The facelifted Genesis GV70 – South Korea’s reply to the BMW X3 – is because of enter manufacturing within the coming months, bringing vital inside upgrades based on abroad reviews.

South Korean publication ETNews reviews the up to date Genesis GV70 is because of enter manufacturing in Could 2024, about three and a half years after the mid-sized SUV launched in December 2020.

It’s going to undertake a revised exterior akin to that of the facelifted Genesis GV80, with tweaked headlights that also retain the model’s distinctive split-level design.

In line with the report, the largest modifications are anticipated to come back for the GV70’s inside, which just like the GV80 will reportedly get a brand new 27-inch OLED show incorporating a digital instrument cluster and infotainment touchscreen.

As with the GV80, the up to date GV70 can even reportedly get a brand new three-spoke steering wheel and a redesigned centre stack and console.

The GV70’s current turbocharged 2.5-litre four-cylinder and twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 petrol engines are understood to be sticking round.

A 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel can even reportedly proceed to be supplied, although it has already been discontinued in Australia on account of low demand.

The Genesis Electrified GV70 can even proceed, coming into manufacturing in August 2024 and because the model’s direct rival to the BMW iX3.

In 2023, the GV70 was simply the most well-liked Genesis mannequin in Australia, with the 1190 examples bought representing greater than 60 per cent of the model’s 1916 native gross sales.

It was outsold by rivals from better-known manufacturers within the $60,000 and above mid-sized SUV market, which is led by the Tesla Mannequin Y (28,769 gross sales), Lexus NX (6875 gross sales), Audi Q5 (4210 gross sales) and BMW X3 (4002 gross sales).

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