Genesis reboots GV60 EV with giant 27-inch screen. A price cut would likely attract more Aussie buyers

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Iain Curry 2026 Views 0 Comments 2025 gv60, Genesis EV, Genesis GV60, gv60 electric

Seventy sales. That’s all Genesis Australia managed for its electric GV60 deluxe small SUV in 2024.

Aussies bought twice as many facially freakish BMW XM giant SUVs last year, and they cost over $300,000 before charges.

The GV60 needs to crack open a can of refresh, and it’s arrived with an exterior redesign rework and cabin enhancements, including a whopping 27-inch “connected car Integrated Cockpit (ccIC) infotainment system,” or in English, a bloody big dash screen.

Thankfully or unfortunately (depending on taste), the GV60’s signature Crystal Sphere revolving and illuminated gear shifter has made the cut and remains in 2025 cars.

Full specifications and pricing haven’t been released, but we’re told the updated GV60 lands in its home Korean market in coming weeks, and his Australian showrooms in the third quarter of 2025.

2025 Genesis GV60 electric small SUV — Riyadh Season? Redesigned Genesis GV60 EV’s cabin is plush, bold and tech-rich.

Styling revisions aren’t revolutionary – the new car retains the distinctive GV60 design – but for many the Genesis SUV’s issue was never its looks.

As luxurious and tech-rich as it is, the little SUV’s hefty price tag has held back sales.

The GV60 EV starts from $103,384 plus on-roads for the entry-level, while a rapid Performance model is $110,384 before charges.

Lots for a small SUV, electric or otherwise.

Rivals like the BMW iX1, Mercedes-Benz EQA, Volvo XC40 Electric and Lexus UX300e can be bought for around $80k; while the $100k+ Genesis asks for the GV60 opens the door to myriad quality EV alternatives. Much larger ones, too.

The first tart-up since the GV60 made its global debut in October 2021 sports a redesigned front bumper (although you’d hardly notice) plus new ‘Micro Lens Array’ technology for front headlights, still in the Two Lines design signature.

There are new 21-inch wheel designs, while it looks smarter (and even less like a proper SUV) with body colour for the wheel arch cladding, fender garnishes and rear skid plate. The old plastic add-ons are gone.

The cabin images – tan leather and blue leather – suggest Riyadh Season is in full swing, but good grief the luxury looks excellent, as our GV60 reviews attested.

The current car’s brace of 12.3-inch screens have been replaced by the 27-inch biggie; a lower climate control panel mixes proper buttons with digital, and the likely two grades use either proper side mirrors or digital ones.

It’s unknown if the electric drivetrain and battery will be massaged for 2025.

Recent Hyundai and Kia EVs are offered with the group’s latest 84kWh battery, so an upgrade to this would be an obvious fit for premium Genesis vehicles.

The current GV60 is a dual motor all-wheel-drive offering 234kW and 605Nm, range is 470km (WLTP) and battery’s a 77.4kW item, all familiar on the Hyundai’s E-GMP EV platform. It has an 800V electrical system with charge rate up to 240kW.

Range-topping GV60 Performance has a mighty 360kW/700Nm on tap in Boost mode, and features adaptive suspension and an electronic limited-slip rear differential for the keener EV drivers.

Genesis GV60 — GV60’s revolving and illuminated Crystal Sphere signature gear selector is retained for 2025.

Hopefully, the new GV60 will retain Genesis’ five years complimentary servicing, choice of free home wall box or five years Chargefox public charging, plus 10 years roadside assistance.

We’ll report full Australian specifications and pricing ahead of the new GV60’s launch later this year. We’re hopeful – maybe not optimistic – the new car arrives with something of a price haircut to accelerate sales.

Offering the GV60 in rear-wheel-drive (as in overseas markets) would help its cause.

Iain Curry

A motoring writer and photographer for two decades, Iain started in print magazines in London as editor of Performance BMW and features writer for BMW Car, GT Porsche and 4Drive magazines. His love of motor sport and high performance petrol cars was rudely interrupted in 2011 when he was one of the first journalists to drive BMW's 1 Series ActiveE EV, and has been testing hybrids, PHEVs and EVs for Australian newspapers ever since. Based near Noosa in Queensland, his weekly newspaper articles cover new vehicle reviews and consumer advice, while his photography is regularly seen on the pages of glossy magazines.