GENESIS has revealed its fourth Black version this week within the type of the G80 luxurious sedan.
Now launched into the Korean market, the G80 Black is predicted in Australian showrooms later this 12 months, alongside an up to date vary and Electrified G80 line-up.
The 2025 Genesis G80 Black joins the G90, GV80, and GV80 Coupe in scoring the all-black remedy and boasts what the Korean luxurious maker describes as a “putting black color theme that extends all through the inside and exterior”.
All exterior options have been blacked out, together with the entrance bumper grille, radiator grille, entrance emblem, window frames, rear bumper moulding, headlight internal facet bezels, and the Superior Driver-Help System (ADAS) radar cowl sample.
The G80 Black additionally boasts normal 20-inch wheels in shiny black, full with floating centre caps. A darkish gray G-E-N-E-S-I-S lettering emblem is positioned on the centre of the boot lid.
Genesis says the blackened options “higher spotlight the bottom mannequin’s distinctive physique traces and contours”, and we should agree.
Inside, the darkish theming continues with black accents and fabric becoming a member of particulars together with blackened air-conditioning and boot buttons, door and console switches, steering wheel, paddle shifters, door sill covers, speaker grilles, and Genesis logos.
The décor is contrasted with actual wooden garnishes, quilted seat leather-based, and the brand new 27.0-inch built-in large show launched with the MY25 replace.
Whereas pricing for the up to date G80 line-up is but to be introduced, we count on some improve over the present $104,000 entry level. The mannequin vary stays powered by the selection of two.5-litre four-cylinder turbo- and three.5-litre V6 petrol engines.
The Genesis G80 continues to rival the likes of the Audi A6 and A7, BMW 5 Collection, and Mercedes-Benz E-Class, however has thus far failed to draw the identical gross sales quantity within the Australian market.
To the top of the 2024 calendar 12 months, Genesis bought simply 57 examples of the G80 nationally, effectively behind the Audi duo’s 340 items, BMW’s 614, and Mercedes-Benz’s 381.
