Style meets poor craftsmanship
The 2025 Hyundai Palisade Night edition is a beautiful car. Unfortunately its production doesnt meet the spirit of its unique design. A cars outward appearance could be argued to be the most important aspect. Curb appeal helps a car give the dopamine and serotonin we crave. Not only the beauty of a new car but the comfort in reliability is a key point of rationalizing an exceptional price for a non essential product. With that being said, confidence in my purchase was greatly deteriorated when I discovered the shortcuts that had been taken while building the palisade. After less than 3000 miles the paint on my car is failing. With any slight disturbance the paint looses adhesion and flakes off revealing untreated chrome. This is a lapse in oversight and a lack of accountability on quality. To make matters worse when advocating for a fix from hyundai representatives I was denied a rational solution even tho the representatives admitted it was poor quality.
In conclusion, I am stuck with a exponentially depreciating vehicle that I would happily trade away or sell it were it not for the negative equity. I plan to patiently wait until its value stabilizes then rid myself of burden that was not suppose to be. A brand new car should not turn into a project car within the first decade of its ownership let alone first month. Due to this, the next time I purchase a new vehicle I will happily pay extra for a hyundai competitor in hopes that their principles are of higher caliber.