Snapshot
- 3.5-litre V6 to power base G90
- Long wheelbase variants to gain electric supercharger
- Preemptive suspension system standard across the range
Genesis’ most luxurious model yet is motivated by a 280kW 3.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine, while the long wheelbase versions gains an electric compressor powered by the new 48-volt mild hybrid system.
Genesis hasn’t confirmed a power output for the G90’s unit assisted by its electric supercharger, but unlike the rear-drive-only standard wheelbase car, the long wheelbase model’s eight-speed automatic gearbox sends power to all four wheels.
Multi-chamber air suspension and rear-wheel steering – boosting manoeuvrability at low speed and stability at high speed – also feature as standard on the G90 Long Wheelbase.
The regular G90 offers Genesis’s Preview-Electronic Control Suspension, a system which scans the road ahead of the car and uses data from the sat-nav to adjust the suspension dampers according to the road for maximum comfort. This adaptive tech features on the air-sprung set-up, too.
According to Genesis, if the technology senses a hump in the road 100m ahead, it raises the car’s ride height by 10mm and optimises the suspension settings to reduce the jolt to passengers; on rough roads the system can raise the suspension by as much as 25mm at both the front and the rear to avoid the body contacting the ground over harsher bumps.
There’s also a Brake Mode function with a ‘Chauffeur’ setting – one of three modes which adjusts the parameters of the braking system depending on driver preference.
Continuing the focus on refinement, Genesis has equipped the G90 with active noise cancellation tech. This picks up frequencies from road noise and sends signals to the car’s speakers to cancel this out. It’s helped by laminated glass.
Other tech includes flush door handles, keyless entry vid Genesis’s Digital Key 2 and a fingerprint recognition system to start the car, which also pre-loads specific driver settings which have been previously assigned to the driver’s fingerprint.
Described as “the most elegant interpretation of the brand’s design philosophy of Athletic Elegance yet” by the Hyundai Group’s premium brand, the Genesis G90 combines many design features seen on its most recent models, such a the smaller G80 sedan and GV80 SUV. The model has so far been ruled out for Australia as a rival for the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
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