 What is up you guys? Welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Goldpony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2021 Genesis G70 courtesy of Jack G Mbavo Genesis in York PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And I have actually reviewed this one since it first came out for the 2019 model year when at one motor trend car of the year. And so to go along with that, another reason you may want to check this one out is it does come with America's best warranty, being five years, 60,000 mile bumper to bumper, 10 year, 100,000 mile power train warranty, which is pretty remarkable giving the engine that comes with this one. And we'll get into that in a little bit here. Three years of complimentary maintenance or free maintenance, also a great starting price point, comparatively speaking to the other vehicles in this class of lease. So what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so the base two liter sedan will start at $36,000 even. Then there is the base two liter sedan with the six speed manual starting at $38,600. And lastly, the 3.3 liter twin turbo starting at $46,200. And by the way, for the base two liter and the 3.3 liter, that does come with either rear wheel drive or all wheel drive. If you wanted to add all wheel drive simply add $2,000 to those prices. But I will say the six speed is only available in rear wheel drive in case anybody was curious about that. But regardless, as you guys could probably tell, there are two different engine configurations for the G70. First one being a two liter turbocharged inline four cylinder, putting out 252 horsepower at 6,200 RPM, 260 pound feet of torque available at 1,400 RPM power center rear wheels or all wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters or the six speed manual. Of course, zero to 60 time on that one comes in at approximately 6.9 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 22 in the city 30 on the highway taking premium unleaded fuel. And so the other engine configuration being the one we have today, this one being powered by that 3.3 liter twin turbo v6 365 horsepower 6,000 RPM 376 pound feet of torque available at 1,300 RPM power once again sent to rear wheels or all wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters. And by the way, we will be testing those paddle shifters out in a little bit here, but zero to 60 time on the 3.3 liter twin turbo 4.5 seconds. That is remarkable. Absolutely amazing. We're going to do that acceleration test in a little bit as well. MPG numbers for that engine configuration 17 in the city, 25 on the highway once again taking premium unleaded fuel. And so before we do any of those tests, I did want to mention there are of course some driving modes located just behind the shifter there. And so when you turn that to the left or the right, you got smart eco comfort sport and custom essentially those will just things like the shift points, throttle response, steering sensitivity, the suspension settings and the all wheel drive system engagement. For example, if I were to put it in sport driving mode, that is going to send more torque to the rear wheels approximately 80 to 100% of the power to the rear wheels as opposed to let's say you're in comfort driving mode where it's simply going to send 60 to 70% of the torque to the rear wheels. So that of course helping with acceleration. So the drive modes actually do change up the driving dynamics of the G 70 quite substantially. Usually in most cars it's throttle response shift points and steering sensitivity and it ends there. There's no suspension differences. There's no all wheel drive system engagement differences. That is pretty cool that the G 70 does offer you that. But having said that, let's go ahead and put it in sport driving mode here. By the way, I should also mention it does adjust the gauge setup or the gauge colors, I should say ever so slightly. So I do have some red hues on the gauge setup that I'm looking at right now, but definitely holding the RPMs at a much higher level. It's going to give you more power on demand like I was saying, but now I'm just going to shut up here for a second and let's go ahead and do a quick little paddle shifter test here to start. I want to see how quickly they react for us here. Let's start with that and then we'll do the acceleration test. All right you guys getting out on the road here. Let's give the paddle shifters a shot. Wow. Oh my goodness. All right. This wasn't the acceleration test, but my goodness, you can feel it in your stomach. But we'll get to that acceleration test in a couple seconds here. But actually paddle shifters surprisingly are pretty darn quick. I kind of did not expect that because sometimes those sedans are not, but G70, well done with the paddle shifters at least. Very impressed. So paddle shifters do feel very high quality as well. It's another one of my pet peeves. If they're black plastic ones like the ones I got in my Mustang, not the best high quality paddle shifters, I will say that, but in the G70 they are very nice. So I do appreciate that. But now since we did that, let's go ahead and let's get the control back to the G70 here. Let's do a quick little acceleration test and let's have some fun. Oh my gosh. I'm still looking