If you’re shopping for a midsize luxury SUV — and a lot of you are — you won’t find a better deal in 2023 than the Genesis GV80. Our editors have awarded it the Best Buy Award in the midsize luxury SUV class because of a trait few people associate with luxury cars — great value.
The Best Buys, Not Just the Best Cars
Our editors spend all year evaluating cars for our annual Best Buy Awards. We test drive more than 300 models annually, looking for vehicles that combine comfort and convenience with the latest in high-tech driver and safety assists and intuitive infotainment. We test them in traffic and even on the track, looking for cars that are both satisfying to drive and easy to live with.
Then we run the numbers on dependability, reliability, and low ownership and operating costs. Financial considerations weigh heavily. They include 5-Year Cost to Own numbers that factor in depreciation, insurance, maintenance, financing, fuel, fees, and taxes.
Finally, we bring the best contenders in for head-to-head testing.
The GV80 excels in every one of those categories.
Gorgeous Inside and Out, Protected for a Decade
Its cabin is on par with the best from Mercedes-Benz and BMW, with stunning aesthetic design and a wider range of color choices than nearly anything else on the market. It looks great in Smokey Green leather with a Maroon Brown dashboard.
Available Ergo Motion seats with massaging settings feel like something from an ultra-luxury car. An available remote parking assist lets you get out and watch the GV80 park itself.
Better yet, it’s lovely. Genesis calls the GV80’s design language “Athletic Elegance,” and it’s hard not to agree.
A pair of engine choices let you decide between 300 and 375 horsepower. Both are responsive and smooth, sending power through a standard all-wheel-drive system.
But it’s the value argument that makes the GV80 so hard to refuse. A starting price of $55,550 (plus a mandatory $1,095 destination fee) seems hard to believe when rivals like the BMW X5 and Audi Q7 are difficult or impossible to find well under $60,000.
Add in a best-in-class 5-year/60,000-mile basic warranty and a 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, and the GV80 is easily the best buy in its class.
