Genesis will give Audi’s Black Optic and Mercedes’ AMG Night time time packages some agency with its new Standing Black trim diploma, on the market on the G80 and G90 sedans, along with the GV80 in every Coupe and SUV varieties. As its determine suggests, the model new decisions embrace the luxurious and luxury choices of the flagship trim diploma, nonetheless with gloss black physique accents and wheels, darkened inside trim, and black chrome exterior brightwork. The automaker is further recognized for its typical deal with luxurious – warmth wood trim, intricate chrome accents, and the like – so it’s going to be curious to see how Genesis prospects take to the well-established growth of murdering out these bits and objects.
The Bundle’s Broad (And Black) Strokes
No matter which car line you choose, each Genesis Standing Black trim has darkened inside headlight bezels; black brake calipers; and gloss black window moldings, door cope with accents, radiator grille embody, entrance and rear bumper accents, and rocker panel trim. Each car moreover will get a darkish chrome finish for the grille mesh, front-mounted emblem, and rear “GENESIS” phrase marks. Throughout the case of the GV80 Standing Black SUV, the roof rails are moreover painted gloss black.
Shifting inside, the automobiles all boast the an identical monochromatic Obsidian nappa leather-based upholstery and dark-stained ash wood trim, plus dark-finished switchgear and black anodized speaker grilles. That acknowledged, the G90 flagship affirms its standing on the excessive with various ingredient variations. The open-pore wood trim shared with completely different Standing Black fashions will get a geometrical bronze inlay that echoes the “G-matrix” grille mesh, and the full-grain hides inside the completely different fashions will get swapped out for semi-aniline nappa leather-based inside the G90.
The rolling stock shares its gloss black color all through the lineup, nonetheless the sizes differ by model. The G80 Standing Black rides on 20-inch wheels with a slashing double-five-spoke design, whereas the G90 Standing Black has 21-inch alloys with a throwing-star look. The GV80 Standing Black’s 22-inch wheels have 5 triangular spokes, whereas the GV80 Coupe’s 22s have a further mesh-like look. The distinctive wheel designs swimsuit each car’s place inside the lineup.
Is The World Ready For Blacked-Out Gennies?
The 2026 Genesis G80 Standing Black will start at $79,350, whereas its G90 large sibling could be $105,750. Within the meantime, the GV80 Standing Black will worth $83,250 and the GV80 Standing Black Coupe could be $89,400. Shoppers ordering their splendid black-pack Genesis ought to make solely two alternatives: which model and which color, with all of them on the market inside the agency’s pearlescent Uyuni White or metallic Vik Black.
Although this writer doesn’t quite a bit handle blackout look packages normally, they seem even a lot much less suited to Genesis merchandise. The South Korean luxurious automaker has made giant strides in current occasions on the promise of a genteel, old-world definition of premium, and the Standing Black trim feels further faddish than that. Even so, the dark-finished trim diploma has been on the market in Genesis’ home market for a 12 months now, so the event has clearly caught on if it’s going to now be supplied in North America.
Provide: Genesis