Hyundai Elantra - Touring edition.

[sciphi]

Here's a 2009 Elantra Touring and my fiancee's 2009 Fit Sport for comparison:

Touring:

Fit (ignore the Porsches in the background):

Comparing the Fit to my Buick height-wise:

I'd cross-shop the Touring and the Fit Sport, as both have similar missions.

 

[StevieC]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: StevieC
Yup, copied and pasted. Probably because they keep the rev's up in the automatic for performance mode and so the transmission isn't always down/up shifting for performance.

Quote:
4-speed Automatic Transmission with Overdrive - Highway 6.5L (26.2 MPG)



It's a typo. 6.5 l/100km = 36.2 MPG, not 26.2.



Sorry I googled all the MPG for the American guys on the board so that you could see the mileage in your terms and I must have put the wrong number into Google. oops!

Sorry about that!

 

[daves87rs]

I like it!

 

[opus1]

Originally Posted By: sayjac
Nice looking car. First car that came to mind was Saturn Vue 5 door
Saturn needs to bring the Euro turbo engine over to give it some zip. I prefer the 3 door.

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Saturn Astra.

Nice car, and I agree that the 3-door looks better. Roofline is terrible on the 3-door, though; I test-sat one and my head was brushing the headliner -- and the car didn't even have a sunroof.

As for the Hyundai, also a nice vehicle. Saw one on the lot about 6 weeks ago and if I was so-inclined, it would definitely be on my list. I can't afford any more additions to the fleet right now, though....

 

[crinkles]

I like it! and we get the 1.6L diesel down here. its called an i30 station wagon here though. if i were in the market, sure!

 

[Tosh]

I wonder what's going on with having 'A/C,' 'Max A/C,' and 'recirc' on three separate buttons...

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

Originally Posted By: Tosh
I wonder what's going on with having 'A/C,' 'Max A/C,' and 'recirc' on three separate buttons...


I have all of those on my car. If I put it on max a/c it blows cold air with the recirc on. I think the recirc button is for adjusting the temp for anything less than the coldest setting. Kind of redundant.

 

[Bill in Utah]

Recirc button is for closing out the "fresh air" from the outside no matter if the A/C is on or off.

Like when you stuck behind a idiot in a hopped up diesel truck.

I'm really liking Hyundai!

Glad since the choices of car/truck MFG have gone down since Jan 09....

The Touring is nice.

Bill

 

[eljefino]

Hyundai had an elantra wagon in the 90's but dropped it when they got their cute ute (santa fe?) presumably to force sales to the bigger/more profitable whatsis.

Others have done this: saturn dropped the s-series wagon when the L series and VUE were coming out.

At least the Kia Rio wagon filled the gap.

Good to see companies getting back in the small wagon/ hatch biz.

Looks kind of hard to see out the back of that Touring though. Might be a good place to not frame in the rear window with black paint so it looks "cool".