i understand why people want Equus to be great - who wouldnt want great car at discount price?
But if you check both Autoblog long term review as well as Inside Line, you will see that they both had same wear quality issues after only 6 months with the car. So obviously to get to that price, corners are being cut.

And as to the sales, if you check inventory levels, currently Hyundai has 100 days worth of Equus in the stock, so no, it is not selling well at 250 per month.

 

i think 'huge' differences is subjective. i thought the current LS interior looked old and not up to snuff when it was launched (and said so here), with the scads of silver plastic in the middle in particular. but don't get me wrong, i still love the LS! and have no doubt the new one will trounce the equus.

sure, because it has no competition. it's not for everyone, but then nor is any other model. in a similar way, i don't think the LS really has any competition. it's either for you or it's not. it's really VERY different than an s-class, which in turn, is VERY different than a 7 series. everyone wants a horse race out of dissimilar models. i don't care.

qft!

 

Just checked one over Ebay, 11' Equus with 2000 miles, and the seat cushion already looks sagging.

 

worn out seats is what edmunds and autoblog both reported after 6 months.

 

What it does do better than its competitors is price. For the thousands of retirees out there who want a luxury car but would like to watch their pocket books this car is the best bet. I work in a retirement community and I will tell you that dollars and cents goes a lot further for them than image . They just a nice comfortable and affordable car with a great warranty. I can imagine they will sell more of them next year as the word spreads.

 

That would happen to a lot of car-seats with my frame sitting on them.

 

No. I disagree. The Fiat 500, for under 20K, offers 14 different colors in the American market......and dealerships seem to have all 14 of them readily in stock. Keeping the price down by lmiting paint-choice is one thing, but you are talking about a 60-65K car here....a car that claims to compete (and does, in some ways) with the Lexus LS460.

 

The $20k Fiat 500 is a "premium" small car, it compete with $15k Yaris and Fit. It is $5k more then it's competitor so it offer 14 different colors.

The $65k Equus is a cut rate car that compete with $95k LS460L and $110k S550 / 750Li.

I am surprise you don't understand this.

 

If the LS offered 4 colors, the internet would be bashing Lexus to death for being lame for only offering such a small palette.

Whats amazing is they sold 3,000 cars of only 4 colors. Makes for stocking the car pretty damn easy.

 

I saw one in the lot of my office this morning and I have to say the exterior look great. I love the way it looks. The interior is where I think it falls short......well that and rep

 

The material quality and finishes are low, from the leather to the chrome to everything, it is lower quality. Go look at the chrome wheels on the Equus, looks like a cheap aftermarket job. The factory chrome plating on the wheels of the Lexus LS is flawless.

 

I guess the equus is somewhat a breath of fresh air after seeing so many LS, S class, 7 series around here.

To me, it has the presence of a flagship, just don't mind the lack of a snobby badge
Then when you see an RL,

Wow, that's what I was afraid of after checking out the interior. I felt the leather was too thin

 

Yes material quality is lower. I much rather have an Equus with thin leather then a RL or Infiniti M56 or Lexus GS though. Size is everything in a luxury sedan

I guess it all depends on what is important to the owner.

 

Good thing is the Equus doesn't really have Hyundai badge everywhere on the car. And yes, I would rather drive this than Acura RL or M56. GS, hmm, not really.

 

4GS is cool now cause is brand new. Give it a few years, it would just be another mid size luxury sedan.

Without the cool novelty factor, I think I will still prefer the full size Equus.