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Hyundai Genesis vs Jaguar XF

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Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai Genesis

$14,888 - $33,880

2015 price

Jaguar XF
Jaguar XF

$36,990 - $42,990

2018 price

Summary

2015 Hyundai Genesis
2018 Jaguar XF
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V6, 3.8L

Diesel Turbo V6, 3.0L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Diesel
Fuel Efficiency
11.2L/100km (combined)

5.9L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • No V8 option
  • No diesel option

  • The cost
  • No Apple CarPlay/Android Auto
  • Not really a five seater for long trips
2015 Hyundai Genesis Summary

Anybody who doubts that Hyundai is gunning for the number one in the world has rocks in their head. Big heavy ones. Korean companies do not settle for anything less than number one. The second-generation Genesis (our first taste here in the Antipodes as the gen-one had its steering wheel on the wrong side) is proof.

What's different about Hyundai's unstoppable rise is the way they're going about it. They've always done their own thing in Korea, reinventing themselves time and again when they strayed off the beaten path.

The Genesis is a gamble for a Korean company in foreign markets whose default setting for luxury is marked, Britain or Germany. If Hyundai gets the Genesis wrong there will be howls of derision, or at best patronising pats on the back - "Nice try, you'll get there one day". But if they get it right...

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2018 Jaguar XF Summary

If a Jaguar owner fell through a wormhole from 2003, the company they bought their car from would be   almost unrecognisable. Back then, it was a bewildering mess making an odd assortment of cars, yet to emerge into the light after Ford's confused and debilitating period of ownership. 

Why 2003? Fifteen years is a nice round number and pre-dates the arrival of the brand-saving XF.

Today, Jaguar has three SUVs, and the gorgeous F-Type, the XE, its second-generation XF and the big XJ. It has three SUVs (the F-Pace, E-Pace and I-Pace) because without them Jaguar would be a niche manufacturer before long, because big sedans, formerly the brand's trademark, are continuing their gentle decline. Oddly enough, one of the market segments contracting even faster than sedans is wagons

So what better time to launch into a draining pool from the three-metre board than now? Jaguar has bravely taken that risk and brought us the puzzlingly named XF Sportbrake.

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2015 Hyundai Genesis 2018 Jaguar XF

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