GENESIS GV60

Premium electric SUV joins the fleet for six months

- Andy Pringle

YOU don't need to be eagle-eyed to notice that there's something very different about my appearance in the photos on these pages. Gone is my usual uniform of jeans and black T-shirt, replaced by something altogether smarter.

The reason is my latest car from the Auto Express fleet, a Genesis GV60. I'll be running it for the next six months and it's certainly a step up the automotive social ladder for me. Hence, I'm taking some pride in it, dressing accordingly and keeping the badge gleaming.

In fact, that badge has already been the cause of much confusion, because friends and neighbours keep complimenting me on my new Bentley. I can understand their confusion, and I imagine it's not lost on the Genesis design team that their badge bears more than a passing resemblance to the renowned British luxury brand's.

Still, those designers clearly deserve a pat on the back, because no one has ever accused me of sticking a fake badge on something undeserving. In other words, to the untrained eye, this all-electric Korean SUV looks like a proper Bentley. It clearly appeals to our neighbour's cat, too, given that he has taken to sunning himself on the rear spoiler.