Comments on: 2009 Hyundai Grandeur

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:52:18 +0000

I’m looking at a 2008 Grandeur Diesel. Does anyone own one? I need feedback about performance as the car is in Q’land and I’m not!
Hyundai have stopped production of these vehicles. Should I buy this one? What about parts and service in the future?

By: paul in SYD

paul in SYD — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:02:41 +0000

Have just bought a used Grandeur with 30,000 kms.Ride fine despite all adverse reviews & very quiet & refined V6 & auto.
Would have it over the Fairmont any day.

By: rascal

rascal — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:39:35 +0000

Hi, I own a current grandeur and am very happy ,only hope they put better headlights in new modle.

By: Santosa

Santosa — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:34:21 +0000

Bob agree totally. My wife and I purchased the Grandeur Limited about 4 months ago. Test drove all of the competetors, Ford, Holden, Toyota etc. They don’t even come close to this car in features, price, drive comfort and the list goes on. There is not one thing I would change about this car and to date no problems to report, also the interior/exterior finish is without fault. Throw in the 5 yr ulimited warranty and Hyundai roadside assistance package and it’s hard to beat. People just need to forget about brand and actually focus on the car package.

By: Bob Down

Bob Down — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:41:21 +0000

I own the current model Grandeur Limited (65000klm)of great car. 195kw, a safety package better than any Australian car! No I’m not just being biased – I tested Fairmont Ghia; Calais ; Aurion and drive a VE Commodore every second week. You can keep the Commodore it’s noisy, harsh engine and poor quality interior, Fairmont could not even get the interior colours to match. The Aurion was the only one I would put in the same league, but smaller, less options / safety features / warranty. The Grandeur does everything I expect of a car (I don’t expect to drive it at Bathurst)comfortable, quiet, heated seats, safe, more room than a Fairmont (try getting in and out the back with front seat all the way back)!I do 55,000 klms per year, handles well on all road types, cheap to service and run (average 9L/100klm). Everyone who rides in it likes it, I will buy another one when I am due in Jan. Try one before you knock it – you will be surprised how well this car goes and is put together.

By: realcars

realcars — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:39:50 +0000

It looks nothing like any of the Camrys i.e previous Jetsons style, bland late 90s camry or the organic widebody love ship Camry TP owns.

The latest Camry style is fine apart from the stupid cutsie nose cone treatment.

Honestly,the Grandeur/Sonata look classier in the flesh than any Camry/Aurion iteration.

By: Mmmmm

Mmmmm — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:33:48 +0000

@ webmasters – it must have come up as correct or somehting (it posted what I wanted to say!) – yet it still told me I was spelling it incorrectly!!

By: Mmmmm

Mmmmm — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:32:25 +0000

The front looks like a camry form 2 series ago (especially the headlights and the part near the fog lights) mixed sort of with a camry/aurion, yet it doesn\’t cop slack for appearance….hmmmm….anyway @ Yianni…yes the i30 is there only decent car, and do you know why? It’s designed in Europe!!!
And @ the webmasters, one of your anti-spam words didn’t work (Bugatti) even when spelt correctly (I tried it like 5 times) – all spelt correctly! Hmmm…

By: Mmmmm

Mmmmm — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:28:40 +0000

The front looks like a camry form 2 series ago (especially the headlights and the part near the fog lights) mixed sort of with a camry/aurion, yet it doesn’t cop slack for appearance….hmmmm….anyway @ Yianni…yes the i30 is there only decent car, and do you know why? It’s designed in Europe!!!

By: Yianni

Yianni — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:53:23 +0000

Adding extras doesn’t make it a better car.

I think Hyundai is over doing it with their prices lately with the exception being the i30.

I know they want to become premium but I don’t think their cars are there yet to be priced similar to others cars in that price range.

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:27:49 +0000

Could have sworn I saw one of these with NSW plates driving up the M1 in Brisbane near Logan today, didn’t know what it was at first, and it was unsuprisingly sitting in the right hand lane holding up traffic…but that’s another story ;)
Competition for a maxima maybe, not for an aurion/commodore/falcon.

By: Chucky

Chucky — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:20:23 +0000

Yianni Says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
$40,000 for a Hyundai V6? Way too expensive if they actually want to sell this thing in AUS.

It’s a Hyundai after all. I know its improved and all but who would pick this over a Commodore, Falcon and Aurion?
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This is a top of the range Hyundai which would be competing with the base models of the cars you just listed. A more appropriate comparison would be with the Nissan Maxima or Honda Accord (not the Euro).

By: Yianni

Yianni — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:03:33 +0000

$40,000 for a Hyundai V6? Way too expensive if they actually want to sell this thing in AUS.

It’s a Hyundai after all. I know its improved and all but who would pick this over a Commodore, Falcon and Aurion?

I wonder how many they will sell in competition to the Commodore, Falcon and Aurion which are all priced around $35,000

Maybe if the diesel version was priced around $30,000 to $35,000 then it could take some sales away from the leading large cars in its class.

By: Richo

Richo — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:55:14 +0000

Andrew M – you pretty much just supported my point! People only buy hyundais at the moment for value reasons, but the brand itself is starting to make a case for itself outside of the value segment, i was just saying however that they are still lacking in those two areas which is still holding them back slightly from being a genuinely competitive car OUTSIDE of the value segment

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:34:09 +0000

Richo,
i doubt people looking for a hyundai are after that optimul suspension set up.
people are and have been driven to hyundai for their great value. the i30 is a massive leap, but to look at this it doesnt seem likely to posses the same feel of quality traits.

and also you can get into the new falcon “G” series for this sort of coin where you get great styling and an even better interior

at least the i30 still continues delivering great value because this is one hyundai where the once massive value gap doesnt exist anymore

By: Foggy

Foggy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:41:37 +0000

Yawn

By: Garry

Garry — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:46:23 +0000

Go Hyundai in the car industry your a Global Giant and you will only get bigger and for other car makers “Destroy Them Destroy All Of Them”.

By: PoisonEagle

PoisonEagle — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:02:45 +0000

Clearly designed and engineered for America- They should import the Genesis here if it’s going to be ultra cheap and see how it fares- Might embarass Calais and G6E (aspirated).

By: RoFlmaTiC

RoFlmaTiC — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:09:18 +0000

This model doesn’t really fit in with the common theme of the other Hyundai models. I thought i would have had some similarities with the genesis sedan but I can’t see any :S

By: Joober

Joober — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:59:58 +0000

Hmm, IMO the back looks like 2 generations back v6 accord, the front looks like a mix of the early 90’s mazda 929 and 98 model camry.

I think Hyundai needs to make a body that really stands out to bait out interests.