2024 Genesis G80.. Still Top Tier?

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

No, and never was. I had nothing but problems with mine and then having to deal with "service" - you understand why the reputation is so bad. Absolutely disgusting service and no help from Genesis NA. Had to change the differential in less then 10k of normal driving. Wind noise appearing from different panels. And you're dealing with a Hyundai barn level personnel... Don't fall for good press and design, the reality of ownership is completely opposite. This company doesn't deserve a cent of your money, nor a second of your time.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Thank you for taking the time to share your ownership experience my friend. I’m sorry to hear about your negative experience this is another reason why I suggest lease and dumps on these new cars. It’s also important for potential new buyers to make sure they have a proper Genesis dealership with good reviews and not just a Hyundai dealer to go to. Regardless, this is very insightful, if you have a moment, please share with us the model and model year with the specific issues you had. Thank you

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

@@MeynMotorGroup 2022 g80 2.5 rwd advanced. I'm yet to find a good Genesis dealership and I've dealt with most in Austin/Houston/Dallas area. Sales could be decent, but that's not what you'll be dealing with. Service is awful, absolutely not up to the car price point. You won't get Lexus/BMW/Merc experience, not even close. Never again, even for free.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

@@rosgoncharuk2403 wow I’m sorry to hear that I figured they would have some great service in your area. Do you still have the G80 or did you trade in for something else?

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

@@MeynMotorGroup rear differential humming noise at around 9k miles, parking sensors going off occasionally in traffic despite huge distance, wind noise from different body panels - over all car becomes noisier with minimal wear and garage kept. Rattles starting to appear in interior. Car had a repair after transportation damage - didn't put the fender back well, phoned it in, forgot the mudguard which I had to fight for 2 months. Maintenance service is awful, just phone it in, splash oil, won't wash, can't communicate. Service dep. is understaffed and won't return calls, service people low class/pay personnel... They literally don't give a F*CK regarding to US consumers. I don't care what dealerships they are opening now, I'm done.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

@@rosgoncharuk2403 that’s a serious trash experience, I made sure to pin this comment again sorry this happened but I do really appreciate the valuable info that you have shared with us today something for people to look out for sure

[@Vince_F]

Just bought a 2021 3.5T G80 Advanced w/7,300mi for $35,000. …LUVIN’ IT!👍🏽

[@leifswenson2079]

Ill add my experience here as a recent convert! I traded up my 2021 hyundai sonata n-line (which, under the covers is no more than the 2.5L genesis engine) for a 2024 G80 sport prestige trim lease. I'm absolutely enamoured with the car, I've never really been fully engaged with the design notes of 2 out of 3 german brands (audi is the only one for me). The dealership experience was fantastic, and the salesmanship was friendly and almost pressureless despite me securing an incredible deal. For the msrp'd sport prestige at ~74k, I got them down to ~50k sale price of the car. Part of this was because the unit I took home was a dealership loaner, so while not technically brand new (had 5k miles on it) they still offered me a lease with ~10k in rebates straight from genesis to move those types of lightly used units. So, top trim for base trim costs, which i consider a huge win!

[@terrymurphy2637]

Great detailed informative review Kevin. I bought my 2016 Hyundai Genesis Luxury 3.8 AWD (was $51000 new) @ 1 1/2 years old from local Hyundai dealer in 2018 for $31000 with 10000 Kilometers ( I'm in Canada). Basically been trouble free for almost 6 years but as I have 5 cars it only just turned 53000 kilometers (32800 miles) today. Love the drive, quietness, power, comfort. Fuel economy on the highway is decent @ 28 MPG on regular .The dealers are sketchy but most other brands today are too. I'm keeping an eye out for a current generation 2021 or newer 3.5 G80 Sport with low KMs. When they get below $50000 I will pull the trigger. Didn't mention that I'm a 31 year veteran Mercedes/Porsche Sales/Sale Manager retired 12 years ago. Now @ 77 I will NEVER buy another European luxury car .Believe me Mercedes dealers are experts @ relieving you of lots of $$ @ service times. I always drove S Class Mercs for 20 years but a G80 gives you 80% of an S Class driving experience for 30% of the $$ if you buy 1-2 years old. I find I can't get past the ugliness of Japanese cars & the "transportation device" personality of Lexus/Toyota .Genesis certainly are not perfect but I love the styling & comfort. I'll stick with them unless reliability goes downhill in the future.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Well thank you so much friend and I appreciate you taking the time to share with us your experiences! Loved the previous gen G80 phenomenal product and glad you're enjoying it as well. New G80 certainly looks great and offers a ton of character. Let us know if you pull the trigger and how you enjoy it!

