Michigan roads have never been so useful. You see, we recently sampled Hyundai’s new Genesis sedan in Arizona, and while we discovered it’s pretty damn good, the pavement on our drive route was merely cracked. (Oh, but to dream…) We’ve now driven the car near Detroit, and we can comment on how its Lotus-tuned suspension handles moonscapes such as those that serve as the Motor City’s highways and byways.
We also spent more time with the V-6 car, which is the expected volume model and focus of this report.
Subtract Two Cylinders and Some Weight, and Add Lotus
Lotus founder Colin Chapman once said, “I hate enormous luxury sedans. Please hand me the keys to a Seven and a rag to wipe the bug cheese from my face.” This was later pared to the famous “simplify and add lightness,” a credo to which the Genesis V-6 adheres reasonably well given that, well, it’s an enormous luxury sedan.
To wit: It’s 403 pounds lighter than the V-8 car, according to Hyundai’s scales. We haven’t yet weighed any Genesis, so we can’t verify the claim, but the V-6 version certainly feels much lighter from behind the wheel.
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