forward to this. Let's see how quickly we can get the G70 here up to speed. All right. And here is the straight away. Edit. Gosh darn you. I love this car. That was, that was just wonderful. I don't know what else to say. That acceleration test was a beautiful thing. My goodness, twin turbo V6. You know what the best part about that acceleration test, the twin turbo V6 is warrantied for freaking 10 years, man. That is wonderful. So a lot of times you think with turbocharged engines, they're not as reliable, although Consumer Reports actually does give a decent reliability writing. But I will say even a twin turbo V6, you wouldn't think was reliable. But Genesis has enough confidence though to back that engine up with 10 years of warranty, which I just absolutely love. So thank you Genesis for that. This car is absolutely wonderful. Anyways, to go along that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. And so to start upfront, you will find 13.8 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 13.4 inch ventilated rear discs. And on top of that, I should also mention, if you were to go with that twin turbo V6, that brake setup is then actually manufactured by Brembo, which is perhaps the most well known brake manufacturer when it comes to high performance vehicles. That's a wonderful thing as well. Overall, when it comes to the 60 to zero stopping distance, it actually comes in in 109 feet, which is absolutely wonderful. And that is definitely a sports car like braking statistic right there. So I love that. As far as the braking feel goes, it's been absolutely fine. And actually, as I'm coming up to a turn here, let's just, yeah, it's perfectly fine. Having read that number, I really didn't think there would be any issues. But really, there are not. There's no brake pedal delay. It has a nice firm feel to it. So it is as expected in a car like the G70 with as much power as it has. So I absolutely love the braking on this thing. Touching on suspension and handling up front, you will find a McPherson strut front suspension in the back, independent multi link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bar. That's all pretty standard at this point. But in addition to that, there is an adaptive damping suspension. If you were to go with the sport package for the V6 or the prestige package for the four cylinder. So both of these, you are going to get that adaptive damping suspension, which essentially gives you the best of both worlds. Not only tightens up the suspension during heavy cornering, but it actually monitors each shock absorber individually, giving you a much smoother ride, soaking up the roads imperfections as well. So if you wanted to smooth the ride and better handling, go with that adaptive damping suspension for sure. Having said that, as far as the ride quality goes, we do have that sport package here today on the one I have. So it's perfectly fine. Definitely soaking up the roads and perfections absolutely wonderfully. And I will say I did not drive one with the adaptive damping suspension last year. It is a night and day difference. And I was always curious about that. I always wanted to drive one with the adaptive damping suspension, but really, it's such a smoother ride. If you get it in the G70, I will say that you can definitely feel a lot more of the roads and perfections without it. So keep that in mind. If you are shopping for a G70, if you want that smoother ride, definitely go with that suspension setup. As far as steering feel goes, it is a noticeably heavier weight. If I were to put it in sport driving mode, but I will say not quite as heavy as I would like it, but still heavier than it would be in comfort mode. I will say that as far as cabin noise goes, this thing is definitely well insulated, not a whole lot of exterior noises coming into the cabin. I have the climate control on right now. So you may hear that, maybe you don't. But nonetheless, not a whole lot of exterior road noise. That's nice. Touching on visibility, I can see perfectly fine. The second row headrest definitely tuck a good bit into the seats when their second row seats are not in use. That's definitely a good thing for visibility. And there's a head up display available with the four cylinder prestige package and also the six cylinder prestige and sport packages. So I'm actually looking at that right now. It gives you your digital speed projected onto the windshield. So you don't have to take your eyes off the road as much. That's definitely a good thing. It also gives you the speed limit of any given road as well as some safety information. So all of that is a beautiful thing when it comes to visibility. Also rain sensing windshield wipers come standard across the board. So essentially what that is is when the G70 detects any kind of even mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on this windshield wiper. So it's just one last thing you have to worry about. So definitely a big plus there as well. