2021 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy HTRAC AWD vs. Snow 

We just had a huge snow storm here in Ontario a couple days ago with 21 plus inches of the white stuff and I was able to put my wife's palisade to the test. We do have some Michelin X Ice on the vehicle, and let me say I've had lots of AWD and 4x4 vehicles like Ford, GMC, Toyota, Volvo and my wife's last vehicle was a wrangler Rubicon, I loved the jeep but it was just too small for 2 kids and 2 big dogs. I was very impressed with how the Palisade performed! Didn't have any problems getting around. Hit a couple of very deep snow spots where the plows blocked in the side streets and this thing just plowed right through. One time I though I was stuck but the tires just dug down to the pavement and I was moving again. I was very skeptical about getting a Hyundai at first but after owning the Palisade for a 4 months now I am very happy with our purchase.

Such an understated auto channel on RU-vid. Love your off-road content. Keep it coming.

I just bought the Limited AWD 2021 Palisade a week ago and am completely in love with the car. It has everything my family and I need and then some! I'd highly recommend this car to anyone interested for any reason.

I figure 99.999999% of people never go off road. And nobody buys it for 0-60. Its a daily driver for most people. I live in Canada and have snow tires so why use all seasons that are really not all season but marketing? But I like seeing different perspectives. I have subscribed.

the best car reviewing channel you can find! good job!

I don't find the AWD to be a problem at all. It is street tuned like many AWD systems. AWD systems in vehicles from Ford, Nissan, Mercedes, etc also shut down in certain conditions.

At least all the wheels were all spinning. Seemed like a very tough spot for those tires.

If it had snow tires this would be a champ obviously it shut down everything before it overheated

It's not the awd system at fault here,it's the tires,you can see the system sending power all around but no grip with the all seasons,and why would anybody try to drive through the slick stuff and not use momentum,you can get anything stuck if you try hard enough

Beautiful videography. Never miss an episode even when I care nothing about the car reviewed 🔥🔥🔥

This was a real review of the deep enough snow conditions that actually put the vehicle to the test. I'm 2 miles down a mountain road that gets *plenty* of snow, and appreciate reviews like this. Thanks!

Very informative content and filming as always! And your gaze when the car shuts off and your seat moves back said everything!

I know this isn't the first video with it but love the new intro!

Just got a 2022 Palisade Calligraphy. Love it. Thanks for the reviews!

FYI, turning off split screen in the menus for the connected phone will enable full screen CarPlay again. It's just set by default on the 2021 to allow split screen with the head unit using the right 1/3rd of the display.

Thanks for your reviews. We loved your review on the Atlas (which is what we got instead of the Palisade). I like VWs, but this seems like a great vehicle too. But I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your reviews. Keep up the good work!

Best automobile testing channel.

First, confession. I'm awaiting delivery of it's little brother, the Santa Fe. Your videos are some of the absolute best for judging how vehicles will perform in tough conditions in the real world. I concur that you should have seen warning messages. That said, it seemed to do very well on what you described as extremely slippery conditions, uphill, from a standstill, and without snow tires. Thanks.

Really like the walkthrough and explaining regarding the mechanics of this vehicle.

Thank you so much for this review!!

Keep it up! Your reviews are great👍

Testing a car’s ability in snow by starting from full stop on an incline covered in ice without winter tires is not representative of anything.

Hey man, just found you at a perfect moment when am about to get this car. You doing a great job and your videos are amazing. And I subscribed because you're cool

Thanks for the video Ryan. Yeah, that shut down was really weird. I hope Hyundai gets back to you, so that your viewers/potential buyers, know what they're getting into. As far as looks, I would take this over the American 3 row versions.. PS: Beautiful scenery as always, my friend..

After driving in slushy conditions and almost going off the road in our 2020 we change out the OEM tires to Toyo Celcius CUV....completely changed the handling and it feels confident in all conditions.

Honestly, this snow test would have been tough even for the Bronco Sport. Snow is the toughest stuff to drive in.

