GENESIS GV60 PERFORMANCE

'Manual gearbox' for sporty version

- JAMES DISDALE

WHILE UNDER-THE-SKIN upgrades have been kept to a minimum for lesser GV60s, the flagship Performance model has been handed a few extra features.

As before, it gets a dual-motor powertrain that delivers 434bhp, increasing to 483bhp for 10-second bursts when you push the steering wheel-mounted Boost button.

Also carried over are the adaptive dampers, electronically controlled limited-slip rear differential and a dynamic torque-vectoring function.

The big change comes in the form of a virtual manual gearbox, recently introduced on the larger Electrified GV70 SUV, which uses essentially the same software first seen in the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.