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2020 Genesis G80 Rendering Looks Like a Mercedes Nemesis

Do you know how every superhero has a rival with similar powers, often a scar over the eye or some tough-looking war wound? Superman has General Zod, Shazam has Black Adam and so on. Well, the Genesis G80 looks like it wants Mercedes to suffer in agony.
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Photo: kolesa.ru
2020 Genesis G80 Rendering Looks Like a Mercedes Nemesis
According to a statement from the Genesis CEO, we'll see the new G80 at an event in Korea this September. While the luxury sedan will undoubtedly be leaked before that, this isn't what we're looking at here.

"We will have a brand-new G80 coming out this September in Korea and subsequently on global markets. With that car, you will see the next evolution of our design language," Manfred Fitzgerald said in an interview.

Instead, the images at hand are renderings from Russian website Kolesa. It's pretty similar to what we've seen in our own spyshots, featuring both headlights and taillights that are split into two narrow units. We soon realized that we've seen this kind of design language, on the discontinued Citroen C4 Picasso.

Infiniti is also sticking with the trend for bold, oversized grilles, started by Lexus. The one on the G80 looks like a shield, but the rest of the bodywork is pretty conventional. Unfortunately, the model likely won't have a sports model, and the death of the V8 has also been confirmed.

"The G80 range will be topped off by the V6,"
Fitzgerald added. "We really have to pay close attention to markets and legislation and hedge our bets. Don't expect another evolution of the V8."

This implies that the two main engines will be the base 3.8-liter and the bi-turbocharged 3.3-liter, like the one used in the Kia Stinger GT. A four-cylinder base unit is also rumored, either a new 2.5-liter or the 2-liter found in the G70. Rumors also talk about a fully electric version, though this might take longer to develop.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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