Advertising Last completed movie pages 1999 Hyundai Equus [LZ]Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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![1999 Hyundai Equus [LZ]](/i144184.jpg)
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2007-12-15 23:37 |
The black saloon hitting the Clarus is a Hyundai Equus. It looks like a direct competitor, Ssanygong Chairman, peeks from behind. |
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◊ 2007-12-16 00:08 |
That Equus is a rather nice looking car ... |
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◊ 2007-12-16 00:16 |
Not really, it's blocky and rather ungainly, without much to hook your eye upon. It has nothing on the much sleeker new Chairman. |
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◊ 2007-12-16 00:28 |
Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the car reminds me of the first generation Lexus LS400 – a car I still like to this day. .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2007-12-16 00:29 |
Oh, it certainly comes from the same line of Asian W126/W140-like cars as the Celsior, but may I say the last-gen Celsior was a much better rendition of the theme. I really can't warm up the Equus' slab-sidedness (referring to all four sides). |
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◊ 2007-12-16 02:22 |
I think it is based on the LS400. Look at this one: /vehicle_77159-Hyundai-Equus-1999.html |
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◊ 2007-12-16 02:36 |
It is a thoroughly independent development by Hyundai, undertaken together with Mitsubishi. The cooperation started in 1985 with the second-generation Mitsubishi Debonair, a replacement for the 20-year-old fossil, which became the first-gen Hyundai Grandeur in Korea, and went down in history as one of the ugliest cars ever. The second gen arrived in 1992 with a much more pleasing styling, sold also as Grandeur in Korea and Debonair in Japan. In 1999, both cars were replaced by an all-new Mitsubishi-Hyundai design, with the Debonair name retired in Japan in favor of Proudia (SWB) and Dignity (LWB - stretched), while Hyundais became Equus (Korea) and Centennial (export markets). Despite their stature, they remained FWD cars - unlike the Celsior, with which the Proudia competed to some extent, although it aimed even higher (with the House of Prince Hitachi traditionally favoring Mitsubishis over Toyota Centuries, used by the main branch of the Imperial Household). The Mitsubishi sold even worse than previous models (which even before relied mostly on sales to Mitsubishi zaibatsu executives and as charge cars to the House of Hitachi and some government institutions) and was quickly discontinued, with Mitsubishi pulling out of the large car market altogether. |
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◊ 2008-02-25 21:15 |
I agree it's my favourite hyundai |
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