Genesis (make of car)
genesis | |
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legal form | Division / brand |
founding | 4th November 2015 |
Seat | Seoul , South Korea |
Branch | vehicle construction |
Website | genesis.com |
Status: May 24, 2016 |
Genesis is an automobile brand owned by the Korean Hyundai Motor Company . It was together with the upper-middle class - sedan Hyundai Genesis planned and officially own brand on November 4, 2015 introduced. At the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in August 2015, Hyundai presented the Vision G Concept Coupé, an outlook on the design of future luxury models from the brand.
Manfred Fitzgerald, former Director of Brand and Design at Lamborghini , will take over the management of the Genesis brand as Senior Vice President . Luc Donckerwolke , former design director of Bentley , Lamborghini and Audi , has been design director of Genesis since the beginning of 2016 and works with the chief designer of Hyundai and Kia, Peter Schreyer . Albert Biermann, former head of BMW's M performance division, takes on the tuning and performance of the Genesis vehicles.
history
In March 2007, Hyundai introduced the “Concept Genesis” as a “progressive interpretation of the modern sports sedan with rear-wheel drive ”. The idea for Genesis came up in 2003. It took three years to design the body and the cost of the entire program was US $ 500 million over a development period of 23 months. 800,000 miles of test drives were carried out. Hyundai presented the Hyundai Genesis in 2008 at the North American International Auto Show . From autumn 2010 the Genesis Coupé was also offered on the German market.
vehicles
- Genesis G70 (since 2017)
- Genesis G80 (since 2016)
- Genesis G90 (since 2016)
- Genesis GV80 (from 2020)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sohee Kim: Hyundai launches Genesis premium car brand in bid to end profit skid. Reuters, November 4, 2015, accessed November 5, 2015 .
- ↑ Hyundai spins off Genesis luxury brand, promises six new models by 2020. CNET, accessed on November 5, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Uli Baumann: Visionary luxury outlook. auto-motor-und-sport.de, August 12, 2015, accessed on February 17, 2018 .
- ^ Hyundai Motor Announces Manfred Fitzgerald to lead the Genesis Brand. Hyundai Motor Company, December 28, 2015, accessed May 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Cédric Pinatel: Design: Luc Donckerwolke, nouveau patron du style avancé chez le groupe Volkswagen. Turbo.fr, July 22, 2011, accessed December 12, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Mark Lelinwalla: Hyundai Turning Genesis into Own Luxury Brand. In: Tech Times. November 5, 2015, accessed December 12, 2015 .
- ^ Sagar Parikh: Peter Schreyer speaks on Genesis G90, brand's design philosophy. (No longer available online.) Steeringnews.com, archived from the original on November 24, 2015 ; accessed on November 24, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gabe Nelson: Genesis brand born with luxury heritage. In: Automotive News. Retrieved January 18, 2016 .
- ^ Hyundai to Unveil Concept Genesis Premium Sports Sedan. PR Newswire, March 26, 2007, accessed September 12, 2008 .
- ^ Jonathon Ramsey: Let there be technology: What's under Hyundai's new Genesis sedan. Autoblog.com, June 17, 2008, accessed May 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Hyundai Unveils Genesis Premium Sports Sedan. Hyundai, January 13, 2008, accessed November 24, 2015 .
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