I had been driving about happily in the electric Genesis G80 for three months before it occurred to me to do the obvious thing: test it from the back seat. I mean, here’s a vehicle that’s more than five metres long and in whose styling half the car world seems to see echoes of Bentley Flying Spur, yet all I had done was punt it about as any other commuter car.
The wrong was righted recently when we decided that the G80’s generous size, quiet ride and decent winter range (260-270 miles, if you’re sensible) made it ideal for a reporting job that needed several participants and a suitable place for them to shelter while a photography session was being held in particularly bleak conditions. I made a point of not driving and always travelling in the back, and it was a very pleasant experience. For those who usually drive, rear travel by saloon is rarely fun. The rear door aperture is never as
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FAB FASCIA There’s a logic and a quality to Genesis’s switch and screen layouts that are simply better than the rest.