It was discontinued in September 1992, after 122,074 had been built. It had 4-speed automatic transmission or 5-speed manual transmission. The Grandeur's taillight design was changed in 1989, and ABS first became available in 1991. It was also sold in Japan as the Mitsubishi Debonair V, but the demanding class was already absorbed by the Toyota Crown, Nissan Cedric/ Gloria, Mazda Luce, and Honda Legend, and the Debonair was not competitive in its home market. The Grandeur became Korea's best-selling large car by a considerable margin. Originally, only a four-cylinder 2,000 cc engine and manual transmission were offered, but later a 2,400 cc engine, a 3,000 cc V6 engine, and automatic transmission became available. It was the second FF layout model in Korea after Hyundai Excel. The design was done by Hyundai Motors, but the internal configuration was done by Mitsubishi. Official Olympic sponsor Hyundai Motor co-developed the Grandeur with Mitsubishi Motors of Japan, and launched it in July 1986, well in advance of the 1988 Summer Olympics. Because of its Mitsubishi basis and good quality, it became very popular in Korea.Īlso called " Gak (angular)-Grandeur", it succeeded the Hyundai-built Granada. As Hyundai was an official sponsor of 1988 Seoul Olympics, it used this opportunity to notify all the executives and important people about their new car, the Grandeur. Given the existing relationship of sharing technologies and innovations, Mitsubishi accepted Hyundai's request to share a platform, internal configuration, and most importantly, an engine. In the early eighties, Mitsubishi Motors also wanted to renew its aging Debonair model, which had not been substantially updated since its market launch in 1964. In the face of tough competition from Daewoo Motors' powerful brand, Hyundai abandoned this attempt and instead borrowed the platform, technology, and internal configuration from Mitsubishi Motors to create the first Hyundai Grandeur. The Daewoo Royale, however, was dominating the Granada in the market place, and Hyundai tried to enter the luxury car market with its own design. From October 1978, Hyundai's top offering in South Korea was a locally built Ford Granada Mark II. A V6 3.0 L engined model was launched in 1991 to better compete with the Daewoo Imperial.īackground 1986–1989 Grandeur, rear viewīefore the 1988 Seoul Olympics, most of the luxury car market of South Korea was held by Daewoo Motors and its Royale Series. Initially launched with Mitsubishi-sourced 2.0L SOHC MPI version of the engine used in the first generation Sonata, a 2.4 L SOHC MPI engine was added in 1987. there is a service bulletin on this.The first Grandeur was a rebadged Mitsubishi Debonair produced by Hyundai. dropped transmission to replace flexplate. after weeks of driving check engine light came on. Noise from engine compartment got louder. they say transaxle will have to be removed and will cost at least $1000 Noticed growling/rattling/grinding sound coming from engine compartment. Independant shop looked at same problem and swore it was strut mounts. No faith in dealer any more.ĬV joint had unpacked itself, slung all grease. Tranny was making a whining noise in 4th gear and shifting early into 4th going up hills, resulting in loss of power. Problem subsided and is no longer noticeable. It caused the car to have 1/4 of its usual power and could not be driven faster than 30 mph.įelt like rougher than normal shifting could not replicate. I don't know the exact name of the part that failed, but it was some sort of acceleration pedal "link" that was faulty from the factory (or so the tech said). Suspect bad connector or moistureĭrivers side cv joint needed replacement due to severe vibrations Once towed to shop, the mechanic was unable to replicate the problem. Transmission would not shift out of first gear. Replaced an internal part in the transmission (forgot the part name) that the dealer had only seen fail one time and that was on a brand new car.
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