New Genesis GV60 Magma prepares to erupt on the hot SUV scene

Genesis is in the middle of developing its new GV60 Magma and we’ve caught it testing once again – this time just outside the Nurburgring. 

That’s a rather suitable location for the forthcoming hot variant of the all-electric GV60, because it’s set to be a more classy, yet potentially more powerful, sister car to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. Given that there’s less camouflage on this test car than previous examples we’ve seen, we can expect a full reveal to happen before the end of this year. 

The latest prototype we caught testing gives us some new clues as to how the production GV60 Magma will look, although we expect it won’t differ all that much from the wild GV60 Magma Concept unveiled last year.

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The front end will get a bespoke bumper and grille arrangement similar to the concept’s with larger air ducts to the side helping to cool the front brakes. It will also receive the new, very sharp set of headlights with ‘Micro Lens Array’ technology that features on the recently facelifted GV60. 

We’re not sure if the wheels of this test car will make production or whether the concept’s aero-disc style of wheel will be implemented instead. Either way we think a set of 20-inch rims will be used – the same size as the Ioniq 5 N’s. Housing those wheels (and their wider track) will be extended wheelarches that’ll sport extra air vents behind.