2027 Hyundai Palisade Review | BIG PRICE DROP!!!

Got to go. Got to see things, see new faces and brand new things. Got to go places and do things, baby. >> What's [music] up you guys? Welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony. I do new car, truck, SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2027 Hyundai Palisade courtesy of Jack Gmbalvo Hyundai in York, PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. What's up? We're in this one today because this is the second year into the second generation Palisade. You still get America's best warranty being 5 years, 60,000 mi bumper-to-bumper, 10 years, 100,000 mi on the powertrain. Very upscale design in my personal opinion. And there's actually a substantial price drop for the 2027 Palis, believe it or not, as well. So, ultimately in this video, we will be testing out going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering field, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So, having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so, as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2027 Palisade. You got the SE starting at $39,735, which by the way is a $695 drop from the 2026 model year. That's pretty substantial. I love that. Seal for $42,240. Got the Premium being the one we are in today, starting at 45,600. Limited for $50,70, XRT Pro for $50,170, and lastly, the calligraphy starting at $54,860. By the way, that was all pricing for the front-wheel drive configuration. If you wanted to add all-wheel drive, you can do that. Simply add $2,000 then to any of those prices. But regardless of the trim level that you go with, the power plant on the Palisade is going to be the same. Powering the Beast is a 3.5 L naturally aspirated V6. This puts out 287 horsepower at 5,800 RPM. 260 pound- feet of torque coming in at 5,000 RPM. That power being sent to the front wheels or all wheels through an 8-speed automatic with paddle shifters, which of course you guys know we will be testing out here in a little bit. But MPG numbers then coming in at 19 in the city, 26 on the highway for the front-wheel drive, 18 city, 24 then on the highway for the all-wheel drive, taking regular unled fuel. We said that before we do any kind of fun paddle shifter or acceleration test here in the Palisada, I did want to mention to you guys the drive modes. And so drive mode button is located just kind of by the driver's right knee. It says drive with a line under it. And then it says terrain, meaning you get the on-road drive modes and the off-road drive modes. Drive modes will include eco, normal, sport, my drive, snow, mud, and sand. Adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response, and the steering sensitivity. So now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? So, let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the paddle shifters here to the test first and let's see how quickly these paddle shifters are going to react for us here. All right, I think we found our straightaway here. Let's downshift and [music] eh not really nothing too impressive there. I mean, I do like the fact that they're there because when you're going down a hill, maybe when it's snowing out, you could do a little bit of engine braking using the paddle shifters. So, you're kind of less likely to slip and slide off the road. So, I like them for that reason. However, there is a little bit of delay. I'm not sure I would actually use them, but also I do like that they're not just a matte black plastic like cheapy. They're they do have a nice silver finish to them. Nice smooth silver finish. So, they are on the high-end side, which I am a big fan of. And it's actually not shifting for me. It's keeping it in this full manual shift mode. If I just tap the drive button one more time, it puts back full control to the Palisad. But yeah, that's pretty cool. They're not that bad. It's just a little bit of a delay with the reaction times, that's all. But it's to be expected in a family SUV. Quite honestly, I'm not sure who's going to be using them. But anyways, let's go ahead and find one more straightaway now with the Palisade having full control. And let's see how quickly we can now get our 2027 Hyundai Palisade here up to speed. All right, think I found our straightaway here. Let's go ahead and give it a shot in 3 2 1. [music] It's okay. You're definitely not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. It's not the quickest thing in the world, but it is a naturally aspirated V6, which you have to appreciate because everything is turbocharged these days, and typically the naturally aspirated engines are going to be a heck of a lot more reliable than a turbocharged 4-cylinder. So, I do like it for that reason. So, for me personally, that's plenty of power for a family SUV, and it's going to be more reliable traditionally because it's naturally aspirated. So, I don't mind that. But anyways, to go along with that, acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. So, up front you will find 13.6 in ventilated front discs. At the back, 12.8 in solid rear discs. As far as that 60 stopping distance goes, that comes in at a very respectable actually 125 ft, which is pretty much par for the course. That's like exactly average for the class. That's where you want to be. There's nothing wrong with that. Anyways, typically 130 ft is more on the higher side of things. Anything in the 11s is a sports sedan. So 125 ft right where it should be for a three row SUV. So let me get up to speed a little bit more here and uh let's go ahead and test out the braking feel here. I want to see if it's a soft braking feel or more of a firm braking feel. So let's go ahead and hit the brakes here. Soft. Definitely on the softer side of things. Again, that's not a bad thing. It's pretty much what I expected any three row SUV to break like. So it is a softer braking feel, just so you guys know. height. Then touching on suspension and handling, up front you're going to get a independent strutt type front suspension. In the back, independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. Did want to also mention there is a lifted suspension