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Hyundai Genesis vs Mercedes-Benz E-Class

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Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai Genesis

$14,888 - $33,880

2015 price

Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz E-Class

$69,888 - $174,868

2022 price

Summary

2015 Hyundai Genesis
2022 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V6, 3.8L

Turbo 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Premium Unleaded/Electric
Fuel Efficiency
11.2L/100km (combined)

2.2L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • No V8 option
  • No diesel option

  • Awkward boot arrangement
  • Limited electric range
  • Fiddly multimedia
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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2022 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Summary

For all the glitz, glamour, and breadth of the Mercedes-Benz passenger car range, it's nice to see the E-Class sedan, to many, the Mercedes-Benz, still persevere.

While Benz has re-invented its small cars and SUVs multiple times to stay up to date with global trends, the E-Class has soldiered on for the brand's faithful in the same form it always has, only now the time has come for its gradual steps into electrification.

Dubbed the E 300 e, this plug-in hybrid variant aims to offer some of the experience of an electric car with all of the experience of Mercedes’ renowned executive sedan.

But does this electric update improve the core Mercedes experience or only work to compromise it?

I took this latest version for a week to find out.

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