Hyundai?s Genesis luxury arm has been churning out enviable concept cars. The 2018 Essentia Concept is first in mind, the brand?s initial attempt at a grand touring sports car. Moreover, the Genesis X Speedium Coupe Concept, the pinnacle of the brand?s ?Athletic Elegance? design philosophy (according to us), remains fresh in our memory banks for simply being a gorgeous car.

But now, Genesis has unveiled a full-scale model of the X Gran Berlinetta Vision Gran Turismo (VGT) Concept. It made its virtual debut at the 2021 Monterey Car Week, a year before Genesis wowed our senses with the X Speedium Coupe Concept. It looked good in the gaming world, and we reckon it looks equally stunning in the flesh, proof that Genesis designers are taking their A-game to Polyphony Digital?s Gran Turismo 7 with all guns blazing.
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The Genesis X Gran Berlinetta VGT Concept has muscular haunches that belie its gaming origins. Racing cars in the natural and virtual worlds have many aero-enhanced appendages to fortify their hardcore intent, some of which border on the extreme. But we?re talking about a GT car for Gran Turismo 7, the seventh iteration of the original PlayStation game that became the pinnacle of racing games, and the X Berlinetta VGT Concept looks the part.

The most striking aspect is it doesn?t look like a concept at all, much less a racing car for gaming. The anti-wedge, cab-backward proportions bring to mind the glorious Toyota GR GT3 concept that coul...