concept car...

Hyundai’s Genesis sedan transforms into the Genesis G80 for the 2017 model year, and along with the name change comes a price rise. The 2017 Genesis G80 starts at $42,350, which represents a $2,650 premium on the starting price of the 2016 Hyundai Genesis. ALSO SEE: Why Ford is making a huge...

Hyundai’s new luxury brand Genesis is launching its second model in the form of the G80 sedan. The G80 isn’t a completely new model as it is essentially a rebadged version of the second-generation Hyundai Genesis, which has been on sale since the 2015 model year. It’s now serving...

The head of Genesis, Manfred Fitzgerald, has confirmed that the new Hyundai luxury brand will offer electric cars. “We will definitely go as Genesis brand down the road of alternative propulsions and it is very, very obvious that EV is definitely on the map,” Fitzgerald told journalists...

Hyundai’s Genesis sedan has undergone an update for the 2017 model year, and as part of the update the car has been moved over to the new Genesis luxury brand and rechristened a G80. The Genesis G80 made its world debut today at the 2016 Busan Auto Show, and introduced alongside the regular...

Hyundai’s new luxury brand Genesis was launched late last year with the promise it will have six distinct models in its lineup by 2020. Those six models have been confirmed to be a trio of sedans, a pair of SUVs and a coupe, and designing many of them are former Bentley designers Luc...

Having already lured former Bentley design boss Luc Donckerwolke, Hyundai has now managed to snag Bentley’s designer in charge of exteriors, the talented Sang Yup Lee. The Korean designer has previously worked for the likes of Pininfarina, Porsche and most recently Bentley, however...

Hyundai’s new Genesis brand is signaling its intention to compete in one of the most competitive segments in the luxury sector with the unveiling today of a small sports sedan concept at the 2016 New York Auto Show. The concept is appropriately titled the New York concept, but you can think...

Hyundai’s new Genesis brand made its mark on the world of luxury autos with the unveiling of the G90 full-size sedan earlier this year. However, the G90 is just the first of six distinct cars Genesis will launch before the decade is out. Another will be a small sedan about the size of...

With Hyundai the official sponsor of Super Bowl 50, it’s understandable that the automaker would have more than one costly spot running during the game. We’ve already seen Hyundai’s spot for the 2017 Elantra and now we have our first look at a spot for the 2016 Genesis...

The recently established Hyundai N performance division is working on three cars at present, one of which is the yet-to-be-revealed G70 from new luxury brand Genesis. The G70 will be a small sports sedan slotting in below the mid-size G80 (the current Hyundai Genesis) and full-size G90, and the car...

Hyundai’s new Genesis luxury brand held its first press conference outside of Korea, at this week's 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The newly established brand has just one model at present, the Hyundai Equus-replacing G90, but it’s the flagship and it heralds what’s to come for the rest...