High-dollar U.S. buyers waiting to be among the first to snatch up Hyundai's redesigned Equus luxury sedan have a longer wait than expected. The ship carrying the first 61 2014 Equus cars from South Korea lost engine power last week and was adrift.
As recently as Monday, the Korean-flagged Morning Spruce was shown in the North Pacific with a speed of 0 on the marinetraffic.com website. The ship is shown with 0 speed in the Okhotsk Sea the four days prior to that.
Hyundai confirms the delay, but says it's not worried about losing the cargo -- repairs at sea are common -- though it now must shuffle some marketing activities timed with the U.S. launch of the new Equus.
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