Hyundai does not build many cars like the Hyundai Palisade: a 5-door SUV with Petrol engine, built from 2018 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Kim Jun-Ho, Seo Jin-Hwan and Kim Gil-Ho.
Where it came from
The Hyundai Palisade (Korean: 현대 팰리세이드) is a mid-size crossover SUV with three-row seating manufactured and marketed by Hyundai Motor Company since late 2018. It replaced the Maxcruz (also known as Santa Fe XL outside of South Korea) as the flagship SUV under the Hyundai brand.
A second-generation Palisade was introduced for the 2026 model's first hybrid powertrain. The term palisade can refer to a bluff or cliff along a body of water, and Hyundai associated the model name with Pacific Palisades in Southern California.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1820 -. The gearbox is a 8-speed A8LF1/A8LF2 automatic. The wheelbase is 2900 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in Hyundai's history is not in doubt: the Hyundai Maxcruz/Santa Fe XL came before it; it was built at Ulsan (Hyundai Ulsan Plant. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Tesla Model 3, the Porsche Taycan, the Chevrolet Bolt. Nearby in the Hyundai catalogue sit the Hyundai Accent WRC and the Hyundai Accent.
The money
On the used market today a Hyundai Palisade typically changes hands for $33,800–$74,500, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,495–$9,895 a year. Insurance sits around $1,660–$2,780 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.