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's now go ahead and find a nice spot in the woods here. And let's check out the exterior of this brand new 2021 Genesis G70. All right. So here she is you guys, the new 2021 Genesis G70 finished. It would is perhaps probably my favorite color on the G70 being Siberian ice. It is not their white. It's kind of a mixture of white and silver. And it looks absolutely amazing. It does a really cool name too. But anyways, no new changes really for the 2021 G70 on the exterior. I think the refresh might be coming on the 2022 model year in case anybody was waiting for that. But nonetheless, let's go ahead and start up front here on the G70. Full LED headlights coming standard on this one. And of course they do come with the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark out at night, they will turn on automatically for you there. One less thing you have to worry about. Also LED daytime running lights also coming standard up front. Headlight housings are actually going to differ dependent upon the package and the trim that you go with. For example, the clear housings are going to be on that base two liter automatic dark housings, essentially on all other trims. And you're actually going to find some copper accents on the sport package that we have right now. And I'll get a little bit up close here and show you guys that. And there's going to be copper accents throughout with that sport package as well. I should say that, but dark chrome grill surrounds coming with the sport package. Also, you guys can see that adaptive cruise control sensor located within that front grill as well. It's really well integrated into the front grill. You almost can't even tell that it's there. You kind of forget really up close, I suppose, but from a distance, you really can't even tell that it's there. So that is pretty well integrated. And of course, you have this super cool looking Genesis logo that kind of almost has like a flight to it. But anyways, I'm getting too nitpicky. Let's go ahead and make our way to the side of the G70 here. So I've been now making our way to the side. Chrome window surrounds coming with the two liter dark window surrounds dark chrome window surrounds, I should say, coming with the 3.3 liter. Now, of course, continues onto the door handles and some fender accent. You guys can see the fender accenting there. Looks kind of like a boomerang again. Same concept, dark chrome or chrome accents, essentially. Let's take a look at the side mirrors, body colored, power adjustable side mirrors do come standard. They will be heated with integrated turd signals across the board. You will actually get Genesis logo approach lights if you were to go with the V6 or the two liter elite and prestige packages. So side mirrors also kind of look like they're sitting on a shard of metal. Let me get a little bit more closer for you guys. I think it's such a cool design because it is kind of a shard of metal at the bottom and it kind of just looks like it's sitting on there. So like the design of the side mirrors, taking a step back here, looking at the wheel setup now, 18 inch multi spoke alloy wheels coming with the two liter and the two liter elite package, 19 inch double five spoke wheels coming with the two liter prestige, the V6 base and the V6 prestige and 19 inch black five spoke alloys coming with the sport package that of course is what you're looking at right now. Another thing I wanted to mention though, there is a staggered fitment that comes standard on the 19 inch wheel packages. However, it is not the same for the 18 inch wheel packages meaning you can rotate the tires on the 18 inch wheel design. You cannot on the 19 inch wheel design. And so they do this because it gives you more traction, better acceleration, better handling, but downside is you don't get to rotate the tire. So I wanted to mention that to you guys just so you know. So then make your way to the back of this one. Sharkfin antenna coming standard. Of course you got your engine badging located on the right hand side of that rear trunk. It's going to let you know where you have the two liter or the 3.3 liter essentially. H-track badging that is what Genesis calls their all wheel drive system. You know every manufacturer has a name for it these days. So H-track all wheel drive if your vehicle is equipped. LED taillights coming standard across the board as well. And just below it all a single exhaust outlet with dual tips if you go with the two liter. However, if you were to go with that v6 you have dual exhaust outlets with integrated chrome tips. Love how they're integrated into that rear bumper. Definitely a good look in the back. But do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. It's up now since we all round back when it comes to opening that rear trunk. It is a power trunk if you were to go with the v6 prestige or sport trim level. So that's going to be optional dependent upon the package that you go with. But once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 10.5 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, yes there's rear seats do fold down and that will give you a good bit of extra space there then if you needed it. Make your way then to the rear legroom that comes in at 34.8 inches. So for reference I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. So not the most legroom in its segment but again for reference this is how much space I had. Rear center armrest with cup holders also coming standard back there. Rear ventilation also standard. You can actually