► A new supercar revealed
► Shown alongside GV60 Magma
► Will race in GT class
Genesis has revealed key three pieces of its new Magma sub brand: first there’s a new Hypercar program, then there’s the just-revealed GV60 Magma electric SUV – and soon they’ll be followed by this: the GT Magma concept.
A total surprise reveal at the Magma launch in Marseille, the new car was introduced by chief creative officer Luc Donckerwolke, at the very end of the evening. Sleek, clearly mid-engined and already earmarked for a new GT3 program, the Magma concept is the biggest indicator yet of Genesis new sporty pivot.
Magma is essentially the Genesis version of Ioniq N – but with a focus on luxury as well as performance. It’s been hinted at with a string of concept cars, but now it actually exists: first in race car from with the brand’s new Hypercar project, and now on the road with the GV60 Magma. More models – including the concept you see here – should follow.
‘What we are achieving here is a combination: we want to secure the premium, the elegance, the luxury, and bring now, based on this segment, the performance parts to the car,’ said Manfred Harrer, Head of Genesis Performance Development Tech Unit.
‘This is our way of thinking about it. It’s not extreme. It’s elegant, it’s refined. It’s rewarding. And this is not to fight man versus machine. In my eyes this is a perfect connection: man, machine, and road. That’s the difference how we think, compared to other performance sub brands.’
The pictures here speak from themselves. Scooting on stage just a few moments after the GV60 Magma, the new Magma GT concept ticks all the mid-engined supercar boxes. It features a low sloping bonnet and slick roofline, with rear arches that swell out of the body of the car much like a classic supercar car. It gets a boat tail cabin and aero-infused rear end, and a low and wide stance throughout.
We also know a lot more about what’s inside. According to Donckerwolke it uses a V8 right now, though the exact configuration of engine – V8 or V6 or even which V8 – remains to be seen. Whatever it does use though, will need to be flexible and versatile enough to use in other motorsport projects and other high performance cars, too.
What’s more, CAR understands that the ICE tech in the back of this Magma GT concept won’t appear anyone else – it’s 100% Genesis technology, simply because it’s too bespoke and well, too combustion-based for any of the other HMG brands at this stage.
Of course, the whole thing is wrapped in Genesis increasingly recognisable design language, so there are double wraparound lights at the front and wing-like forms at the front of the car. At the same time a two-line rear lamp graphic at the rear also reminds you this is a Genesis. And that’s all if you don’t notice the bright Magma Orange this car is finished in.
This car will eventually be homologated and become a GT3 car raced by the Genesis brand, but it won’t just be a homologation special. Instead, Donckerwolke revealed that with the homologation work done it’d be sensible to continue to produce units, partly to improve efficiency and also to create a proper halo car. With that in mind, he described a 911-style range beginning with a base car and continuing to something more akin to the GT3 R models.
We’ve seen teams enter the hypercar class before and the GT class, but to confirm a desire to do both – almost simultaneously – is unusual.
‘The Magma GT Concept represents the pinnacle of our performance vision and stands as a symbol of our commitment to true motorsport capability,’ said Donckerwolke. ‘It isn’t defined by raw aggression or uncompromising speed—it is defined by balance.
This is a car that feels instinctively connected to its driver, composed under pressure, and meticulously tuned so that every component serves a single purpose: to make performance effortless.’
Donckerwolke confirmed that we’ll see more of the Magma GT concept soon, including an interior that sticks to the Magma ethos of performance and comfort. We’ll update this article when we know more.
Curtis Moldrich is CAR magazine’s Digital Editor and has worked for the brand for the past five years. He’s responsible for online strategy, including CAR’s website, social media channels such as X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, and helps on wider platform strategy as CAR magazine branches out on to Apple News+ and more.
By Curtis Moldrich
CAR's Digital Editor, F1 and sim-racing enthusiast. Partial to clever tech and sports bikes
