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Re: 2009 Elantra Touring [joe97]
by backy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Aug 09, 2007 (9:05 pm)
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Re: This must be the new Elantra Touring [jaxs1]
by backy
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Aug 10, 2007 (6:00 am)
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Replying to: jaxs1 (Aug 09, 2007 9:05 pm)
Actually, it's probably not the Touring. The Touring is most likely the 5-door Elantra wagon that was announced several weeks ago. The most telltale sign that the Touring is the wagon is in the window behind the C pillar--the shape of that window in the artist's sketch is like that on the wagon, not like that of the hatchback in the photos you shared.
Also I doubt we'll get all the features shown in those photos, e.g. auto climate control.
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Re: Actually it(I-30) is....[backy]
by musado
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Aug 11, 2007 (6:16 am)
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Replying to: backy (Aug 10, 2007 6:00 am)
It is called I-30 in Korea. The name sounds like an interstate name, and that's probably why they just named it Elantra touring. Hyundai has officially announced that it will sell I30 in US as Elantra Touring. The touring is designed, developed and produced in Europe. I heard that it drives much like Volkswagen Golf and other european hatchbacks. I-30(the touring) and its sibling Kia Ceed are selling well in Europe, I heard. The touring should be pretty good.
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