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Replying to: micweb (Dec 19, 2006 4:31 pm) It is a plus that the Accent has standard side bags and curtains. At least heads are protected well. The people sitting in front might get serious injuries, but at least their brains won't be scrambled. And it appears kids travelling in back would be fairly well protected also. So I'd rather drive an Accent with its side bags than a Yaris or Cobalt or (fill in name) without them, but with small cars like the Fit, Civic, and Rabbit available with standard side bags and ABS--and very good crash test scores--and the Versa with very good crash scores and at least the promise of ABS, I don't see any reason anymore to plunk my money down on an Accent. Especially since this is a car my daughter will be driving in a few years.
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2006 4:41 pm) The 2008 Focus, for example, will get standard side curtain airbags. Right now they have combo bags for the front occupants only. A ZX3 hatchback with standard side curtain airbags would be easy to shop for, at a big discount.
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Replying to: micweb (Dec 19, 2006 4:50 pm) Anyway, on the Accent, there are a lot of good choices and more coming. Assuming that the new Elantra scores well in the IIHS tests (not a given of course), it's price compared to a comparably-equipped Accent isn't that much more. If Hyundai decides to put a general rebate back on the Elantra, it will be hard to move those Accent sedans.
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2006 8:01 am) And believe it or not, many of these buyers don't put crash safety anywhere near the top of their requirements list. Here's what the NY Times article said: But dealers say their customers rarely are willing to pay more for side air bags or wait longer for a vehicle equipped with them. Brett Younger, general manager at Champion Toyota in Philadelphia, said most shoppers wanted a Yaris "as inexpensive as we can get it in an automatic." Parents buying the vehicle for a younger driver child often request side air bags, which have been in short supply in parts of the United States since the Yaris went on sale, Mr. Younger said, but other buyers see the $650 add-on as unnecessary. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/automobiles/19auto.html?ref=business?8dt&emc=d- - t
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2006 6:12 pm) Ever spent any time in a head-trauma unit? The kind where people will spend the rest of their days on a positive-pressure tracheal vent, drool off their chin, and no sense of anything-whatsoever-at-all? Good old coup-countercoup brain injuries will do that. Give me the airbags: I have no desire to have my brain popping around the inside of my head like Jiffy-pop in does the pan. |
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2006 5:08 pm) The question is, don't they need more than just the sedan? They are admittedly introducing a 2 door coupe, and that could potentially threaten the 3 door hatch, but I have a coupe now (Cobalt) and can assure you and every other reader out there that you can't beat a hatchback for versatility - it's a "mini wagon."
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Replying to: micweb (Dec 20, 2006 3:41 pm) |
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| The new Accent and Rio are dead to me! (and I really liked that stupid Accent 3-dr...) | |
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Replying to: mononeo (Mar 25, 2005 7:00 am) The car is getting between 30 and 31 MPG HWY. I would not complain too much there but 15 MPG CTY. We have performed Hyundai Service Center Oil/Filter Changes every 3 months and the 15/16 MPG CTY is just unacceptable. DO NOT BUY unless you like poor gas performance. my 2006 6 CYL Hyundai Tuscon AWD SUV has performed exactly the same in CTY driving since day 1. I wish we bought a Toyota, Nissan or Honda in this car class for day today CTY driving. |
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