2021 Hyundai Palisade Review: Playing to Strengths

The Hyundai Palisade shares a platform with the fantastic Kia Telluride and changes just enough to personalize the experience. While we’ve already discussed Kia’s Telluride, the Hyundai Palisade takes most of the great features from the shared platform and stuffs them in a restyled shell. The exterior and interior styling gives customers options depending on what they prefer, but the bones of each crossover remain the same: solid. Hyundai’s twist on this three-row crossover is an aggressively styled interior and exterior, which falls in line with the rest of its line. The exterior features a massive grill will narrow headlamps. The interior sports a push-button gear selector and more tactile buttons than a space shuttle mission control. Powering this Palisade is a 3.8-liter direct-injected V6 that makes 291 hp and 262 lb-ft of torque that feeds an eight-speed automatic transmission.

On this episode of Quick Spin, host Wesley Wren puts the Hyundai Palisade through its paces. Wren walks you in and around the Palisade giving you a guided tour of the SUV’s styling and features before hopping behind the wheel to give you a live drive review. Expanding on his thoughts, Wren chats with Patrick Carone. The two expand on Wren’s segments and talk about the Palisade’s context in the greater landscape. They also compare it to the Kia Telluride. Closing the show, the pair explain what makes this car special.