PETALING JAYA: Hyundai’s flagship large sports utility vehicle (SUV) with three-row seating - the Palisade - will be available this month.
The full-size Palisade comes with an all-new SUV chassis with exceptional second and third row spaciousness coupled with generous cargo area and reconfiguration flexibility.
Available in a seven and eight-seater configuration, the Palisade is fully imported from Ulsan, South Korea.
Palisade is a new-generation SUV emboding Hyundai’s Sensuous Sportiness design concept by combining the fundamental design elements of proportion, architecture, styling, and technology to create synergy between aesthetics and performance.
It comes with a dominant, bold and wide cascading grille clearly that projects a premium SUV appearance.
Separated composite headlamps and a vertically connected forward lighting signature create a strong and distinctive front demeanour, with available LED headlights, LED daytime running lights and LED turn-signal mirrors.
A powerful, extended hood profile creates an impressive road presence while bold C-pillars and a panoramic glass side graphic conveys generous third-row spaciousness.
Full volume over-fenders and body sides offer muscular detailing while the rear view emphasises a wide and stable stance via sinuous detailing and a vertical LED rear taillamp design.
Panoramic rear glass coupled with a cutaway roof provides a generous sense of spaciousness to rear passengers.
Seats are wrapped with premium, quilted Nappa leather, while on the instrument panel is a smooth woodgrain trim in a wraparound interior design that creates a spacious, comfortable ambience.
The One-Touch second row seat allows for single-touch operation of the seat forward for easy access into and out of the third row seat.
Second row captain’s chairs, which are only available with the seven-seater version, offer ventilated seating surfaces.
Every seating row offers USB outlets for convenience for all passengers.
The large SUV also features an industry-first, innovative new ceiling vent diffuser design that can provide a focused, partially-diffused or fully-diffused stream of air to rear passengers.
The Palisade is offered with an option of a 3.8-litre V6, dual CVVT, direct-injected engine with 295PS at 6,000 rpm and an estimated 355Nm of torque at 5,200rpm, or a R2.2 CRDi inline-4 turbodiesel engine that produces an estimated 200PS at 3,800rpm and 440Nm of torque from 1,750-2,750rpm.
Transmission is an eight-speed automatic transmission with a multi-plate torque converter and available in both two-wheel and HTRAC four-wheel-drive configurations.
HSDM managing director Low Yuan Lung said the Palisade is equipped with cutting-edge technology, a host of advanced safety features including Hyundai’s Smartsense, ample space and an elegant design, would be a new contender in the E-segment SUV market.
“It is Hyundai’s largest SUV with a long wheelbase. Its practical all-purpose built is great for off-roading, road trips and even for daily use,” said Low.
The Palisade is now open for booking at all Hyundai authorised showrooms.
Interested parties can also book online via Hyundai’s new online shopping platform, Cl!ck to Buy
(www.hyundai.com.my/clicktobuy/)
