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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 1:56 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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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2006 7:33 am) The fact is, Hyundai would rather save money and equipp its cars with air bags aplenty, then actually spend the R&D and manufacuring costs to produce a safe structered car. Hyundai does have a ways to go.
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Replying to: germancarfan1 (Dec 19, 2006 7:39 am)
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2006 7:46 am) If I was Hyundai, I'd drop the Accent line completely. They don't sell well and all the model does is hurt the reputation of the other models that are decent.
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Replying to: germancarfan1 (Dec 19, 2006 7:50 am)  I've seen that opinion stated many times in Town Hall. Also, we don't know yet how Hyundai will respond to these results, or whether it's possible to improve them without major changes to the car.
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Replying to: germancarfan1 (May 30, 2006 1:56 am) Here they are. Not far off what German Car Employee reports . . . but not exactly fully truthful (as usual), either. http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=586 #560 of 565 Another nail in the Accent coffin: IIHS by germancarfan1 Dec 19, 2006 (6:46 am) 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
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Replying to: sonatabean (Dec 19, 2006 2:13 pm) http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=715 |
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Replying to: sonatabean (Dec 19, 2006 2:13 pm) "Death trap" is hyperbole of course, but worst-in-class on crash tests is not a good thing--especially for a car company that touts the safety of its cars at every opportunity.
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