Genesis has taken its most decisive step but towards a future in GT3 racing after unveiling the putting Magma GT Idea in France.
The Korean producer held a presentation at Paul Ricard on Thursday, close to the model’s new facility in Signes, the place it provided a glimpse of its future merchandise. Alongside the brand new GV60 Magma SUV and the GMR-001 Hypercar, which is ready to debut within the FIA World Endurance Championship subsequent 12 months, the opposite star of the present was a automobile that “alerts Genesis’ efficiency id for the subsequent decade” – the Magma GT Idea.
Nonetheless in improvement phases, the mannequin is being positioned as the muse for the model’s long-term ambitions in GT3 racing. That includes gullwing doorways, the two-seater sportscar is anticipated to spawn a racing model that can complement Genesis’ manufacturing unit programme within the WEC.
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The Magma GT Idea is Genesis’ first actual sports activities automobile, with the Hyundai-owned model having targeted totally on luxurious fashions thus far. It nonetheless carries key design cues from its premium siblings, however the shift to a mid-rear engine structure and a physique formed explicitly for aerodynamic effectivity and efficiency marks a basic departure from something the corporate has produced earlier than.
Genesis acknowledged that the Magma GT Idea serves as each a design manifesto and a strategic beacon for the model, visually and philosophically encapsulating what it needs to realize by coming into the motorsport area and increasing its vary of high-performance merchandise.
“The Magma GT Idea represents the head of our efficiency imaginative and prescient and stands as a logo of our dedication to true motorsport functionality,” stated Luc Donckerwolke, president and chief artistic officer of Genesis.
Genesis Magma GT Idea
Photograph by: Genesis
“It isn’t outlined by uncooked aggression or uncompromising velocity — it’s outlined by steadiness. This can be a automobile that feels instinctively related to its driver, composed underneath strain, and meticulously tuned so that each part serves a single function: to make efficiency easy.”
“The Magma GT doesn’t ask the motive force to show their ability; it enhances it. This isn’t merely a sooner Genesis. It’s the most full expression of Genesis efficiency to this point.”
Genesis’s first step into racing might be its Hypercar programme with the Oreca-based GMR-001 LMDh, however the model had at all times needed to develop into GT3 racing as soon as it had the fitting product.
With the Magma GT Idea, that lacking piece might have lastly arrived, and Genesis’s future roadmap is starting to take form. That is solely step one of an extended journey, however due to the presence of skilled drivers already engaged with the GMR-001 prototype – and extra expertise obtainable throughout the wider Hyundai Motorsport umbrella – the challenge is anticipated to take its closing types within the coming months.
Genesis Magma GT Idea
Photograph by: Genesis
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