get heated rear seats if you go with the two liter prestige or the v6 prestige package or sport packages will give you those heated rear seats as well. There's also a 12 volt power outlet back there. Also some led lighting on the roof there that is pretty darn cool. Front seat back map pockets as well. And another cool little feature the G70 if you were having a little trouble maybe getting out of the rear seats or in either one I guess can actually move up the passenger side seat via the buttons on the side of the seat from the back. So no need for the front passenger to actually move their seat after they get out. You can actually do that yourself as a rear passenger by simply just pressing the buttons on the left side of that front seat. So that's pretty cool. Pretty convenient feature there to have as well. So then making our way to the front seats. Eight way power adjustable front seats with power lumbar come standard. Leatherette finish comes with the two liter base trim level however all other trims essentially will give you a full leather finish. Then if you wanted heated seats simply go with a v6 or the two liter elite and prestige packages. Ventilated front seats come with the two liter prestige and you will actually get quilted nappa leather coming with the v6 prestige and sport packages and also the two liter prestige package. So that of course is what you were looking at right now. The cool thing about that quilted nappa leather actually is you could choose between the gray finish that you're currently looking at for the quilting or there's also a red finish perhaps if you went with a red exterior as well. So you got a couple options there too and that gray stitching ties in above the passenger side glove box and some other areas on the doors as well. But take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is leather wrapped it is power adjustable if you go with the two liter prestige or the same thing on the v6 side of things it's also heated if you go with the two liter prestige or any of the v6 trims. But I will say steering wheel is plenty fine I wouldn't have minded a little bit thicker 10 and two grips kind of along the lines of what BMW does perhaps especially for the 3.3 liter twin turbo v6. Thicker grips kind of give you a better feeling of being in control so other than that steering wheel is perfectly fine though. And take a look at the startup let me first start by showing you guys the key here you do have your Genesis logo on the one side and when you flip it over lock unlock and that button to pop the rear hatch and by the way this is a keyless entry with push button start for the g70 so all I need to do is simply leave the key in my pocket walk up to the g70 no need to take the key out of my pocket once again put my phone on the brake there is a push button start located just to the left of the climate control just underneath of the infotainment screen and so all I'm going to do is simply put my foot on the brake and press that engine start button there and so but then once started up tachometer is on your left speedometer is on your right there is a relatively large I guess digital display front and center which can be controlled by using the steering wheel mounting controls on the right side there so through that you can check out a bunch of different information including how many miles you have left until you hit empty there's your outside temperature of course your driving modes when you need your next oil change trip a trip b the list goes on there but having said that the gauges are all right however in Korea where these cars are made they have a 3d digital gauge cluster that looks absolutely amazing so I beg you Genesis bring that to the US we want it it is perhaps the coolest looking digital gauge setup a lot of companies right now are doing the digital gauges including Hyundai actually even on their palisade their new launch are coming out Audi still has the best here in the US in my opinion but if Genesis were to bring their 3d digital gauge cluster over here in the US they would absolutely kill it so I would definitely love to see that here in the US but having said that let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality power sunroof coming with the two-liter elite and prestige packages and the v6 here that we have today overhead sunglass holder directly in front of that suede headliner this perhaps is one of my favorite parts about the g70 completely changes the feel of this thing two-liter prestige package gets it and the v6 prestige and sport packages will get that as well I don't know why I love suede headliners it just increases the luxury of any car by tenfold McLaren has it Lamborghini has a lot of really high end cars always get that suede headliner and so I do love that the g70 package that we have today here at least has that so a big fan of that homeland controls for the v6 sport only those are going to be found on the rear view mirror there for up to three different garage doors aluminum trim details throughout including around the door handles on the inside here both in the front and the back also just above the passenger side glovebox and actually on the handle of the passenger side glovebox as well love that usually that's plastic so I like that