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Originally Posted by Table 5
How's the handling in the Genesis? I know that's one thing Hyundai/Kia's seemed to have struggled with over the years. But maybe things have changed, or things improve when you step up.
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Good question, but it's really going to depend on your expectations.
Better than "normal" cars (Camry, Accord, Sonata, Charger, etc.)? Yeah, way better. No comparison.
Also way better than my Mercedes CLS, but I really blame the air suspension on that. Even when new it was squirrely on fast sweeping corners as the air suspension didn't soak and rebound fast enough to feel planted. The G80 feels way better from a seat-of-the-pants perspective, but I didn't compare G-force levels or anything objective. I did drive them back-to-back a couple times and the G80 was the superior car for handling.
The G80 isn't an autocross car and you can't compare it to an M car or AMG, of course. But hammer on it around a bend before a merge and doing anything in the city in a very aggressive (but somewhat reasonable) way? I think it handles great.
Not that I'm assigning you homework on a random Internet dude's car, but I feel like Throttle House and Savage Geese nailed their reviews.
Savage Geese's comments on the car is that it is Genesis' best car yet, but still shy of a 5-series when it comes to handling. I don't doubt it, but at that point we're talking about pushing the car at a level that just isn't practical for me. It'll never see a track, but I can actually take the car out for a blast for no other reason than to have fun and enjoy it. I can work on my skill level and push it, but if that's your
main thing eventually it would fall short of where you wanted to take it, I think. That would sort of push you into a BMW or another car (S5 Sportback?) where that is more the focus.
Throttle House "loved" the car (Thomas, in particular, and my thoughts on it really mirror his). I think James really liked it, but Thomas loved it.
The rear bias is fantastic. In Sport+ the suspension is crazy firm and it can power slide a corner. In the Savage Geese review they said that at the limit of a super hard corner they felt some weird kick-back or something in the rear when they were coming back straight after pushing the tail out that they didn't like. I haven't been able to replicate that. I've thought it could have something to do with the rear steering, they were pushing it harder than I've pushed mine (I only really had October to play on totally dry/safe/summerish roads), or their tester was just a beat-up press car. I kind of hope it was just that theirs was beat on or they were sending it harder than I want to, but, I mean, once you are sliding with the ass end out and recovering smoothly, how much harder can you push it? I cannot get mine to do what they say there's did.
For a daily driver that's my only car right now (two kids in the house with cars, so I'm sticking to just one vehicle for myself until they move out so I don't look like a used car lot), the handling is great for me.