Genesis introduced two idea automobiles to the Seoul Motor Present Thursday that after once more showcase an automaker that’s extra fascinated about class than aggression. The X Gran Coupe Idea and the X Gran Convertible Idea rolled into Seoul Mobility Present 2025 in Goyang, Korea, on the sick wheels the model is thought for as two new spins on the model’s flagship G90 sedan.
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It goes with out saying, however for instance it anyway; these ideas rock. Who would not love a beefy, low to the bottom coupe? And a convertible with a full again seat? In purple! Come on now. Genesis’ signature double-mesh grille is decrease and wider in these ideas together with decrease, meaner air intakes, giving the automobiles a extra athletic look, however I would not say aggressive. Fenders are wider, with somewhat wing on the again for improved aerodynamics. The manufacturers’ two-line headlights are additionally raked again to the fenders and the our bodies are even longer than a traditional G90 (which is already fairly the prolonged auto at 207.7 inches). The windshields are additionally additional angled again, plus the roof traces have been lowered to offer the automobiles a extra streamlined look.
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Genesis calls the coupe and the convertible “unique and prestigious car typologies”: Unique as a result of nobody makes them and prestigious as a result of, when automobile makers do make a coupe or a full-size convertible, they’re fairly gosh darn costly. However in terms of luxurious, Genesis is definitely one of many extra approachable manufacturers on the market when it comes to pricing, so if these ideas did grow to be actuality, they might truly promote in some numbers. Not massive numbers, however some. I do know seeing this Purple BMW 4 Eater driving down the highway with its electrical blue inside would enhance my day.
Blue, and inexperienced with a dye
Talking of wildly blue interiors, Genesis says by way of press launch that the X Gran Convertible Idea is impressed by “the spirit of superb wines, with an exterior coloration paying homage to pressed grapes and an inside coloration that echoes the deep, wealthy hues of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the Livorno area of Italy.”
The outside is definitely a wine-dark purple however this inside? It is somewhat nearer to a grape-flavored onerous sweet. Or possibly the blue that my lips flip after too many glasses of that Cabernet Sauvignon. Both means, I am calling it juicy.
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The X Gran Coupe Idea was grown on a wholly totally different vine, although in the identical area, because it was impressed by Mediterranean olive bushes. This contains olive wooden accents, olive-inspired accent lighting, ground mats with olive leaf motifs, and leather-based tanned utilizing wastewater from Italian olive manufacturing. For those who’re a kind of kids parading round as an grownup who would not like olives, this inside might be not for you. I like it, although. As an alternative of chrome, Genesis sprinkled crystal all through the inside to encourage the glitter of the Med.
So the place is final yr’s grape idea?
Genesis taunted us with the color-drenched Neolun idea final yr on the New York Auto Present, and lots of (together with us) thought it was a shoe-in for a begin on a GV90 SUV. The oldsters at Genesis have been extraordinarily cagey about the way forward for Neolun or a flagship SUV with journalists this week, nonetheless.
Figuring out smiles and refusal to touch upon future merchandise are par for the course in terms of massive breaking information merchandise. The grape-colored Neolun inside is much like what we see right here within the X Gran Convertible Idea, so the ethos of final yr’s idea stays intact. Nonetheless, baring some enormous shock not shared with journalists, we in all probability will not see a GV90 this week.