for the XRT Protrim level only. It actually gives it an extra inch of ground clearance in case you were curious about that. Overall, as far as ride quality goes, I feel like that's one of those things where Hyundai always crushes it with when it comes to their uh SUVs, their family SUVs, is it's a pretty darn good ride quality. Like, this is definitely a road trip mobile, a road trip vehicle, whatever you want to call it. It's plenty smooth. Even without it having like an adaptive damping suspension or anything fancy, it's a plenty smooth ride. So, I don't got any issues with that. As far as steering feel goes, it does adjust dependent upon the drive mode that you put it in. And then the cool thing with that my drive I was mentioning to you guys is if you wanted that heavier weight to the steering, but you didn't want that instant acceleration that comes with the sport driving mode, you can configure that in the my drive with that heavier weight without the instant acceleration, so you can save some MPG. So that's what I used to do on my old Hyundai Sonata. I was definitely a fan of that. So I like the customization that Hyundai offers for that particular reason. So steering feel is something for everybody. As far as cabin noise goes, we're going 35 miles per hour. I'll be quiet for a second. That was a Bumblebee mailbox. That was hilarious. But anyways, cabin noise has been plenty at bay. So, I don't I'm not really getting any wind noise or cabin noise or anything like that coming into the cabin. They used to kind of be known for that if I'm being honest. Even with my Santa Fe that I still have, my 2017. When you get up to higher speeds, there's definitely some wind noise coming into the cabin, but they've definitely fixed that. Whatever they've done, they've fixed it because this is a plenty serene cabin now. I've got no issues there. As far as visibility goes, it's really honestly it's plenty fine for me. And that could be due in part because I got all the rows folded down right now apparently. I'll put them up for the interior portion so you guys can see the leg room and all that stuff. But yeah, I can see plenty fine out the back. No issues there. Rain sensing windshield wipers do come standard on the Palisade. So whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn them on. That's going to assist with forward visibility. Also with forward visibility though, there is a head-up display available. We don't have it with uh this particular trim level we have with us here today. I think it actually just comes in the calligraphy trim levels, but that's going to display your speed, speed limited, safety features up onto your windshield, so you can better keep your eyes on the road. So, you got to appreciate that. Also, there is a rear camera mirror available. Again, I think it's just for the calligraphy. We don't have it with us here today, but that's going to be cool because when you pile up the cargo area to the ceiling when you're going on a road trip in this thing, the camera's on the outside of the vehicle. So, when you just put that rear camera mirror on, you can still see who or what is behind you. So, that's pretty cool for visibility, too. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior now of our brand new 2027 Hyundai Palisade. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2027 Hyundai Palisade finished in Pacific Sapphire. Pretty darn cool looking color, if you ask me. I actually really like it. Let me know what you guys think in the comments. But as always, let's go ahead and start with where the Palisade is made. Taking a look at the VIN, first character is the letter K, indicating that the Hyundai Palisade is built and assembled in Korea, as expected, and that's awesome. But let's go ahead and start up front on this one. LED headlights with LED daytime running lights. You also get the automatic feature. You also get automatic high beams as well. So, if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams. that when the vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically bounce back up the high beams for you. Pretty darn convenient feature. I love using it personally. And you get active grill shutters at the very bottom. Let me get up a little bit closer while the engine is on here. You guys can see them. They're actually open allowing the engine to breathe a little bit more. But if I were to turn the car off, turn the engine off. They would probably shut because it wouldn't need that additional cooling to the engine. So, that's how they work. That's pretty convenient. But that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. Let's now go ahead and swing around to the side. It's up and asked us to be our round to the side of the Palisades. Starting all the way to the top, silver roof rails will come standard. Get some silver upper window trim. You guys can see that as well. Rear privacy glass of course also coming standard. Taking a look at the side mirrors. They are bodycoled power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals. You got to appreciate that. Going to have a little bit of a silver accent to the side skirts and then you got the matte black just below that. Then take a look down at the wheel setup. The wheel setup really is going to differ pretty substantially dependent upon the trim levels, ranging from 18 in to 21 in in size. Actually kind of like the design to the wheel setup that we have with us here today. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the side profile here. Let's now go ahead and swing around to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Palisades, starting all the way to the top, I believe that is a gloss black shark fin antenna. Either that or body colored. I can't really tell honestly. But anyways, there is a rear spoiler back there as well. If you're wondering where the rear window wiper is, because it is not affixed to the rear glass, it is actually tucked up underneath. You guys could probably see that. So, it kind of helps with visibility, rear visibility for the driver. So, that's kind of nice, I suppose. LED tail lights do come standard on the Palisade. You guys can see those. Towing capacity in case you're curious, cuz we do have a towing package with us here today that comes in at an even 5,000 lb. And then just below it all, there is a single exhaust outlet. It is tucked away underneath. I wish they would have exposed that, made it look cool like they do with the Santa Fe, but nonetheless, it's still there. And I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here. As always, here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Palisade, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is going to be a power tailgate, so you got to appreciate that. There is a button on the key fob. There, of course, is a button on the tailgate itself then as well. But once opened up, cargo capacity behind that third row is going to come in at 19.1 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course, the third row does pull down. That's going to bump that up to 43.6 cubic feet. And then with all rows folded, 86.7 cubic feet. You got some grocery bag hooks back there. There is in flooror storage. And then if you're wondering where the spare tire is located, that is located up underneath of the palisade kind of next to the exhaust there. But then making our way up to the third row legroom that comes in at 31.4 in for reference. I mean, even 6 ft tall. This is how much space I had in the third row. And traditionally, you can always move that second row forward a little bit if you did have an adult in the third row to give them a little more space. There is rear ventilation for the third row passengers. rear USB charging ports. Um, also coming standard back there, you got some cup holders, of course, and a heated third row is actually available, although of course we don't have it with us here today. But then making our way up to the second row legroom that comes in at 43 in. That's pretty substantial for reference. I mean, even 6 ft tall. This is how much space I had in the second row. Now, then you're going to have your choice of either bench seating or captain's chairs. We have the captain's chairs option with us here on our seal premium trim level we have with us here today. I like the captain's chairs. That's It's probably what I would pick. Um, heated second row. Comes with the seal premium trim. Level it up. That's pretty cool. Get to spoil the rear passengers a little bit. There is I'm going to call it a trash band. It could be just used for storage as well. But it's one of those things. I'm going to show that to you guys. USB charging ports for the second row passengers. And side window sun shades. You got to appreciate that is whenever you get Chick-fil-A and you pull into the parking lot, the sun is always in one of your kids' faces. And uh the side window sun shades kind of help out with that. Then making our way up to the front seats. Manually adjustable front seats do come standard. Power adjustable front seats are going to be available. Power adjustable heated front seats for the seal trim level and up. Ventilated front seats for the seal premium trim level and up. Massaging front seats for the calligraphy. Got to appreciate that. Calligraphy also gives you power side bolsters and power thigh extensions as well. But overall, as far as seat comfort goes, this is actually plenty fine. I didn't have any issues with that. I love the design to it, too. It's kind of a unique design uh as far as the stitching goes within the seat itself. So, that was pretty cool. But then making our way to the steering wheel, it is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped and it is going to be heated for the seal premium trim level and up. And it's actually white, too. It's the same color as the seats. That kind of surprised me. You traditionally don't find white steering wheels. So, I thought that was kind of cool. But now, let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. It is a eggshaped Hyundai key. You guys see the H within the key itself. That's how that works. But you got lock, unlock. The uh button to pop the rear tailgate is on the side of the key. But then the remote start, the hold button, uh that's obviously a remote start. That comes standard as well. But it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I am going to do here, this is a little bit different if you're not used to Hyundai, is put your foot on the brake and press that engine start button, which is located on the kind of shifter stalk coming out of the steering wheel. So, it's an interesting placement, but once started up, there's a 12.3 in digital gauge cluster. And it actually is a very nice gauge cluster. Now, the only thing that's a little bit wonky is that to adjust the look of the gauge cluster, you have to do it through the infotainment screen as opposed to like some steering wheel mounted controls or something like that, which is traditionally the easier route. But, I guess how often do you really adjust it, I guess, is uh is their point. But, anyways, there's different looks. Like, there's a simple look, there's a modern look, and then there's a classic look. I personally like the classic look. And then there's different colors as well. You can link the colors to the drive modes, which is probably what most people are going to do. But then there's also uh style A, B, and C for different looks. Uh the sport driving mode is kind of a cool look, but there's al style B is kind of like the eco look, I think. I'm just going to link it to drive mode, but there is some customization there, so I like that. Gives you how many miles you have left until you hit empty. There, of course, is your blind spot view monitor. I'm going to turn on the turn signal there to show that to you guys. That is pretty darn cool. That's going to assist with visibility there, too. So, I liked that a lot. But overall, wonderful job with the gauge cluster, Hyundai. But now, let's go ahead and make our way. Overall, interior quality. Let me start with the power sunroof up here. Power moon roof, actually, it looks like. So, I like that. That's pretty cool. A panoramic sunroof is available. A home link controls up to three different garage doors can be found in the bottom portion of this