[@felixt1470]

For our American viewers, Canadian gallon is higher in volume than U.S. gallon.

[@alengreen589]

I like this young Luxury Brand but the only thing i miss, are performance Cars with over 500 HP from Genesis, the American and European Luxury Brands offers performance or big Luxury Comfort Cars with over 500 or 600 HP to the buyers. I think it would help Genesis to make a step up to a higher Class. Thanks Kevin.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

I think right now the only 500-600hp vehicles we will get from Genesis will be EVs as that is where the industry and this brand is headed

[@MeynMotorGroup]

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[@barbecuetechtips6024]

I hate how they killed the prestige trim after 2022 and replaced it with gloss plastic instead of wood and that sport steering wheel! Almost like the gv80 is the better buy now.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Cost cutting and increasing the price simultaneously, what a world right

[@barbecuetechtips6024]

@@MeynMotorGroup I drove the V6 model with ultimate trim. Loved the dune interior and the green blue color. But at this point you might as well get a gv70,gv80, or g90 instead for the lack of features and price.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

@@barbecuetechtips6024 yea and also the G70 sedan is certainly a product to consider as lease deals seem to be slightly more obtainable

[@barbecuetechtips6024]

@@MeynMotorGroup shame they dropped the green interior on the gv70. Burgundy or dune is available still thankfully. Can't stand everything has to be sport now? Prestige is only on the 4cylinder. As bad as the g80 dropping it from both the V6 and v4 to go sport trim. Gv80 still has the dune or blue thankfully too. I hate boring and bland color palettes these days.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

@@barbecuetechtips6024 oh wow I didn’t even know they had a green interior, I would always think to myself why a company hadn’t brought out a Forrest green interior it would be really elegant. Glad Genesis is trying with their cars, I too hate seeing bland color palettes

[@Excalabur50]

This is the top Genesis that we get here as we don't get the G90 it comes in two flavours the Luxury or Luxury Sport and for the Luxury it's $125,000Au for the V6, so compared to your pricing Kevin, we aren't being screwed that hard on them, if at all.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Ah gotcha G90 is really epic but almost nobody buys the flagship product but no you’re def not being screwed on the Hyundai Kia Genesis vehicles which is good. As long as customer support is good, I think that’s the best way to roll and take advantage of their 10 year warranty. In the pinned comment and gentleman had a trash ownership experience with his car in the Dallas Texas area. Good dealer support is paramount with these cars in NC where I live the Johnson dealer network does a great job in taking care of customers so people have to do their research

[@Excalabur50]

@@MeynMotorGroup Yeah I saw that poor persons comments and it's such a shame that shit dealerships can ruin your experience, if it were me I'd be contacting someone at Genesis head office as I'm sure they don't want their brand tarnished over this.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Agreed such a shame hopefully Corporate can do something for that gentleman

[@felixt1470]

I don’t see Lexus depreciating that much.

[@BC08]

Korean cars are the very definition of lipstick on a pig.

[@vanceforrest4085]

Good review. Just traded my 2023 G80 2.5 Sport Prestige eight months old with 22k on it…yeh it’s a work car for an Acura 2024 MDX Advance because I need to go back to a three row suv for hauling work stuff occasionally. Really going to miss my G80 best, for me, car I’ve had (and I go through them fast) combination of sport, luxury and mileage 32mpg routinely. It was bullet proof just like my 2022 GV70 3.5 Advanced I traded with 31k on it for the G80. Huge Genesis believer until I test drove the MDX ten minutes before the GV80 and wondering wtf happened to the seats! The comfort of the MDX blew away my heart breaking desire for the GV80 silver and beige that was SO good looking inside and out…but just a brick for seats 😢

[@JesseProwisor]

Funny... I was planning on moving from G70 to G80 because of the seats. But the G80 is only a tiny bit softer (maybe just enough..?). It IS so nicely designed. Otherwise going to have to test the A6 or 540...

[@wbwayne8887]

I love the exterior and interior design of the G80, but some of these ownership accounts are definitely a huge deterrent. Despite having goodluck in 70K miles so far in the wife's Palisade.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Yea just having a high quality dealer close by is the most important thing with these cars. Glad the Palisade has been treating you well!

