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The all-new 2025 Genesis GV80 just might be the best-looking of the coupe-like SUV that has recently flooded the luxury market. Genesis’s Trevor Lai, the brand’s senior group manager of product planning, certainly thinks so, and he sat down for an in-depth interview with Host Jack Nerad at the vehicle’s recent first-drive event in Minnesota. Essentially starting where the GV80 SUV leaves off in terms of powertrain, the GV80 Coupe offers buyers the choice of 375- and 409-horsepower versions of the vehicle, both twin-turbocharged and the latter fitted with an “e-supercharger.” So there is substance to accompany the good looks.

Nerad had the chance to take a lengthy drive in the more powerful version of the GV80 Coupe in addition to speaking with Lai. Both proved illuminating as the Korean luxury brand continues to gain momentum by introducing one great-looking vehicle after another.

In this week’s road test segment, Jack Nerad and co-host Chris Teague get behind the wheels of two fun-to-drive hatchbacks. Teague spent a Maine summer week evaluating the 2024 Mazda CX-50 crossover, while Nerad got the opportunity to pilot the potent 2024 Volkswagen Golf R around his favorite Southern California test-drive loop. Both drivers will tell you how their test subjects fared in this week’s episode.

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