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2009 Hyundai Elantra

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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [joe97] by backy
Aug 08, 2007 (3:12 pm)
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Replying to: joe97 (Aug 08, 2007 12:28 pm)

Cool! The standard ESC and sport suspension/steering are welcome. Looks like a worthy successor to the Elantra GT. If the cost is reasonable and IIHS side crash results are good, it could very well be my next car (and my daughter's future car).
 
Note that the press release avoids the term "wagon" and the rendering does look more streamlined than the wagon that was announced earlier. I'm wondering if HMA has changed direction and will import the 5-door hatchback instead of the 5-door wagon?
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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [backy] by joe97
Aug 08, 2007 (5:35 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Aug 08, 2007 3:12 pm)

Ditto. This looks very promising!! In addition to the array of standard safety features, I'm glad to hear usb, aux, and xm as well.
 
I am intrigued to see the actual thing. I have some telling me this maybe different than the i30 in Europe (so it may not just be replacing the i30 badge and simply slapping it with Elantra Touring). As I said in my previous post, the sketch looks different than the i30 (more sporty). Of course, it is a sketch, we shall see...
 
By the way, I am glad HMA is keeping Elantra in the name.
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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [joe97] by backy
Aug 08, 2007 (7:23 pm)
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Replying to: joe97 (Aug 08, 2007 5:35 pm)

I kind of wish they had kept the Elantra GT moniker, but I suppose "Touring" is more appropriate since there is no upgrade in power. I thought maybe Hyundai would give the U.S. a GT variant of the Elantra with this generation, maybe with the 2.4L engine from the Sonata or Hyundai's version of the 2.0L engine already in use by Chrysler, with more power than the Beta II engine. But it looks like that won't happen, at least not right away.
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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [joe97] by jaxs1
Aug 08, 2007 (9:21 pm)
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Replying to: joe97 (Aug 08, 2007 12:28 pm)

Expect a rebadged Kia C'eed.
 

 
It should look nice.
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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [joe97] by backy
Aug 09, 2007 (5:10 am)
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Replying to: joe97 (Aug 08, 2007 12:28 pm)

The vehicle will be the first compact five-door with standard Electronic Stability Control.
 
Maybe some hyperbole on HMA's part. How about the xB? Unless Hyundai is excluding it from "5-door compact five-doors."
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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [backy] by jaxs1
Aug 09, 2007 (5:38 am)
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Replying to: backy (Aug 09, 2007 5:10 am)

Isn't the new xB larger than "compact" now?
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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [jaxs1] by backy
Aug 09, 2007 (5:51 am)
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Replying to: jaxs1 (Aug 09, 2007 5:38 am)

So is the Elantra when it comes down to it, by interior volume. I doubt the xB is much longer than the Elantra Touring. Marketeers categorize things as best suits them.
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jaxs1... by iluvmysephia1
Aug 09, 2007 (3:13 pm)
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Replying to: jaxs1 (Aug 08, 2007 9:21 pm)

I was thinking of the Kia C'eed as I viewed the pictures of the Hyundai Elantra Touring. I wonder if the new Kia C'eed will have the ever-so-important ESC feature that so many are having thrombo's over these days?
 
BTW-if you couldn't tell I don't see the intense need for ECS. My '08 Lancer GTS doesn't have it, although it is stock full of seveal other safety features, including whiplash-control headrests and side curtain airbags and side airbags. I even have a driver's knee airbag(as my trade-in, a '01 Kia Sportage 4X4 also had!). One of those features that, if just the right angle of collision occurred, would treat you right, eh?
 
Both of these rigs looks promising and if my Lancer GTS wasn't so new and I put more miles on it, I would take a look at each of them.
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This must be the new Elantra Touring by jaxs1
Aug 09, 2007 (9:05 pm)
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