Short wheelbase, fat tyres, powerful V8: get ready for ‘extreme’ recreation
A gentle hike through the hills. Maybe a spot of fishing. Perhaps a dip in the pool. There are many forms of recreation, and Genesis appears to have gone after the ‘flat out across the desert’ crowd with this: the wild X Skorpio Concept.
Annoyingly misspelt name aside, this is, at heart, a V8-engined off-road supercar. It has apparently been tailored “to the automotive culture and lifestyle of the Middle East, where off-road racing and recreational driving – often at high speeds while navigating airborne jumps – are a favourite pastime”. Certainly beats a bit of yoga, that’s for sure.
So, to deal with driving often at high speeds, Genesis has equipped the X with a V8 of unspecified capacity but very specified power: there’s 1,100bhp and 850lb ft at your disposal, directed to a set of 18in beadlock wheels shod in 40in off-road tyres.
There’s also “finely tuned” suspension with a mile of ground clearance, a short wheelbase and “generous” approach and departure angles – it’ll fly and land, basically. And when it does land, the high arches, skid plates and “precision-engineered” mechanicals make sure you won’t get beached. Brembo motorsport-spec brakes happen, too.