[@wbwayne8887]

@MeynMotorGroup We are too. (Knock on wood)

[@theday2learn]

Hey this is a two part question: I have a relative who works for Hyundai corporate which essentially can get about a 14k off MSRP price on Genesis cars (68k car for 54k ish). Would you recommend going G70 or G80? Also with this discount would you suggest leasing or financing to own?

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Honestly between the G70 and G80 that will be up to the individual on what they prefer if they want a more luxury feeling car or a sports sedan as well as the size difference between the two. Personally I think the G80 does its intended job of being a luxury car better than the G70 does at being a sports sedan. But you will be saving a bundle with the G70, a top spec RWD G70 is like $52k and an AWD top spec is around $56k I would double check with the finance department but your relative may already know the answer to this as well but as long as Hyundai financial allows you to buy out the lease at the end, then your relative should absolutely lease then purchase the vehicle at the end of the lease to take advantage of the low interest rate lease and any incentives that come with it.

[@theday2learn]

@@MeynMotorGroup The car would be for me with the 20% discount from my relative on any model I choose. I needed to hear that about the luxury part. I drove both of them a couple days ago and I agree the G80's lux is next level from everything I have owned. I used the leasing calculator you provided in the description and it seems the APR's for Genesis are 6.42 currently on a lease and 5.49 on finance (Genesis Website).

[@MeynMotorGroup]

@@theday2learn oh I see that’s smart and which G80 model year were you looking at is it the 23 or 24? I think 23 might offer better deals and perhaps bigger discount. A lot of this is region specific too, I’m in NC and deals might be worse in other areas. If you can, doing things like one pay leases and if Genesis allows this, putting down refundable MSDs can lower the interest of the lease.

[@theday2learn]

@@MeynMotorGroup I was looking at 24s I think, his discount applies to 2023 and 2024 I figured might as well get 24 since its relative same MSRP currently. Thanks I'll look in to that. I was specifically looking at the 24 G80 3.5L AWD Advanced package like you stated in this video (happens to be the ones they have at the dealership)

[@MeynMotorGroup]

@@theday2learn yea right now at the end of the year dealers who have 23s will want to blow them out so I’m assuming those will have the more favorable interest rates right now. Tomorrow deals will change as it is December

[@justinbelk89]

The Euro competitors have been served. Long time overdue, they’ve been overpriced, over engineered & too expensive to maintain. When they’re new & tight, they can be butter, but that newness is short lived. So if you’re built with loot, have at it. But the common consumer wants affordable, realistic reliability at a value. I’m an owner of a 2023 Kia Sportage, definitely a different level lower than Genesis, but same family and similarities are shared. Great good 👍🏾 Genesis and Kia.

[@MichaelBoelton]

for the price get an E class. no sense paying mercedes prices to get an imitation.

[@theodoreyoung8777]

Yo bro good evening 🫡🤝😎👍🏾👍🏾

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Good evening bro would def like to get your thoughts on the Genesis design language 👍

[@theodoreyoung8777]

@@MeynMotorGroup Ok bro I got you 🤝😎

[@theodoreyoung8777]

​@MeynMotorGroup Happy Friday bro and the looks are sporty not a bad looking car 🫡🫱🏾‍🫲🏽😎👍🏾👍🏾

[@MeynMotorGroup]

Thanks for sharing bro I agree def a sleek looking sedan 👍

[@theodoreyoung8777]

@@MeynMotorGroup 🤝😎

[@theodoreyoung8777]

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[@WREKLOC]

G80 was NEVER top tier. I cant count the amount of discussions Ive had with people defending Hyundai and Kia. People can defend it all they want. If you ended up with a good one but 1 million other people have a bad quality one, good for you, its still junk to most other people!

[@Okoro17]

Funny. I guess my sister and brother both are lucky if we're to go with your logic.

[@MeynMotorGroup]

@@Okoro17 yea no that’s crazy a million people have had a good experience but it’s the few people that do have issues that blow up their situation online and now people think everyone has these issues. Car experiences are random and unpredictable. People don’t understand that the reason I preach warranty and leasing is because that’s the only way to bring guarantees and predictability back into car ownership. Otherwise I’ve had friends with new Toyotas that had blown transmissions and I know of a gentleman with two benzes that each have 300k+ miles on it. What are people’s explanation for that? Nothing.

[@Okoro17]

@@MeynMotorGroup It's so true indeed.

[@ScenicD]

@@MeynMotorGroupWeird how he has no reply on this very well put together comment.

[@jaken1304]

Yeah he's just an angry person