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#170 of 624 Re: 2006 Hyundai Accent Pricing Released! [delta4] by backy

Dec 12, 2005 (7:27 pm)

Replying to: delta4 (Dec 12, 2005 7:00 pm)
I think Honda has a very good shot at competing price-wise with the Accent, with their Fit. It will have comparable safety equipment to the Accent (standard side curtains and ABS) and a much more versatile interior. The Versa is supposed to start around $12k, like the Accent, but is said to be a roomier car and also has the 5-door configuration. As for the Yaris, the sedan looks like a big improvement over the ECHO, but pricing and equipment remains to be seen.
 
Of course Hyundai can heap on the incentives, but why do that? Why not just put a compelling price on the car?

#171 of 624 Re: 2006 Hyundai Accent Pricing Released! [backy] by delta4

Dec 12, 2005 (8:40 pm)

Replying to: backy (Dec 12, 2005 7:27 pm)
Of course Hyundai can heap on the incentives, but why do that? Why not just put a compelling price on the car? backy
 
The price is very competitive and in keeping with Hyundai's new strategy and re-positioning of the brand. Your point about the Honda FIT being good competition for the Accent rings true but I believe the Accent will be the market leader based on the level of equipment compared to what will be in the FIT especially if they plan on keeping close to that $12,000 base price.
 
Also if sales demand do not approach projected levels expect Honda to prop up the FIT just as it has with the Civic who's sales were pumped up by their cut-rate loans.

#172 of 624 Re: 2006 Hyundai Accent Pricing Released! [backy] by allfiredup

Dec 12, 2005 (8:57 pm)

Replying to: backy (Dec 12, 2005 3:27 pm)
The bad news is that the Accent equipped the way I'd want it, with automatic, PS, and mats, will be about $15,400 MSRP. Since an Elantra GLS with ABS, moonroof, and mats is only $16,275, and with the Elantra likely to have larger rebates in its last year before the new design, the Elantra looks like a better deal for me. A lot will depend on how the Accent does in the IIHS crash tests. The pricing also provides room for the likes of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota to compete closely with Hyundai on price in this segment--and that IMO is not a game that Hyundai can win yet.
 
Actually backy, on CarsDirect, the '06 Elantra GLS with all that good stuff can be had for $14,440. That's a helluva deal.
 
It's intersting how close the Accent is getting to the Elantra price and the Rio is getting so close to the Spectra price. Obviously, they're getting ready to move the Elantra and Spectra up a half-notch or so, but until they do their current iterations are GREAT values.
 
I doubt that'll hurt Accent sales at all, though. It's still a lot of car for the money. I also don't see Hyundai getting sticker price for them. A 5-speed manual version with the PS package stickers for $14,495 and I'm sure it could be had in the high $13s. Sure beats an Aveo.

#173 of 624 Re: 2006 Hyundai Accent Pricing Released! [allfiredup] by backy

Dec 12, 2005 (9:45 pm)

Replying to: allfiredup (Dec 12, 2005 8:57 pm)
Yes, it's better than an Aveo but at least the Aveo offers a 5-door version--wish the Accent had that.
 
A lot of the Accent's value proposition for me hinges on how well the car does in crash tests. That is really the only major weak area for me for the Elantra and a few other competitors. If the new Accent does well there, I would pay the price even if it costs a little more than a similarly-equipped Elantra. If it doesn't... it's a decision between an old design like the Elantra (but cheap) or a new design that is more crashworthy, hopefully the Fit and maybe the Versa and Yaris also. Or move upmarket to a Civic or Sonata (pending IIHS tests on the Sonata).

#174 of 624 Accent vs. Versa vs. Fit vs. Yaris (Jeebus!) by snakey

Dec 13, 2005 (3:08 am)

Ok, so the Nissan Versa is first on my list, but if I want cruise control with it (a MUST if available) I would have to opt for the high end package (I would get the 5 Door) and if then I wanted an auto (must upgrade to auto to ease woes of city driving) then I would have no option except the CVT, which is great but drives the price up. Basically, if I wanted all the options the Accent has on the Versa I would end up creeping close to the 20k mark; note that I would get a lot MORE options on the Versa, such as smart card etc. but I don't necessarily want those added just to get ABS.
 
The fit doesn't seem to have much info about it but current speculation puts the BHP at around 95-100 with a 1.5 L, and even though the Accent only has a few more ponies, they make a big difference when an engine is paltry on the ponies to begin with.
 
The Yaris....don't even get me started. Outside styling (read: rear end) is bubley and awkward and the center console/instrument cluster/HVAC controls, well let's just say I like looking forward to see my speed and I don't know why Toyota didn't opt to spend the extra couple hundred dollars and make a left and right hand drive with left and right hand inst. clusters instead of making it a "uni-continental" car. Plus the price point for the brand, the less than fabulous warranty (compared to Hyundai) and the not so peppy engines found in lower displacement Toyotas (from my own experience, not from fact).
 
