Few Equus Ultimate questions

[sladaams]

Hey all, trying to decide between one of the 3 5.0 options for 2012 Need a few pieces of info on the Ultimate to see if I stretch to get it or not. I doubt any of teh following questions on the ultimate will differ from 2011 models. Here I go:

1) Rear entertainment - Is it seperate system or just a second set of controls and screen for the back. Can the rear watch a DVD movie while the driver listens to DVD-A disk?

2) Rear entertainment - Wireless headphones?

3) Refrig - Does it stay cold while the car is stopped (i.e. if on road trip and we stop for a nice lunch, does everything heat up?)

4) Front corner camera - Any value? Which screen does it display on and what triggers it to come on?

5) Power Trunk - Does it close on from full open on its own (like an SUV hatch) or do you close it most of the way and it will power itself down the final few inches.

Thanks,

Steve

 

[tdarlington]

Hey all, trying to decide between one of the 3 5.0 options for 2012 Need a few pieces of info on the Ultimate to see if I stretch to get it or not. I doubt any of teh following questions on the ultimate will differ from 2011 models. Here I go:

1) Rear entertainment - Is it seperate system or just a second set of controls and screen for the back. Can the rear watch a DVD movie while the driver listens to DVD-A disk?

2) Rear entertainment - Wireless headphones?

3) Refrig - Does it stay cold while the car is stopped (i.e. if on road trip and we stop for a nice lunch, does everything heat up?)

4) Front corner camera - Any value? Which screen does it display on and what triggers it to come on?

5) Power Trunk - Does it close on from full open on its own (like an SUV hatch) or do you close it most of the way and it will power itself down the final few inches.

Thanks,

Steve

I can answer the last two. We were shopping for a new car recently and got the Genesis 4.6. It was being discounted significantly while the dealers wanted MSRP even for a demo Equus. Equus would have cost 58%-70% more than the Genesis 4.6 (after discounts & rebate).

Number 4 - the front camera comes on when your speed reduces below 10 MPH. Displayed on the Navigation screen between driver and passenger. It is not a "side" camera but a wide angle front view similar to the rear view camera. Quite a novelty.

Number 5 - The power trunk lid is just like an SUV or mini van. Powered open the whole way and then press the button on the underside of the trunk lid and it powers closed the whole way. What i dont understand is why it takes a $65,000 car to get this feature when most $30,000-$40,000 SUV's & mini vans offer it !!!

Hope this helps.