Pure Adrenaline

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I was at a city government function last night with the company executives. Since there is an Equus in the fleet, it was brought out for duty.

At the hotel valet, the guy who was helping me out asked me if it was a Rolls Royce Phantom.

I told him it was a Hyundai Equus and that it's not available in the U.S. yet, but will be soon. He seemed really excited and loved the car. When the valet guys were told that it would sell for $60,000+, they were shocked.

If your local Hyundai dealership has one of the 100 display models in the U.S., go check it out!

JediMindTricks

looking forward to seeing one in person.

StonedCL

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how did u get one?

JediMindTricks

he doesn't own one. he works for hyundai and attended a function where the equus was used.

StonedCL

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O.K. now I get it , he was out with exacts from hyundia and they all went out in the car..
Car looks sweet, Is it only 4 passenger or if you dont get the back controls can it be 5 passenger?

JediMindTricks

i didn't get the impression that he took it home.

i think the execs took it to the function.

SG81

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it looks freakin good

imj0257

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Wow that thing does look good

JS + XES

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I love Hyundai.

Crazy Bimmer

fsttyms1

Im looking forward to seeing this car, especially after how nice the Genesis is!

Goosew

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Saw this at the last NY Auto Show....

I was VERY impressed.

03bl AC k CL

wow that looks awesome.... even the 2011 sonata looks impressive... i will def look into hyundai when my lease is up

charliemike

That shot of the back of the Equus and those wheels strikes me as very Bentley-esque.

Really nice looking car.

2000tlwdp

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Hyundai ceases to impresses me. I would like any of their new cars.

alexSU

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good stuff! they've come a long way, the new cars are very good looking.

subinf

That looks great

rockstar143

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never ceases to amaze you, I think you meant.
I have to admit...of late, I too have considered it. Crazy as it sounds...a reputation can't keep you from denying yourself a good looking/driving car.

TommySalami

I wonder if they bothered to use real wood on the interior

fsttyms1

Amazing. Not a fan of the hood ornament but overall the car is beautiful.

iTimmy

My thoughts as well.

mitch14

I wonder how many companies use real wood on their luxury cars
Infiniti M's (06+) are plastic FYI

dallison

most use plastic wood. it looks good, but i would hate to see what the depreciation would be after 2-3 years

PortlandRL

I like it...use it for sights to hit stupid pedestrians.

I saw this at the New England Auto Show when I was out east last month. It's AMAZING! I just wish they'd had it in a color better than goldish beige. Regardless, I took tons of pictures.

nova_G

This thing screams out Lexus.

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Props to Hyundai they're coming along very nicely. I only wish they would have some more "unique" designs instead of meshing current cars together and call it their own design.

vas25tl

^I don't see any similarities






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vas25tl

AMGala

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BMW halos + Audi LED running lights + Lexus LS exhaust tips + Lexus LS styling + Lexus naming system + Bentley wheel design = Hyundai Equus.

I'm not knocking the car, in fact I think it is really nice! But I agree with the previous comments that Hyundai should add their own innovation.

ineedmyfixofacura

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Wowa WIWA, I LIKE! This sure beats the Elantra or whatever hatch piece of crap I used in driving school lmfao. I really hate the back end though, now Lexus has a better back end, more trunk work.

MiataNut

Ha! I used to have that exact car, a blue Sonata. Had a Mitsubishi 3.0L V6 and was a very decent car. For some reason the engine didn't smoke like the ones they put in the Chrysler vans back then

JS + XES

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I'm sure they will eventually come up with some more unique designs of their own in the future, however, now is not a good timing for them to do so, IMO.

I think Hyundai/Kia are doing what they exactly have to do at this moment. That's why they are doing so well these days.

subinf

If real wood is done well it is nice, but I prefer plastic just for general purposes. My experiences with wood interior is that they crack and start to lok like shit.

neuronbob

No thanks on the Equus. I like the Genesis sedan better, or the Big Lex.

phee

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i dont see the lexus in the car. all of the cars in that segment look the same or similar. the hyundai interior shits on the lex IMO

Pure Adrenaline

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For those of you claiming that it has the LS460 cues in its design, I must say that it's baseless because I just don't see it. I'm not the only one.

It's also ironic because Lexus has never been famous for its own unique style. If anything, Lexus is more known for very subtle (read boring in some cases) styling and generally following the design trend.

In either case, Fluidic Sculpture is the key phrase of the day. It was officially announced late last year and that is the new design theme and direction of Hyundai. The new Tucson and the Sonata are designed utilizing this theme and the updated Santa Fe shared this as much as it could (keep in mind it's only a mid-cycle refresh, not a complete redesign).

In the future, you will start seeing a common pattern based on a global design theme of Hyundai's own, again, called Fluidic Sculpture.

dave_ramkumar

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Hyundai has really come a long way in such a short time, love every car they made so far, wont be suprised if i get one, never tought i wud tho

nova_G

Baseless because you don't see it? In your opinion. In my opinion and others as well it's blatant http://jalopnik.com/5154867/2010-hyu...llac+like-size not to mention multiple co-workers

I agree Lexus has one of the more dull interiors in its class but what's really ironic is that instead of Lexus following the design trend, Hyundai is blatantly following automakers designs and copying them.

"Fluidic Sculpture" = A sophisticated word for copying designs from automakers and meshing them together

PortlandRL

I love how Hyundai uses a mishmash of other styles and gets a bunch of flack for not being creative and copying everybody else. When Lexus introduced the LS400 in 1989, everybody gave them crap because they said it looked the Mercedes of the time.

Mercedes started the sweeping roof and small side window trend with the CLS500 in 2004 but yet, I haven't heard anybody else complain when other manufacturers started copying this trait.

I don't think the Equus looks ANYTHING like the LS460 and I've seen both in person within minutes of each other and I can't help but feel that if this car was anything other than a Hyundai, nobody would say anything about its styling.

dallison

i would say that lexus stole more design from mercedes than hyundai took from lexus

tsx_jdm

just busted one...lol...