Equus vs K900

[Rey]

The Equus have not sold well. Recall hearing that only 190 were sold nationwide in November. Check out Autotrader and cars.com for new Equus, and you will see huge discounts, particularly on untitled "demos" which have a few miles on them. Untitled cars receive the complete new car warranty.

 

[turnne]

The Equus have not sold well. Recall hearing that only 190 were sold nationwide in November. Check out Autotrader and cars.com for new Equus, and you will see huge discounts, particularly on untitled "demos" which have a few miles on them. Untitled cars receive the complete new car warranty.

The Equus has outsold the K900 in the same time frame for year models

That being said neither of them have sold well

I saw an article the other day that said that Hyundai had sold only about 10,500 Equus in the United States since they were introduced in 2011
By comparison..Mercedes had sold more S Classes( a far more expensive car) in the first 10 months of 2015 than 4 years of sales of the Hyundai Equus

Warren

 

[turnne]

You have doubted every single thing I have ever posted, even when you had no idea what you were talking about (tax implications of lease vs purchase).

interesting

thats because you always had statements that were false in your posts

Interest rates that were available from banks.......you said I could not have gotten one as low as I did?...really?
the implication that you knew better than I how my employer handled their company car fleet than I did...really?

I could on and on

Warren

 

[turnne]

The Equus have not sold well. Recall hearing that only 190 were sold nationwide in November. Check out Autotrader and cars.com for new Equus, and you will see huge discounts, particularly on untitled "demos" which have a few miles on them. Untitled cars receive the complete new car warranty.

true

I saw an article where it said through the third quarter of last year they had only sold about 10,500 of them in 4 years
For comparison...according to the article..Mercedes sold that many S class cars in 10 months last year
My local Hyundai dealer still has a new 2014 Equus on their low...and as of a couple of months ago still had a 2014 Genesis sedan, which I think finally sold recently


Warren

 

[westvibes]

The Equus have not sold well. Recall hearing that only 190 were sold nationwide in November. Check out Autotrader and cars.com for new Equus, and you will see huge discounts, particularly on untitled "demos" which have a few miles on them. Untitled cars receive the complete new car warranty.

I agree with you. The Equus seems not to be a favorite among the consumers.

 

[Ludacrisvp]

Well most people have never heard of an Equus and the lack of AWD is a big hit for a lot of people.

My wife who worked at a Hyundai dealer (works for Walser automotive) said that they only have 1 salesman per store that is allowed to sell an Equus because it is so different from the rest of the line up that it requires different training to be done. It also sounded like if that person wasn't there the Equus wasn't going on any test drives nor was really going to be sold to anyone.

 

[Mark_888]

Well most people have never heard of an Equus and the lack of AWD is a big hit for a lot of people.

My wife who worked at a Hyundai dealer (works for Walser automotive) said that they only have 1 salesman per store that is allowed to sell an Equus because it is so different from the rest of the line up that it requires different training to be done. It also sounded like if that person wasn't there the Equus wasn't going on any test drives nor was really going to be sold to anyone.

The average Equus sales were about one per month or less per dealership and only about 50% of US dealers sold them. The thing about the specially trained sales staff was more of a Hyundai marketing idea, rather than a real requirement due to any imagined complexity of the car (especially if a salesman knew a lot about the Genesis). Some salesman don't know that much about any of the cars they sell and it doesn't stop them.

One of the main reasons for importing the Equus to the USA was to improve the Hyundai brand image, rather than any expectation of selling a lot of them.