2022 New York Auto Show: Hyundai Palisade Gets Even More Classed-Up

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Hyundai’s Palisade separates itself from Kia’s Telluride, at least in terms of appearance, by being the more “urban”, stylistically speaking, of the two.

The former looks boxy and rugged, while the latter has curves that evoke urban luxury — at least to this author’s eye.*

*That’s an honest assessment. No Hyundai rep is holding me hostage and making me use marketing speak like “evoke.” I don’t have to blink twice to show you I’m OK, I’m fine. Seriously.

Ahem. Use of PR prattle aside, the Palisade does have an upscale-yet-downtown feel to its looks, in my humble opinion. So it follows that the next one would keep the overall them while freshening its duds.

Since the Palisade and Telluride are platform mates, some of the changes listed below will look familiar from today’s earlier post. That said, the changes are fewer in number and a bit more cosmetic in nature than those that affect the Telluride — there is no increased ground clearance or towing, for example.

Changes include but are not limited to: A new front and rear fascia, new front grille, new headlights and DRLs, a new alloy-wheel design, auto-dimming sideview mirrors, a new instrument panel (including gauges and audio interface), new steering wheel, new seating surfaces and materials, new driver’s seat (hopefully less smelly), heated third-row seats, a 12-inch screen for navigation, digital rearview mirror, Wi-Fi hotspot, digital key for iPhone and Android, quicker-charging USB-C ports, quicker wireless charging for devices, and a new Tow Mode for AWD vehicles.

A new XRT (not WXRT, to my fellow Chicagoans) adds or includes 20-inch wheels, different front and rear fascias, dark-finish grille, black roof rails, sunroof, and leatherette seats.

So we guess there’s some new ruggedness, after all.

[Images: Hyundai, © 2022 Tim Healey/TTAC]

Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Gregtwelve Gregtwelve on Apr 14, 2022

    Regarding long term Hyundai reliability: I did a search this past Feb. on Autotrader of vehicles for sale with over 200,000 miles. In the entire U.S. there were 176 Hyundais. There were over 3,500 Chevys. I have a complete list for every manufacturer: Of course most were trucks and SUVs Acura: 178 Audi: 43 BMW: 89 Buick: 123 Cadillac: 145 Chevy: 3500 Chrysler: 167 Dodge: 1140 Ford: 4400 GMC: 1250 Honda: 1400 Hyundai: 176 Jeep: 450 Kia: 136 Lexus: 454 Lincoln: 91 Mazda: 117 MB: 153 Ram: 621 Subaru: 192 Toyota: 3000 VW: 90

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    • Veeg Veeg on Apr 16, 2022

      Using 2019 as a sample year - Mazda sold 60k cars and Hyundai sold nearly 700000. And it’s 172 for Hyundai and 116 for Mazda. Hyundai/Kia build garbage.

  • Inside Looking Out Inside Looking Out on Apr 14, 2022

    My eyes hurt. And it is not because of eye cold but because of bling.

  • MaintenanceCosts It's not a Benz or a Jag / it's a 5-0 with a rag /And I don't wanna brag / but I could never be stag
  • 3-On-The-Tree Son has a 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 and I have a 2009 C6 Corvette LS3 6spd. And on paper they are pretty close.
  • 3-On-The-Tree Same as the Land Cruiser, emissions. I have a 1985 FJ60 Land Cruiser and it’s a beast off-roading.
  • CanadaCraig I would like for this anniversary special to be a bare-bones Plain-Jane model offered in Dynasty Green and Vintage Burgundy.
  • ToolGuy Ford is good at drifting all right... 😉
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