frameless rearview mirror here. Wireless phone charger located just to the left of the cup holders up here. You get 64 colors of ambient lighting as well. So, the way the ambient lighting works is you can link it to the drive mode if you wanted to or you can just customize it. And I just customized it. So, that is pretty cool. I like that. That's uh I turned the brightness all the way up as well there. Uh probably still not going to be able to see it cuz it's bright and sunny today. But anyways, there is a bunch of storage underneath of the wireless phone charger here as well. So, if you got a purse or something you want to kind of conceal a little bit, you got a little bit of space there. Also down there is a 12volt power outlet. Little bit of shelf storage just above that. Uh again, just to the right of the wireless phone charger, you got your cup holders, bunch of USB charging ports just in front of that. And then within this center armrest, it's a decent amount of space in there. Nothing too crazy, but I do like that as well. You got your glove box down here. A little bit of shelf storage just above that. I love the matte wood trim found on the dash here. I think that's a pretty cool look as well. Um even the door handles to open the door. It's kind of like a throwback kind of like I don't know ' 60s theme or something like that. That's pretty cool. Oh, I see the ambient lighting now and the doors. That's pretty cool. I like that. That turned out pretty good. Overall, I think interior quality was done pretty darn good. Like uh with the wood trim and the light color, everything. This is definitely not too bad. I like it. But now, let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen. This is a 12.3 in touchscreen display. You get Bluetooth and audio streaming, wireless Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, factory navigation system up there. It looks like Hyundai did away with the voice memo system for 2027. I don't see that anymore. Let me see if there's the dash cam icon I saw last year. I don't see that either, actually. Um, you got your drive modes up there, of course. I still see the weather information and sports information. So, that's good that that is up there, I suppose. And of course, your radio information. So, when it comes to the sound systems, there's two of them. Uh, the first sound system is an eight- speakeraker sound system. That goes for the SE, seal, seal convenience, and seal premium. Then you got the 14 speaker Bose sound system. That's for the XRT Pro Limited and calligraphy. So with us here today, we got the eight speaker sound system. So let's go ahead and turn on the radio. Let's see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. [music] It's not that bad actually. The clarity was pretty decent. Not a ton of bass with the eight speaker sound system, but it's enough to get the job done. I mean, this is a family vehicle anyways. You're really going to be like blasting the eardrums of the kids in the back. Anyways, last thing I want to mention to you guys on that infotainment screen is when you do put the Palisade in reverse, you will find a pretty darn highdeinition rear view camera coming standard across the board. You got the 360°ree monitor there to the right as well, giving you that bird's eye view, letting you know who or what is completely all around you, which is always going to lead us into safety. And so, let me start with the best part, cuz this wasn't rated last year when I reviewed this, but IHS did give this a top safety pick plus award, which is the very highest designation given by IHS. So, super ridiculously safe. But front side, side current airbags, of course, drivers knee airbags, rear side impact airbags. That one usually doesn't come standard on others, but also in the back you got latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, forward collision mitigation, front and rear parking sensors coming standard. You got to appreciate that. Driver attention monitoring system and an incredible adaptive cruise control system with stop and go. It really is like Genesis, Hyundai, Kia, they did an amazing job with that. But overall, when it comes to my final thoughts, for one, you got to appreciate the brilliant warranty. 5 years, 60,000 mi, 10 years, 100,000 mi on the powertrain. That is America's best warranty. It does not get any better than that. Very nice interior finishes. I just went over that. Very stately appearance. I'll call it that stately design. So, I'm a big fan of the design of this one. Uh Premium, I think, is the best value in my opinion. the trim level that we have with us here today, especially with the captain's chairs. Like, I would probably pick this exact vehicle if I were getting the Palisade. I love the exterior color as well. But the reason I say that is the Seal Premium adds the most on the trim level levels, I guess you could say. So, it gives you the ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, the 360° monitor. So, it really is the best trim in my personal opinion. But I think the only room for improvement I can think of for the Palisade is uh it's not really necessarily even the Palisad's fault is I think Hyundai needs to make something a little bit bigger. So this is their largest SUV and it comes in at uh what did I say 87 or 88 cubic feet which which is nice. I mean but it doesn't compete with like the Grand Highlander which gives you 100 or the Chevy Traverse or the Volkswagen Atlas. A lot of Americans really want their bigger SUVs and uh that doesn't even count the like the the Tahoe and the Suburban, although that's a lot pricier, but I really think Hyundai either needs that or they need like a minivan to compete with the Sienna and the Honda Odyssey and uh things like that. But I guess you got the Kia Carnival for that. That's kind of their addition on the uh Korean side of things. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of the Palisade in the comments section below. I do love reading your comments. That's about it for this one, you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media stuff. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay gold. [music]