Genesis Wants To Take This Car GT3 RacingGenesis Magma Racing (Genesis Magma Racing)On Saturday, Genesis will become the first South Korean brand to ever race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Their LMDh-spec Hypercar, the GMR-001, has already impressed by scoring points at Spa and making round of qualifying at Le Mans tiwce over. Genesis is not content to stop there, though. Next on the agenda is GT3 racing. That means a Genesis needs a race car, and the brand is already offering us a look at what it hopes to race in the future.Dubbed the Magma GT3, the concept shown at the Circuit de la Sarthe on Friday closely resembles the Magma GT road car concept that debuted late last year. This is still a concept for now, but Genesis signaled when it debuted the road car that it intended to develop a production car for that segment. The brand calls the race car "one of several possible scenarios," but the intent to go GT3 racing with a halo car of some sort remains a clear long-term goal for the brand that went from announcing a Le Mans program to debuting in the race in just 500 days.Genesis Magma Racing (Genesis Magma Racing)In addition to debuting the race car concept, Genesis has also debuted new variants of both the Magma GT and X Gran Convertible concepts. The two new X Gran Convertibles are designed for the driver's parade, including one with a green interior for brand ambassador and Le Mans legend Jacky Ickx. The new Magma GT goes one step further, both trading orange for green and introducing a full interior that was not previously displayed when the car first debuted.AdvertisementAdvertisementGenesis calls the Magma GT a "luxury grand tourer," suggesting that the name is more than just shorthand for relation to a GT racing car like the similarly-branded GR GT and AMG GT. This is reflected in the interior, which features racing buckets and a wide center console finished in quilted orange leather. One massive central gauge is joined by three smaller gauges to the side and a notably small video display beneath them, emphasizing a relatively analog l0ok for a modern car.Genesis Magma Racing (Genesis Magma Racing)We may not know the exact form that the Genesis halo model will take until the production model is unveiled, but we do know that Toyota went down a similar path when it first showed off the GR GT3 concept all the way back in 2022. The brand has since debuted its first-ever supercar for the now-standalone GR brand, the GR GT, and its matching GR GT3 race car sticks closely to the design first laid out over four years ago. If Genesis goes down the same route, we hope to see the elegant Magma GT on the road and on the race track in the future.Given the speculative nature of how Genesis is describing this project, that final road car may still be years away. In the meantime, Genesis Magma Racing starts its first-ever fight for the overall win at Le Mans on Saturday morning. That GMR-001 program is still planned to eventually move into the American IMSA GTP championship, but brand representatives have suggested that a previously-announced 2027 timeline for that expanded program has already slipped away.You Might Also LikeIf You Can Only Own One Car, Make It One of TheseThese Are the Most Popular Cars by State