Dude, your reaction when the car shut down was **classic!** Yeah, it doesn't make me want to take a Palisade in deep snow. Hopefully, Hyundai is always learning and always improving...

Just found this channel... beautiful photography! Easy decision to subscribe

Love your channel

Nice review keep up the good work

I think this is the only channel out there that shows real off-road capabilities, no bs.

Thank you very much for your review honestly in my opinion this was very honest review the reason I’m saying that is because when I watch the other reviews they look like promotion they don’t look like they are giving an honest review because I think the companies of the manufacture of the vehicle they don’t like to show the actual fault they only give it to the people who they do the review only for the purpose of promotion not for the purpose for the customer to know how is the vehicle actually running in a situation that you may encounter. thank you very much and please keep doing your job in this honest manner and don’t fall into the trap of the companies that trying to get promotion not a review. thank you very much for your review and the hard work. God bless you.

Fantastic snow review! I wanted to watch the video before pulling my palisade out of our garage into the sheets of ice.

Great review.

Great review , but in all fairness it's not the car or the transmission that failed you, it was clearly the tires. All wheels were spinning and no forward progress made because of loss of traction. You could have had 3 diffs locked and get the same result with these tires.Not to mention the 20" rims. Snow tires are made for snow, not that cheap "all season" crap they put from the factory. (As a Canadian driver I should know). The shut down was imminent to save the engine and components. However, I think there had to be a warning light after that. Hyundai should come up with an explanation or a fix.

i was waiting for this for so long, thanks my favourite car channel

Question: Why don't you rock the steering wheel side to side when trying to get unstuck? I've seen that as an old off-roader's trick to try to make the tires bite in mud or snow.

Palisade: "let me put comfort on for you" Driver: "ok...?" Palisade: "you'll be sitting here a while"

It looks gorgeous.

Your review was excellent. I am also pausing based on the Snow Test. Never saw a car shutdown like that. I have a 2019 Acura MDX with Advance Package. The new 2022 Acura MDX with Advance Package is Winking at me, particularly with all the betterments and enhancements. It seems that SHAWDY is better than HTRAC IMHO based on this test drive. I'm in no rush, as my lease e ds in June 2022, however, if Acura co es out with Trade Up program, i would be tempted , perhaps later this year. And there is a sizeable price difference between the Palisade Calligraphy vs. Acura MDX Advance. We'll see. Thx again for your videos, one of the best on line reviews.

Good review.

I really like your reviews, editing, videography and narration. Keep up the good work!

I bought 1 and no shot down on mud snow or sand. Love it and as long as all these functions are packed on value I will continue to buy this palisade in the future.

I’ve watched all your reviews, but why say the Pilot or Ascent now vs this and Telluride? Sorta seemed the other way after watching the reviews?

Would love to see the same test conducted for the Pilot, Highlander, CX9

Love your channel. Can you review the new Explorer Timberline. It would be awesome to see how it handles in these situations.

Wish this had Dynamax like the 2019 Sorento had, that was a pretty good system

If I still lived in Washington I'd be applying to work with you, your job looks really fun. Great content as always. I can't wait to move back in a few years.

You got me on twin peaks !!!

Lmaooo we got out palisade stuck in snow this year and it did the same thing. It gave a bunch of warnings and disabled terrain modes. Did the same thing man

Test drove one. Must say I much preferred this interior to the Telluride. Was overall really impressed.

I just bought a 2021 CX5 GTR. I wonder how well it is going to do in the snow with snow tires.

Hey, i was just wondering if you could review the new 2021 nissan rogue.

Just came across your channel this week (April 28) and can appreciate the thoroughness you put into your videos when reviewing vehicles like this Hyundai. I'm not in the market for a Hyundai but I'm in the market for a 4Runner and your other videos on the 4Runner are exactly what I need to make my decision on what trim of 4Runner I want. Thanks for all your efforts.

