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Hyundai Genesis vs Lexus LM 500H

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Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai Genesis

$12,500 - $26,990

2015 price

Lexus LM 500H
Lexus LM 500H

$220,272 - $220,272

2025 price

Summary

2015 Hyundai Genesis
2025 Lexus LM 500H
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V6, 3.8L

Inline 4, 2.4L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

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

6.6L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

4
Dislikes
  • No V8 option
  • No diesel option

  • Privacy screen separting back seats
  • Not much space up front
  • Expensive
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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2025 Lexus LM 500H Summary

In 15 years as a car reviewer there have been plenty of super luxurious cars and there has been plenty of people moving. But not many super luxurious people movers. Until now. Until the Lexus LM 500h.

This people mover costs a quarter of a million dollars. And if that caught your attention you probably also want to know what that buys you. My family and I found out when we lived with the LM 500h Ultra Luxury for a week.

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