After being launched late last year in a single top-spec variant, the 2026 Hyundai Palisade range has expanded downward.
The turbocharged 2 is also used in the 2026 Hyundai Palisade Elite, which has a turbo-charger. A calligraphy – which introduced the current, second generation (the Calligraphie) 5-litre four-cylinder hybrid powertrain with its latest calling inductions — but loses some luxury features to reduce the price.
After arriving in March, the Elite is$76,000.50 – **before on-road costs. It is under the Calligraphy, which costs $89,900 before on-roads in eight-seat guise or $90,600 plus on road as a seven-Seater.
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Unlike Calligraphy, which is offered in the seven-seat configuration of calligraphie with second-row captain’s chairs, the Elite can be an eight-Seater (three-seated benches for the second and third rows) as well as an eighth-.
Unlike the Calligraphy, it has a different grille style with fivespoke 20-inch alloy wheels and black/machined finish. Black and silver bottom bumpers, as well as side skirts are also available; black wheel-arches are a feature of .
The Elite misses out on the following features found in the Calligraphy:
- 21-inch alloy wheels
- Remote Smart Parking Assist
- Dual sunroofs
- Dynamic welcome and escort lights
- Laminated glass
- Digital rear-view mirror
- Head-up display
- Nappa leather upholstery
- Ventilated first- and second-row seats
- Suede headliner and pillar trim
- Power tilt and telescopic steering wheel adjustment
- Rear window sun blinds
- Rear ground-projected reversing lights
- Sensor-based rear occupant alert
It also removes the front Premium Relaxation Seats (four-way driver and two way passenger power lumbar adjustment), memory for the driver’s seat, and memory of their four-ways driver.
However, standard equipment still includes:
- 20-inch alloy wheels
- Full-size alloy spare
- Acoustic windshield front door glass
- Rear privacy glass
- Heated, power-folding exterior mirrors
- Proximity entry with push-button start
- Digital Key 2.0
- Electronic parking brake with auto hold
- 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster
- 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system
- Satellite navigation
- 14-speaker Bose sound system
- Tri-zone climate control
- Black leather-appointed upholstery
- Cloth accents
- 10-way power driver’s seat
- 8-way power passenger seat
- Heated front seats
- Heated outboard second-row seats
- Heated, leather-wrapped steering wheel
- Tilt and telescopic steering wheel adjustment
- Interior Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) outlet
- Electrochromic rear-view mirror
- Adaptive cruise control with stop/go
- Autonomous emergency braking (forward and reverse)
- Blind-spot assist
- Blind-Spot View Monitor
- Driver monitoring system
- Highway Driving Assist 2
- Intelligent speed limit assist
- Lane Following Assist 2 (lane centring)
- Lane-keep assist
- Rear cross-traffic assist
- Surround-view camera
- Tyre pressure monitoring
- Front, front-side, curtain, driver’s knee and front-centre airbags
The Elite is available only with a black interior, but comes in the following exterior paint finishes:
- Creamy White
- Shimmering Silver
- Ecotronic Grey
- Galaxy Maroon
- Classy Blue
- Abyss Black
Premium paint costs an extra $750.
Palisade Calligraphy
Both the Elite and Calligraphy feature locally developed chassis tunes.
A turbo-charged 2 they share is a with. Powertrain 5-litre four-cylinder hybrid powertrain with a power output of 245kW and 460Nm torque, which is driven by an automatic transmission that drives six speeds and all-wheel drive.
Fuel consumption is 6.8L/100km, while braked towing capacity is 2000kg.
Despite the previous Palisade was offered here with petrol or diesel engines, the new-generation model is available only as a hybrid.
Yet, childcareman.xyz’s documents of government certification confirm that Hyundai has been approved to provide a turbocharged 2 with the car. Electras 5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine without hybrid system, with front- or all wheel drive and option of 5 liter 4-cylinder (non hybrid) petrol engines
Those documents also include a front-wheel drive hybrid configuration that has not yet been released in Australia, and the tougher version of Hyundai’s XRT Pro trim which it said will be here later this year.
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