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TOP losers: Accent down a record 59%! Sonata down 13% Elantra down 30%! "September sales totaled 33,384, down 13 percent compared with September 2005 due to limited availability of all-new Accents and Elantras. Plant slowdowns this summer in Korea and strong worldwide demand for these vehicles contributed to this situation." Suuure. Because people are just waiting in line at Hyundai dealerships, salivating for an Accent sticked at $16.7K. Right. Fit, Versa, Rabbit, New Sentra anyone? http://www.hyundainews.com/Corporate_News/Sales_Releases/10_03_2006_1806.asp Once again confirming that consumers don't want to buy the "new" Accent, an overpriced, poorly constructed vehicle. Throw in $3K in rebates and people will consider the Accent. Not surprising though from a company that can't spell it's own cars ("Sontata")
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Replying to: germancarfan1 (Oct 11, 2006 12:00 pm) Here's a note from the press release that may explain the lower sales numbers for Accents (and Elantras): September sales totaled 33,384, down 13 percent compared with September 2005 due to limited availability of all-new Accents and Elantras. Plant slowdowns this summer in Korea and strong worldwide demand for these vehicles contributed to this situation. The low availability of these cars was confirmed by a dealer I talked with recently. |
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Replying to: germancarfan1 (Oct 11, 2006 12:00 pm) Mind you this is the second or third monthly loss YOY for Hyundai during the past few years...geesh!! And by the way, Hyundai Accent GS & SE are hot, especially. Most dealers are selling every allocation they receive, in very short time, I should mention... |
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Replying to: joe97 (Oct 11, 2006 6:42 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Oct 11, 2006 7:39 pm) Good luck |
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Replying to: backy (Oct 11, 2006 7:39 pm)
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Replying to: micweb (Nov 13, 2006 12:19 pm) |
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I just visited a local dealer to check out the Accent and Elantra - I actually drove to the very rear of the dealership so I could scope out the cars undisturbed. Naturally, the typical glad-handling, grinning salesman hunted me down and tried to sell me a car. I think he lied to me, too: I understand the Accent is just plain not available with cruise. The smarmy salesman insisted the Accent WAS available with cruise. I dug in my heels a bit and, towards the end of the exchange, with a bit of exasperation, the salesman suggested that "... adding cruise to a 2007 Accent is not difficult." So - did Hyundai finally add cruise for the US market? If not, can one add cruise to an Accent via aftermarket addition? If one does add cruise, will it void any Hyundai warranties? 
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Well, if you needed another reason not to buy the Accent, here it is: Awful IIHS scores. It's pretty much a death trap. Side impact: POOR Rear impact: POOR Front impact: Acceptable The Accent is the only small car tested, aside from the Aveo, that didn't receive a good frontal test. In addition, both the Yaris and Fit received good side impact scores (and good frontal impact). These scores pretty much solidify what many have suspected all along, exploding airbags won't make up from a poorly constructed body. Measures taken from the dummy indicate that rib fractures and/or internal organ injuries plus a fracture of the pelvis would be likely in a crash of this severity. In addition, loading to the shoulder was excessive. Yikes!
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Replying to: germancarfan1 (May 30, 2006 2:56 am) If Hyundai doesn't address this issue aggressively, it will definitely hurt sales since there are other small cars out there available with standard SABs that did much better in the IIHS tests. The fact that the IIHS released the results tells me Hyundai doesn't plan to do anything in the near future, otherwise it's typical for the IIHS to hold up publishing the results before the manufacturer has made some modifications and requested a re-test.
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