Recently purchased a 2022 Palisade Calligraphy AWD; there are still some areas for product improvement: add power folding exterior side mirrors, add sunglass holder in interior and add illumination for the overhead light buttons above driver and front passenger (the POI buttons are illuminated but the light buttons aren't, that's odd and an omission in form/function) and those rims on calligraphy trim are a bit 'loud', design something more classy the ones on current and previous Limited trim); and last but not least, consider adding hybrid powertrain as is offered on many other Hyundai products.

The gentleman didn't do his homework. The leather and design of the seats are different from the limited. There are also a number of other interior upgrades included. Other functional differences as well.

I have a 2020 Kia Sorento SXL AWD V6. And i think my older Dynamax AWD system is far superior to this newer Htrac. Tires also play a HUGE role in getting through this kind of weather/terrain.

I'd Love to see your Snow test in this video compare a to 2022 Acura MDX SHAWDY Advance against the Pallisade - in the same place. That shut down was concerning to me, even though I don't go Off Road, But will have to handle snowy roads.

Which one should I buy 2022 Nissan pathfinder platinum, 2022 hyundai palisade calligraphy or 2022 Kia telluride sx?

Very entertaining, thanks Ryan. Answer this question...why is every Palisade I see either black or white, like your press mule? I've seen plenty of Telluride in at least 4 colors (black, white, green and blue). Are people or dealers afraid of color? I like that road and the challenges it brings to the table...

what about the build quality structure is strong like american cars or just used cheap metal please replied i need to book my car this month

Yes, they removed some feature from 2020 limited and rename it to calligraphy so they can charge for more.

When are we getting to see the Santa Fe with its new wet 8 speed DCT?

Good job

Ryan your a Star 🌟

OK you did good with the throttle rocking, really good, yeah the computers seem to sometimes want to exercise more control than needed, but that might be workable lol. Anyway it seems like a good idea might be to ask to bring along a flight recorder device to plug into its obd port if you cannot drag along a tech from the shop. It would record everything the vehicle is doing and processing at the point of shutdown in case no fault codes were recorded. It can be annoying when you have video and they find no codes. i would suspect the following. likely issue. The locking mechanism. It was either mechanically stressed, or approaching that limit or a thermal one. When you restarted the car, I noticed you said you had to relock it. Was there a click when it shut down or in cycling the engine before starting it? Wait, my bad old diesel habit. On Semi trucks the clutch , especially the clutches on the automatics like the 10 speeds, can get hot and alarms start going off and it screams driver abuse to the dispatcher over the satellite networks and may not properly unlock or if it does, not reengage. The solution would be to either manually press the clutch in after shutting it off and recycle the transmission and engine software via the ignition key and wait for the hissing, popping and buzzing to stop and restart it, or if no clutch pedal, hold the brake to disengage the clutch and recycle again. I would think the locking mechanism or a related sensor was the issue. I find it odd that it was unlocked when you restarted it unless it is designed to auto unlock before a shutdown. If it is designed to disengage before shutdown, then they need to simply add a shut down warning then alert to avoid or shutdown will commence in x number of seconds then wait x number to restart. So, either the lock i am thinking or they simply need to program a text message to appear so the soccer mom lost in the forest does not scream in terror and pull out her hair when her car dies in the middle of nowhere out of cell phone coverage in the woods LOL.

As for the shutdown, I wonder if it was related to the auto start/stop thing. I saw in another video where a person had the same shutdown when they caught the engine just turning itself off as they stepped on the gas, and it confused the whole system. Restarted the car and it was like nothing happened. Never been a fan of that feature so I would just leave that off myself.

Meaningful test

Did you turn traction control off?

For people in some parts of the world where snow does not exist, you just told us to import the Palisate now. Thanks

I like your offroad review, in particular for mid size SUV and 4x4. So, do you plan to review the new Pathfinder 2022 ?

I don't want this vehicle but your reviews are the best in the business, keep up the good work!

at that point, the tires were the ones failing the system. i can't wait to get this vehicle.

Real rear limited slip should come standard for these models. Would help off road and for towing

Would love to see this test with a grand cherokee limited

It's actually a really good looking vehicle. Just not into Hyundai-Kia stuff. Awesome video as usual. Whatever happened with your deal with IgnitionTV Ryan?

