Vehicle
Kia Cadenza
The Opirus's replacement and Kia's K7 at home — a front-drive full-size saloon on the same running gear as the Hyundai Grandeur of its year, which is again where the deeper documentation is. Both generations are direct-injection Lambda and Theta cars, so the carbon build-up on intake valves that port injection never produced is a live question here and presents as a rough cold start or a lean bank rather than as anything a fuel-trim reading alone explains. The hybrid and LPi variants are Korean-market and share little of the North American car's fuel and emissions hardware.
Generations
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VG 2009–2016
Sold in North America from 2014. Six-speed automatic throughout.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Hyundai Y6
- Engines
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- 2.4 Theta II GDi — G4KJ · petrol
- 3.0 Lambda II GDi V6 — G6DG · petrol
- 3.3 Lambda II GDi V6 — G6DH · petrol · 218 kW (293 hp)
- 2.4 LPi — LPG bi-fuel · Korea
- 2.7 V6 — petrol
- 3.5 V6 — petrol · 213 kW (286 hp) · 338 Nm (249 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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YG 2016–2021
Eight-speed automatic and a 2019 facelift with new infotainment. Discontinued in the United States after 2020.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Hyundai N3
- Engines
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- 2.4 Theta II GDi — G4KJ · petrol · 140 kW (188 hp) · 241 Nm (178 lb-ft)
- 3.3 Lambda II GDi V6 — G6DH · petrol · 216 kW (290 hp) · 343 Nm (253 lb-ft)
- 2.4 II hybrid — THETA · hybrid · Korea
- 3.0 LPi V6 — LPG bi-fuel · 173 kW (232 hp) · 280 Nm (207 lb-ft) · Korea
- 2.2 CRDi — D4HB · diesel · 149 kW (200 hp) · 441 Nm (325 lb-ft) · Korea and Middle East
- 3.5 V6 — petrol · 213 kW (286 hp) · 338 Nm (249 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 8-speed automatic · 6-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Service information
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