Being electric, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Genesis is whisper quiet. Pedestrians need not fear, however, since it will be hard not to notice its neon lime-green hue. Let’s see if the price makes this eclectic electric worth a look.
Quick question: how do you pronounce “Renault?” Do you pronounce it “Ray-No,” ignoring the final “t”? Or do you pronounce it “Rain-alt,” like the pen name of British author Eileen Mary Challans? Whichever way you tend to spit it out, not very many of you had any good things to say about yesterday’s 1967 Renault 10 and its $4,700 asking price. That patina’d French saloon’s most interesting feature was its push-button automatic transmission, which, unfortunately, also made for an additional burden on the car’s little engine, something it could ill afford. That confluence resulted in a substantial 68 percent No Dice loss for the 10.
One thing yesterday’s Renault had in its favor was its reportedly low mileage. While old as dirt and looking its age, that little guy had only a little over 17,000 miles on the clock. Quite astonishingly, today’s 2023 Genesis GV60 is just one model year old, and yet it has done twice that amount and more. According to the ad, this lime green battery-electric upper-crust crossover has, to date, done a remarkable 44,000 miles.
Part of the reason it has been able to amass such staggering mileage in so little time is the car’s rock-solid recharging speed. Genesis is Hyundai’s up-market brand, and the GV60 is based on the company’s Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which I like to call “E-gimp.”
This platform is built around an 800-volt architecture that is touted as being capable of juicing up the GV60’s 77.4 kWh battery pack from 10 to 80 percent charge in less than 20 minutes when plugged into a dedicated 350 kW connection.
While based on the same platform as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6 and the KIA EV6, the Genesis has its own wheelbase and shares no body panels with any of the other models. It also has a gimmicky-cool gear selector in the center console that starts out as a magical crystal ball (I see you driving… on a road…) that then rolls over to reveal the rotary gear selector knob upon a press of the start button. Another neat ( and creepy) feature is the “Face Connect” system that uses a face-reading camera in the driver’s side B-pillar to grant access to the car.
This GV60 is the mid-level Advanced model, which adds some nice-to-have features and steps up the motor count from one to two. That provides the car with a total of 316 horsepower and 446 lb-ft of torque between the two permanent magnet motors, allowing for a zero to sixty time of around five and a half seconds. That’s not Telsa territory, but it gets out of its own way. According to the EPA, the GV60’s range on a full charge is 248 miles. That means this one has been charged, at minimum, around 175 times. That’s a lot of plugging and unplugging.
The car doesn’t show its mileage, at least not in the ad’s pictures. The Sao Paulo Lime paint stands out and is a bold choice for a near-luxury crossover. It’s not something you’d necessarily see on a Lexus or Mercedes. That’s matched with a set of handsome gunmetal gray alloy wheels wearing Michelin Primacy Touring tires.
In contrast to the crazy exterior color, the cabin presents as muted in Obsidian Black with leather seating surfaces and silver trim. Those adverse to Tesla’s minimalist interiors will be happy to find lots of buttons and knobs in the GV60. They all look to have little to no wear and to be functioning as they should.
Genesis offers a 5-year/60,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty on its cars. There’s also a 10-year/100,000-mile warranty for the drivetrain, so the expensive stuff should be covered for some time to come, even with this car’s 44K already down the chute. This car’s title is clean, and it carries current tags, which are good through July.
When new — just a year or so back — this GV60 MSRP’d at around $62,500. This one, with those crazy high miles, asks $42,500, a drop of $20K. Does that make it a deal?
What do you say? Could you get plugged into this GV60 at that $42,500 asking? Or do the high miles demand a commensurately lower price?
You decide!
San Diego, California, Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears.
H/T to Neil D. for the hookup!
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