They do have a few standalone dealerships up and running - the nearest for me is still around 30 miles away, but I can see a more convenient one being constructed now near Audi and Porsche!
Same here! Near us, Genesis of Cherry Hill is the nearest. We gave up on shopping a Genesis long before it was constructed though, so I don't actually know what they are like. Hopefully they hire new staff instead of carrying over the Hyundai staff. No disrespect, our Kia dealer was great with the EV9 (although I think they were torturing my parents in the finance room seeing as to how it took 4 hours), but us checking out a Stinger in 2019 at another Kia dealer was possibly the second worst experience we had ahead of Volvo. The salesman unironically talked about how it could match a 911 through the corners (wtf?), that it had a "manual gearbox" (points to paddle shifters), a BMW suspension (???), and all kinds of nonsense I can't remember. When my dad asked to test drive it, they only let us take it around the parking lot and acted like it was a GT3 RS.
Very definitely. The dealership model, on the other hand, provides local service options which are not available except via field visits in many, many locations. I am fortunate that I live in a city where there is both a Lucid design center and a service center around ten miles away from my house but many don't. And all the other luxury dealerships are within 3 miles from my house. As you note, experiences will vary greatly on the dealership model, especially at Genesis. But on the remote/Lucid model, there are still locations where the service thrives and locations where it is more questionable. But it is clearly more consistent.
Many new luxury cars come with several years of "complimentary" maintenance and recalls also should go through the dealership. I don't care about low or high class but do want the facility to be clean, the staff to be helpful and loaners to be roughly equivalent to my car and available. I also don't care about whether the genesis dealership is part of a Hyundai one or a separate facility; I have seen good and bad reports of both. Mine started in a shared facility but has since moved its showroom to a high end outdoor mall and is building a separate service facility. So far, my service has been excellent and equal to what I was getting from BMW.
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Ehhh the only thing the motors can guarantee is the power. The range has much more impactful variables than the motors. Same with the suspensions or smoothness of the vehicle.Genesis Rumored To Use Lucid's Electric Motors for Future Luxury Electric Convertible
Genesis has reportedly been in talks with Lucid Motors to buy its electric drive units for the production variant of the Genesis X Convertible Concept
Well, I personally think it’ll happen and am loving it. I mean, who doesn’t want a piece of Luci’s amazing power, smoothness and range? Hyundai/Genesis is behind in the launch (by a couple years) so this saves them time 𝓟𝓵𝓾𝓼 they get to be associated with (IMO) thē best EV today.
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Well sure but if you decide to stick a 60kw hour battery in the genesis then the efficient motors didn’t do much for range or if you decided to make a box on wheels with zero aero dynamics then efficiency will still suck. Or if you add too much weight then the same thing. My point was it’s a good place to start definitely but you have to have the whole package for range. Same with the suspension. The motors definitely play a part but not nearly as impactful as the other variables.
It has plenty do with it. bigger the motor, heavier it is. The more weight, the less efficient. An efficient powertrain will go way further than an inefficient one.
We may have to agree to disagree here. I get what you are saying 100%. What I’m saying is that other variables are more impactful. That is all. You can have the most efficient motors in the world but without a battery source it doesn’t matter.
Oh indeed. I drive my current Kia to be serviced 40 mins away, because the forums recommend this dealer as having competent EV technicians.
The Reddit comments are hilarious. The source of the news is “trust me bro”.
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