Hyundai Genesis

The Hyundai Genesis is an executive car made and marketed by Hyundai Motor Company over two generations from 2008 until 2016, before it was renamed the Genesis G80. It is a five-passenger, four-door, rear- or all-wheel-drive sedan. It was shown in concept form at the 2007 New York International Auto Show and was expected to cost 533 million dollars to develop. The first generation (BH), sold worldwide except in Europe from 2008, offered Hyundai's first domestic V8, the Tau, alongside Lambda V6 engines. The second generation (DH) was previewed by the HCD-14 Genesis concept, debuted in Seoul in November 2013 and offered rear or all-wheel drive with an eight-speed automatic. In November 2015 Hyundai announced that the Genesis name and its second generation luxury model would move to the new Genesis Motor division, and the car was renamed the G80 in 2017. In China it was sold as the Hyundai Rohens.