So leaves me with few cars in my price range that are competetive with the 2006 Accent. I do wish that I could order cruise with the Accent (speculated to not be available) so that's a bummer. I am actually thinking that the Elantra may be the better buy in summer 06 because of the "get outta here, we have new toys a-comin'" sales to liquidate for the new generation, which I have heard may be powered by the new World Engine from GEMA, developed by Hyundai, DCX and Mitsubishi (heard from a friend of a friend of a friend who grooms the dog who lives with the flatmate of a girl I met on the subway).

#175 of 624 Re: Accent vs. Versa vs. Fit vs. Yaris (Jeebus!) [snakey] by alpha01

Dec 13, 2005 (10:48 am)

Replying to: snakey (Dec 13, 2005 3:08 am)
"The fit doesn't seem to have much info about it but current speculation puts the BHP at around 95-100 with a 1.5 L, and even though the Accent only has a few more ponies, they make a big difference when an engine is paltry on the ponies to begin with. "
 
Also, granted the test is dated, and new competitors exist (most notably, the Civic and 3), but for a "lower-displacement" Toyota, the Corolla was the quickest in a Ten vehicle C/D comparo of 2003 models in Nov 02. (That includes the current Elantra, and likely the Spectra givent the shared powertrain).
 
It probably doesnt matter much to you, but in my experience Honda vehicles with similar power ratings to those vehicles from competing manufacturers have always felt stronger to me, through the seat of the pants. Honda typically does a great job with power and efficiency as well, something that can't be said of the Accent's 1.6L- its fuel efficiency is bested by the new Civic's 1.8L, for example, which puts out 30 more horses. (And the Civic's power ratings are SAE certified, not sure about the Accents).
 
A loaded manual Accent at $14,495(MSRP) seems like a smart buy, I just think its much uglier (cartoonish in that ECHO type way) than its relative Rio.
 
~alpha

#176 of 624 Re: Accent vs. Versa vs. Fit vs. Yaris (Jeebus!) [alpha01] by backy

Dec 13, 2005 (1:02 pm)

Replying to: alpha01 (Dec 13, 2005 10:48 am)
It's beyond me how you can even think of comparing the smooth lines of the new Accent to the ECHO's. There isn't anything remotely similar. Well, ok, they both have four doors and wheels.

#177 of 624 Re: Accent vs. Versa vs. Fit vs. Yaris (Jeebus!) [backy] by alpha01

Dec 13, 2005 (2:11 pm)

Replying to: backy (Dec 13, 2005 1:02 pm)
The new Accent, due to its nose, tail, and general shape, looks to me as though 100 clowns should climb out of it, just as the ECHO did, and very much unlike how the Rio doesnt.
 
~alpha

#178 of 624 Re: Accent vs. Versa vs. Fit vs. Yaris (Jeebus!) [alpha01] by backy

Dec 13, 2005 (2:24 pm)

Replying to: alpha01 (Dec 13, 2005 2:11 pm)
Yes, the Accent is quite roomy for its size, isn't it?

#179 of 624 Not that I don't like Toyota but... by snakey

Dec 13, 2005 (2:53 pm)

Alpha, the basic point of my post is that if you are looking for a car that can stay under 17K with all the amenities of the Accent then you are almost out of luck. Honda does produce good engines, I love my fiance's 87 civic, it feels like it scoots up a lot faster than my 98 sentra, but part of it is because of a stiffer suspension so there is less rear end squat on acceleration and nose dive on brake, and the fact that Honda is great with keeping their small cars light and you sit considerably lower to the ground in the civic.
 
As far as Toyota I have been test driving Corollas every year since 2000 and while they may be rated for more HP or test to be quicker, they lumber along compared to the Civic. The handling is muddy and the braking is never as good.
 
I like Honda and Toyota (with the exception of the ECHO and the Yaris) but you can't get the same comparable options from them for what you load up the Accent with, not to mention you don't get the 10/100k waranty that tags along with the Accent.
 
Finally for styling, the only portion of the Accent that is ECHO-like remotely is the back end, which I am not too fond of, but being that I don't ever folow me while I drive I don't much mind. Also consider that I drive that 98 sentra with that disgusting rear as is. The Rio has better body lines but you can't get it without those retarded non-color keyed side moldings. Those remind me of non-color keyed bumpers you get with older econo-boxes, the kind that turn gray after 5 years in the sun.
 
So once again, through economic restraint and personal opinion of stlye and want for creature comforts I am confortably arrived again at the Accent. It's not that I wouldn't like a new Civic but I can't afford 21K to get one with the options I would like, nor can I get the Versa how I would like with all my requested options under the 20K, nor the Dodge Caliber (build-a-caliber site is up at dodge.com). I CAN however get everything I want (sans cruise) for under 17K with the Accent.

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