The striking interior colour matched the Mauna Red colour of the bodywork, a £750 extra.īut that's one of the nice aspects of Genesis, you can up-spec your car as much as you want - if you can afford it. Move inside and it's even more impressive, although the car driven here also benefited from numerous optional packs available from Genesis, one of which added a very upmarket interior with eye-catching quilted red leather seats and a red leather dashboard. It's a car which has all the attributes to make its own impact.Ī high roof line, muscular haunches, impressive alloys and twin exhausts that look like cannons protruding from the rear give this car plenty of street cred. In many ways it reflects some of this country's most luxurious cars, with a grille that reminds you of a Bentley and a winged badge on the bonnet which shouts Aston Martin.īut the GV70 doesn't need to rely on reflected glory. Big on quality, big on style and big on refinement. It's one of a whole new stable of cars from Genesis aiming to take sales off the three German premier brands, not to mention Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover. And it's a feature that's equally useful if your garage is so narrow the car will just about fit in but not allow you to open your door.īut the GV70's autonomous driving is just one of the many aspects that make this car stand out from the crowd. With the Genesis GV70 you simply start it and back it out of the parking space using the car's key fob. It's a neat trick, and one which several adults who saw it during my time with this stunning new SUV from the newest car maker to launch in the UK were equally impressed by.Īnd while you might wonder when you would ever use this feature imagine coming back to your car in a car park to find someone had parked so close that you couldn't open the door to get in. Prices likely to play on premium desirability.'I've got a magic car that can drive itself', I told my neighbour's disbelieving four and six-year-old sons.Īnd as the unoccupied Genesis GV70 started its engine and then moved slowly down the street and reversed back again they stared open mouthed. Slick styling, knock-out interior, roomy and functional too Against Too early to call The one we’d avoid like the plagueĭoesn't look like the Velar will have many chinks in its armour. We haven't yet published our Range Rover Velar review - stay tuned for the first drives in summer 2017. For more information on the Velar, click on our further stories on the links below. It borrows its aluminum underpinnings from sister brand Jaguar's F-Pace and adds on one of the slinkiest SUV shapes yet seen. It took 35 years to double the range to two models with the Range Rover Sport - now there are four models, including the Evoque and Velar. The Range Rover Velar is a new type of Range Rover, as the company gradually expands its premium off-roader range.

Click on the links below for all of CAR magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the Velar range. Range Rover Velar information: everything you need to know if you own it, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about Land Rover's new slick SUV slotting between the Evoque and Range Rover Sport.

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