Long-term test cars

Our second report on the status of our “CSI: Car Smell Investigation, 2020 Hyundai Palisade Edition” is far and away our most popular article of the past week.

The Hyundai Palisade’s Harman Kardon audio system Harman comes with a claimed 630 watts of amplifier power and 12 speakers.

When we last left off, our Palisade was awaiting the dealership’s response to the decidedly not-new-car smell.

We tested Hyundai Blue Link, which lets you communicate with your car and control certain features from your smartphone, computer or virtual assistant, on our 2020 Palisade.

There’s an occasional wretched smell coming from the beige interior of our 2020 Hyundai Palisade Limited that might just be the interior itself.

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One thing we wanted to know more about our 2020 Palisade was how well its safety and driver-assist features work in everyday driving.

We drove the 2020 Palisade and 2020 Highlander back-to-back, then judged them on 18 categories, including acceleration, ride quality, interior quality and roominess.

Our full rundown on what’s changed for the 2020 Mazda CX-5 took the No. 1 spot this week’s list of most popular stories.

Our Palisade has seating for seven, which means even a full house guarantees at least five channels apiece if you divvy it up evenly.