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Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size?

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Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size? by backy
Oct 22, 2006 (7:34 pm)
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The 2007 Hyundai Elantra is rated by the EPA as a mid-sized sedan, based on interior volume. It actually has more interior room than some of the standards of the mid-sized class, e.g. the Accord EX and the Mazda6. So... is it a compact car or a mid-sized car? If you are looking for a mid-sized four-cylinder car, would you consider the Elantra?
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Re: Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size? [backy] by cs1992
Oct 28, 2006 (8:14 am)
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Replying to: backy (Oct 22, 2006 7:34 pm)

This is a good question. While researching the new compacts, these specifications truly stick out. It will be interesting to see first hand just how large the interior of this vehicle is (compared to the Sentra/Corolla/Civic/3/Focus).
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Re: Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size? [cs1992] by moparbad
Oct 28, 2006 (12:11 pm)
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Replying to: cs1992 (Oct 28, 2006 8:14 am)

EPA rates it as a midsize.
It is a midsize.
You could say it is a compact, you would be incorrect.
Elantra is a midsize.
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Re: Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size? [moparbad] by backy
Oct 28, 2006 (12:21 pm)
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Replying to: moparbad (Oct 28, 2006 12:11 pm)

By interior room, Elantra is mid-sized. By exterior dimensions, it's a compact. Hyundai actually markets it as a compact, based on their ads touting "most interior room in its class." If its "class" were mid-sized sedans, it wouldn't have the most interior room in that class. So the class Hyundai is aiming the Elantra at is the compact sedan class, e.g. the Corollas, Civics, Foci, and Cobalts of the world. That's smart I think because the Elantra has a huge (no pun intended) advantage in that class in interior room, and compared to most cars in the class in safety features. Moving up to the mid-sized class, the only advantages the Elantra has are price and fuel economy. It's literally out-classed by other mid-sizers in power, room (by most cars in the class), comfort, and safety features.
 
Still, I think it will attract many buyers who might have been looking at a low-end mid-sized sedan but realize the Elantra has enough room, at a much lower price.
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Re: Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size? [backy] by tsgeisel
Oct 30, 2006 (12:19 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Oct 28, 2006 12:21 pm)

Also, it already has the Sonata as its entry in the midsize class, and they don't want to compete against themselves.
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Re: Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size? [tsgeisel] by bfyerxa
Nov 05, 2006 (1:50 pm)
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Replying to: tsgeisel (Oct 30, 2006 12:19 pm)

Also, it already has the Sonata as its entry in the midsize class, and they don't want to compete against themselves.
 
Actually, as of 06 the Sonata is now classified as a large car by the EPA. This "upsizing" seems to be a Hyundai strategy to provide something different.
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Re: Hyundai Elantra 2007: Compact or Mid-size? [bfyerxa] by tsgeisel
Nov 06, 2006 (12:37 pm)
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Replying to: bfyerxa (Nov 05, 2006 1:50 pm)

Well, yes, but it's being marketed as a mid-size. The Azera, presumably, is being marketed as their large car.
 
And, yes, it's deliberate upsizing, and I fully support that.
 
Now if only they'd come out with a convertable - but that's a completely different forum...

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