- Genesis will sell the GV90 with both standard and suicide rear doors.
- It’s unclear if all markets will get the coach doors shown here.
- The new Genesis EV may use the same 110 kWh battery pack as the Hyundai Ioniq 9.
Our spy photographers snapped the all-electric GV90 undergoing winter testing in Europe last month, with the prototype looking fairly conventional, largely resembling other Genesis models. However, a far more intriguing tester has just been snapped in South Korea, fitted with rear suicide doors.
The red prototype in question was spotted on the back of a flatbed under a lot of camouflage and cladding. It’s rocking sporty gloss black wheels unlike other prototypes we’ve seen in the past, and had Genesis done a better job of covering up some of the bodywork, it may have been able to hide the fact it has suicide doors.
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The most obvious giveaway is the door handles at the very front of the rear doors, much like you’ll find on a Rolls-Royce Phantom. Genesis engineers have also left part of the opening mechanism on full display.
As we’ve now seen the GV90 testing with conventional rear doors and these coach doors, it seems inevitable that both options will be available. What’s unclear is if the suicide doors will be an option across the entire GV90 line-up or if perhaps they will be only available on the most luxurious trim level. We also don’t know if all markets will receive the option of these doors, but we suspect some major markets will miss out.
Genesis is building the GV90 as a three-row SUV and may offer it in six- and seven-seat configurations. A six-seater, complete with a pair of captain’s chairs in the second row, could be the perfect candidate for suicide doors.
Underpinning all GV90 models will be the Hyundai Motor Group’s tried and tested E-GMP platform, much like the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia EV9, with which the GV90 will share many components. It may come standard with the same 110 kWh battery pack as the Hyundai and Carscoops suspects all versions will be sold with twin electric motors and all-wheel drive as standard.