Genesis G70 May Follow Kia Stinger To The Grave

According to a report fromKorea JoongAng Daily, citing an unnamed source, theGenesis G70will soon be discontinued in its current guise; a replacement model is not planned.

"Recently, there was an official announcement within the company that it officially halted the development of RN2, a project name for the next G70," said the source, adding that "weak sales" are the main cause for the sports sedan's demise.

This contradicts a report from December last year thatclaimed the G70 would live onwith a newly refreshed model. At the time, it was expected that this would arrive in May, and since we're still waiting, it seems that the new report may be true.

After the Kia Stinger wassent off with a special edition, it seemed logical that its G70 corporate cousin, which shares the same platform, would meet the same fate. The G70 is struggling to be competitive, including in Europe, where ashooting brake variant was introduced. Exacerbating the problem is that the G70's replacement was losing its unique identity, according to the aforementioned insider.

"In the early stages of development, the next G70 was about to get much bigger than the current model," said the source. "But in that case, it [would] not be notably different fromG80, and that's why Hyundai decided to drop the project."