Genesis Wingback Wagon Could Challenge the BMW M5 Touring

Genesis pulled the sheets off some “Magma” ideas simply over every week in the past. Whereas a supercar and souped-up EV SUV attracted loads of headlines, there was one other automobile there that maybe appealed to a extra unorthodox subsection of automotive fans. Based mostly on the Genesis G90 full-sizer got here the Genesis Wingback, a wagon that definitely has at the least the appears to be like to go toe-to-toe with BMW’s personal quick wagon, the M5 Touring.

Exploring the Genesis Wingback

The Genesis Wingback is fairly gentle on particulars, however we’ll share what we are able to. Beneath, it’s kind of a Genesis G90, which is the model’s full-size luxurious sedan. Similarities to the M5 Touring embrace all-wheel drive and an eight-speed computerized transmission. Nonetheless, this automobile seemingly makes round half the ability the M5 Touring does — at the least if it ships with engines customary to the G90. The scale, too, keep true to the G90 the automobile is predicated on. Which means a 125-inch (3175 mm) wheelbase and 207-inch (5258 mm) general size. For reference, that’s round seven inches longer than the M5 Touring.

Round again, stacked quad exhaust suggestions, widened wheel arches, an aggressive roof spoiler, and principally new bodywork basically make the Wingback unmistakable for its G90 brother. Across the aspect, too, there’s no confusion. New vented fenders extra carefully resemble what you’d discover on the Porsche Taycan than one thing sporting a Genesis badge. Cut up five-spoke wheels, too, seem like one thing you’d discover on a BMW product. Particularly, possibly the final technology BMW M2 CS? Even in entrance the Wingback turns up the warmth, due to a sleeker look complemented by dive planes and spoilers.

Might the M5 Touring Rival Make it Into Manufacturing?

Regardless that Genesis hasn’t revealed strict manufacturing plans for the Wingback, it’s not completely out of the query. A number of sources declare Genesis isn’t fully against the concept. “We’re actually dedicated to those designs,” Manfred Harrer, head of the Genesis and Efficiency Tech Unit inside Hyundai Motor Group’s R&D division, informed Motor Trend in November. The identical Motor Pattern article credit “one Genesis supply” as “hinting out V8 growth.” The supply indicated that the V8 can be used particularly for high-performance autos, together with the top-end “Magma” autos that can finest personify efficiency for the model. That features, most radically, a mid-engined supercar.

Regardless, for those who do need one, we suggest letting Genesis know. In spite of everything, a worst case state of affairs to us appears like a rerun of the M3 Touring disappointment; that being, the remainder of the world will get a brilliant cool wagon that the U.S. doesn’t as a result of the producer can’t make a powerful sufficient enterprise case for it. For now, anyway, the M5 Touring competitors are few and much between. Whether or not or not Genesis will be a part of the record quickly stays to be seen. However we’ve to confess: we kinda like what we see.