Subaru's x-mode still very good on snow and other terrain.

click like for the youtube algorithm. Nice content.

Hi good video. I'd like you to do the same test on 2021 Honda Pilot as I got one this month. Thanks!

2:06 I'm glad you pointing it out, i hope they see your review. How in the world they manage to make things worse in newer model and it passes for production? And it's just programing, person in office chair doing it's keyboard labor, it's not like they have to remodel the bumper, manufacture it and pass it through collision test it was actually spinning all wheels and it seems with closed center clutch it had better continuous delivery, unless that was just more throttle, it's too bad it quits even it's not grinding clutches, but maybe they have built in fault mode when vehicle doesn't move even if there is wheel spin, especially with faster wheel spin 13:34... I agree there should be at least some sort of code message for damage prevention, there could be things we don't know of which can go bad

Can you do the same with Pilot please. Big fan of Pilot but mine was a total loss due to an accident. Now I am thinking to buy Calligraphy, but I am bit skeptical specially due to the the highway wind noise.

So Palisade is just a city slicker, it ain't the real deal for the country...It ain't the Range Rover, but I guess it is good enough for less than 1/2 the price. Great test! Thanks for sharing the vid.

I don't understand how the vehicle just determines to shut itself off??? The same thing happened to that benz suv you reviewed a bit ago and I am wondering what the companies explanation was for this turning off stuff?

Were buying one for my wife. Overall impressed with its snow abilities given the conditions and tires. Think that shut down was a fluke. I was climbing an incline slowly in her old Cadillac and it killed power and put it in park. I mean, lets face it, no one is gonna be trying to get through snow like this, he’s just trying to see the AWD system ability. It probably tried for too long and it’s probably the car’s way of saying stop, cause it doesn’t know whats going on. Anyone else would kill traction, lock the wheels, and give her the beans 😈

Never had mine shut down in much heavier snow, in a similar situation. I love the Palaisde but if you want the best AWD system for Snow, look no further than Subaru or Audi. I might go back to a Subaru Ascent depending on how they redo the inside. The interior is exceptional, but if your looking for a true offroad vehicle I would look at something else.

The headunit does display. its in the head unit settings.

I’d stick with the Pilot. Better AWD system and reliability with the smooth V6. The Hyundai does look nice but still not sold.

looks fine with me as long as it has responsive and aggressive active power at the Rear wheels Sir

waiting for your 2020 ford explorer review!

Put some Yokohama geolanders A/T or falken wildpeak A/T trails with the 3 peak snow flake symbol, like I have on my 2020 pilot. That thing wouldnt hesitate at all. 🔥🔥

I upgraded from the 2020 base model AWD Hyundai Santa Fe after almost a year to the newer upgraded model Hyundai Santa Fe AWD turbo but same year. I had no issues running through snow or rain Normally I would run 35 to 40mph max in snow with a 2WD vehicle, but the this htrac AWD SUV I ran through snow at higher speeds like 60 and 65mph Through snow......and hand excellen👍🏽👍🏽

Awesome work Driving Sports TV! Have you guys thought about doing a topical review of the available music streaming platforms and discussing which sounds best to you? Feel like many are not well advised and just settle for Spotify.

You can set the mobile projection width in the settings.

Kia Telluride AWD snow and off road test please!!

50K for a Palisade, no thanks... There are better options out there for 50k. Great review btw

Through rainy days on saturated wet roads i am able to make suddenly lane changes while traveling around others without loosing control The vehicle handles like a magnet on wet roads which gives you more control even while traveling around curves through rain. I can accelerate in rain from a dead stop aggressively but the vehicle doesn’t allow itself to spin wheels, but it just punches ahead That’s Hyundai’s Htrac AWD system👍🏽👍🏽

Slush with all season tires is a nightmare.

Can you review the new ford explorer please

I wonder how a Tesla Y would do on your snow testing.

Quality and reliability wise which out of Palisade and CX9 you feel more confident to recommend based on your personal experience? Thank You.