Hyundai Equus
Nameplate overview. Specifications and evidence are scoped to individual model years and configurations.
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2 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2016, with 2 listed configurations.
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General nameplate overview
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The Hyundai Equus was Hyundai's full-size luxury flagship, built from 1999 to 2016 and named for the Latin word for "horse." It reached the United States only with its second generation, going on sale here for the 2011 model year as an audacious attempt to sell an S-Class-sized sedan through Hyundai dealers — complete with valet pick-up service and an iPad in place of a printed owner's manual. Elsewhere it was sold as the Hyundai Centennial, and in Korea it was also offered as a stretched limousine and as the presidential state car.
The second-generation VI car abandoned the original's front-wheel-drive layout for a rear-drive architecture developed in-house and shared in spirit with the Genesis sedan. American cars started with a 4.6-liter Tau V8 for 2011, then switched for 2012 to the 429-hp 5.0-liter Tau GDI V8 with an eight-speed automatic — the only engine the U.S. ever received. A substantial 2014 facelift brought revised styling, retuned suspension and steering, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster on the Ultimate, a 9.2-inch center screen, power door closure and standard blind-spot detection. Hyundai sold the Equus in just two heavily equipped trims, Signature and Ultimate, with no factory options.
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