Numbers first, because with the Hyundai Aslan they are the story: Petrol engine, 266-270 PS. Hyundai built from 2014 to 2017, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
Where it came from
The Hyundai Aslan is an executive car manufactured and marketed by Hyundai from 2014–2017. Its exterior and interior design are similar to those of the rear-wheel-drive Genesis but it shares the front-wheel-drive Y6 platform with the Grandeur. In terms of size, it is situated between the Grandeur and Genesis replacing the market segment previously held by the Dynasty. The name "aslan" is Turkish for lion.
Under the skin
Power comes from Petrol engine; 266-270 PS is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1665 -. Work it out per tonne and you get about 160 horsepower — quick by any era's standard, the kind of figure a hot hatch or a sports saloon posts. It shifts through a 6-speed Automatic transmission / automatic (2014–2016) / 8-speed automatic (2017). The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2845 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Hyundai Dynasty; assembly was at Asan (Hyundai Motor Company Asan Plant), South Korea. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Ferrari 488, the BMW i8, the Lexus RC — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Hyundai catalogue sit the Hyundai Accent WRC and the Hyundai Accent.