Genesis didn't overlook that wireless phone charger coming with the two-liter prestige package and all these six trims that's going to be located directly in front of the shifter there it's pretty cool also directly in front of the shifter since we're there 12-volt power outlet auxiliary port usb charging port just behind the shifter you have an electromechanical parking brake two cup holders and I love the perimeter of those cup holders as well and that actually did continue into the back you guys probably saw that on the cup holders back there too so that's pretty darn cool and within the center armrest you do have a usb charging port in there it's a fairly decent size in there so that's pretty nice as well and again gray stitching or red stitching depending on what configuration that you go with that can be found throughout as well but so then making our way to the tech display eight-inch color touchscreen display coming standard across the board bluetooth and audio streaming do come with that android auto apple carplay factory navigation system comes with the two-liter elite and prestige packages and every v6 as well so we do have that factory navigation system as well you can check out your climate control settings up there your drive modes and also your radio information as expected so when it comes to the sound systems of the genesis g70 you will find six speakers on the base two liter only however every single other configuration for the g70 is going to give you a 15 speaker lexicon sound system 660 watts of course that's what we have here today so what do you guys say let's go ahead and turn on the radio so we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one definitely more than enough space that was plenty fine no issues with that sound system whatsoever and really whenever i test out the lexicon sound systems in genesis they always do a wonderful job so well done genesis needless to say last thing i wanted to mention to you guys on that tech display at least is when you do put the g70 in reverse you will find a rear view camera across the board surround view monitor or that 360 degree aerial view coming with the two-liter prestige package and the v6 prestige and sport packages if you wanted to go that route but as always that is going to lead us into safety where genesis kills it iihs top safety pick plus to start which by the way is the very highest designation given by iihs front side side current airbags drivers knee airbag as well in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks back there as well tire pressure monitoring system that's all pretty basic but now is the fun part also standard on all g70s being a driver attention monitoring system that's great high beam assist adaptive cruise control with stop and go blind spot monitor with rear cross traffic alert which is still optional on a lot of other luxury automakers out there lane keep assist which works beautifully in genesis and hunday for that matter so that's definitely a big plus too for collision avoidance assist with pedestrian detection as well and in addition to that the two-liter elite package and up is actually going to give you parking sensors so it's going to beep at you essentially if you get too close to an object so overall when it comes to my final thoughts of the 2021 genesis g70 crazy fast twin turbo v6 and I've actually driven the two-liter turbocharged engine as well there's ever so slight turbo delay unless you keep it in paddle shifter mode and then you can really alleviate that it will say that but the twin turbo v6 man it will put a smile on your face every time you hit the gas and it's warranty for 10 years 100,000 miles that's a beautiful thing as well love the suede headliner again that's a big one for me it just ups the luxuriousness I guess you could say of any vehicle this is really a heck of a value as well when you compare it to its competition in its class essentially all the luxury you want just for thousands cheaper so you got to love that as well as far as my constructive criticism goes for the g70 it was absolutely amazing when it comes out but there are some things that could probably afford to update at this point maybe it'll update it next year but things like a larger tech display even their hunday palisade I believe has a 12.3 inch tech display I think it is and a digital gauge cluster for that matter as well we still have the analog gauges here that 3d digital gauge cluster would absolutely make this car on a whole another level here in the U.S. I'll tell you that also my last constructive criticism no ambient lighting you get it on the hunday palisade and other hundays and I keep mentioning that of course because hunday makes genesis just like Toyota makes lexus honda makes Acura and so on so I wouldn't have minded seeing some ambient lighting in the g70 but that's it that's all I got for constructive criticism other than that this is a heck of a value a crazy fun car to drive incredible warranty three years free maintenance so really can't get wrong with the genesis g70 quite honestly but that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching if you're free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there if you like be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold