2024 Hyundai Palisade SEL HTRAC AWD: The Rental Spec Review

Normally, when us auto journalist folk receive a press car to evaluate,

they're often of mid-upper or top-specification form, all

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to show off the latest and greatest that a manufacturer's model

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has to offer in its most idyllic form. Had this been any other day of requesting a 2024

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Hyundai Palisade from Hyundai Motor America, I likely would've received the near-fully loaded $54,000

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Caligraphy Night edition, much like my colleague did last year for his Palisade review.

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