The cabin can match it with any of its luxury rivals with soft-touch materials throughout and plenty of hi-tech features such as a digital driver's display and a head-up display. It's roomy in both rows and impressively quiet on the road.

Some of the interior highlights of the GV70 range include ambient lighting, 14.5-inch multimedia display, panoramic sunroof, 19-inch alloy wheels on base versions.

The GV70 Electrified ups the ante with a head-up display, heated rear outboard seats, 20-inch alloy wheels and 14-speaker Lexicon stereo.

The GV70 range comes with two petrol options and a full electric set-up.

The 2.5-litre turbo-petrol engine makes 224kW and 422Nm and is available in two- or all-wheel-drive layouts. The AWD 3.5-litre twin-turbocharged petrol V6 pumps out 279kW and 530Nm.

The GV70 Electrified uses two electric motors to produce 360kW and 700Nm sent to all four wheels.

The 2.5-litre-powered version uses a claimed 9.8L/100km of premium petrol and comes with a 66-litre fuel tank providing a theoretical driving range of about 670km. This drops to 640 in the heavier all-wheel-drive version thanks to its 10.3L/100km fuel use figure.

The 3.5-litre variant can theoretically travel about 580km between top ups with a claimed fuel use of 11.3L/100km and a 66-litre fuel tank.

The Electrified version is fed by a 77.4kWh battery that uses a claimed 19.9kWh/100km for a driving range up to 455km (WLTP).

The GV70 is a five-seat SUV. The seats are leather appointed on the base version and wrapped in supple Nappa leather on higher grades and are plenty comfortable.

They are power adjustable and have heating and cooling functions.

The 2.5-litre petrol versions can complete the benchmark sprint in 6.1 seconds, the six-cylinder variant can do it in 5.1 seconds and the electric GV70 can go from 0-100km/h in 4.2 seconds.