Hyundai Equus

[SteveSRT8]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
They were lame cars new, now they are just lame $20k old boats.

Nothing drops in value faster than an Equal or whatever they are called, the name doesn't matter anyway.


While they are far from what I would call lame they really do depreciate very fast! Buy one used, maybe.

The Genesis with the 424 hp engine is a real poor performer, that's for sure. There are many folks questioning that hp rating, as the car simply doesn't have the 'go' it should.

 

[GearheadTool]

Originally Posted By: rjundi
No way I would spend $60k on a Hyundai badge.

Even Toyota or Honda is not this stupid.


Im not so sure about that! Lexus L600h costs right around $90,000-$100,000 optioned out and new. And where are the 460h/600h cars?

As to the Equus, it sure looked cool in the ads. I forget if it was the mid-sized or the full, and Kia had a competitor just like it but if they got problems then ill think twice.

These cars look like Mercedes S-Class, if anyone else spotted the styling resemblance.

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
They were lame cars new, now they are just lame $20k old boats.


Show me a 2011 Equus in average condition for $20,000 and I'll buy it.

 

[GearheadTool]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/07/2011-hyundai-equus-first-drive-review-road-test

 

[Vikas]

Funny story; on the Acura lot I spot a nice looking Mercedes from far away listed at 23K. I thought it was S-class but my son says, where is the three pointed star on it? I thought it might have been folded down. Only after reading the window sticker, I realized it was a Hyundai Genesis!

 

[hattaresguy]

Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
They were lame cars new, now they are just lame $20k old boats.


Show me a 2011 Equus in average condition for $20,000 and I'll buy it.


I just saw a 2010 in the paper with low mileage for $23k.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
They were lame cars new, now they are just lame $20k old boats.


Show me a 2011 Equus in average condition for $20,000 and I'll buy it.


I just saw a 2010 in the paper with low mileage for $23k.

2011 was the first model year for this car in the US.

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
They were lame cars new, now they are just lame $20k old boats.


Show me a 2011 Equus in average condition for $20,000 and I'll buy it.


I just saw a 2010 in the paper with low mileage for $23k.


Baloney.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: hattaresguy

I just saw a 2010 in the paper with low mileage for $23k.


Baloney.

Yup. Maybe a 2010 Genesis at that price.

 

[Spazdog]

Soooooooooooooo....what are we saying? They don't hold their value?

Okay.

Neither did our XG300.

It's every bit as much car as a Lexus ES300....at only 2/3rds the price or less.

 

[hattaresguy]

I don't know what model it was, it was the big one with the grill.

I was eating breakfast and said oh look its one of those big Hyundai's for sale, cheap, cool, flipped the page.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
I don't know what model it was, it was the big one with the grill.

LOL! Just about every other car out there has a big grill nowadays. It appears the industry is marching toward a solution where your car and your Char-Broil will be one and the same appliance.

BTW, the pic you posted is of Hyundai Genesis.

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
I don't know what model it was, it was the big one with the grill.

I was eating breakfast and said oh look its one of those big Hyundai's for sale, cheap, cool, flipped the page.




That's a Genesis. As pointed out above, there was no 2010 Equus.