2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China - Jalopnik Comments

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

bmoredlj — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:02:30 EDT

The front and rear ends are a minor improvement, but what is with that character line dipping in the middle of the profile? That's just wrong. Makes the whole car look droopy.

bmoredlj

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

Nayrlladnar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:26:25 EDT

It looks like a pug-nosed Avalon in the front to me. I kind of like it.

Nayrlladnar

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

can_am25 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:22:28 EDT

what is the acura model that you all think this emulates?

can_am25

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

Deartháir and his eight little drained beers — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:26:48 EDT

OH BOY! A NEW ELA--

Yeah no, no matter how hard I try, I just can't give two shits about this. In fact, even bothering to cover this car makes me suspect that Jalopnik has just been sold in Korea. "You'd never know it, would you? I think we've hidden it rather well. HELLO, you industrious little fellows!"

Deartháir and his eight little drained beers

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

Mixtronic — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:00:36 EDT

looks like a simple facelift. But, the generation before this is cute, if not nauseatingly girly. The update is more sporty. I really like this Corolla. I mean Elantra.

Mixtronic

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

superbmtsub — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:01:36 EDT

Looks like the Jetta from the rear. Acura from the front. The badge and the silver spokes sticking out is Subaru. The complete package is Hyundai. So many cars for the price of 1. I would be super-PO'd if I was Acura right now.

superbmtsub

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

ranwhenparked — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:48:43 EDT

You know, when boats sag in the middle like that, it usually means a broken keel.

Wonder what it means on a South Korean compact?

ranwhenparked

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

BMRFILE — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:45:45 EDT

@damnElantra: Maybe on econoboxes. But then again, almost all econoboxes at some point will start rattling. My neighbor's Sonata is 8 years old and has about 100k, still running strong and smooth.

BMRFILE

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

abgwin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:44:02 EDT

a second gen Elantra was my first "real" car after college when I was poor but needed something more dependable than my 69 Beetle. Boy, was I wrong. It was a nice little wagon but the engine speed sensor blew out every year like clockwork. Sure they fixed it for free, but it really got tiresome.

abgwin

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

damnelantra™ — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:28:17 EDT

eh. BMRFILE just wait till you hit the magic 6o k and every thing plastic in the car starts to rattle like a mo fo

damnelantra™

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

goatrope — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:26:09 EDT

That certainly doesn't look like the interior of a $16K car! This has to give Ford and GM executives indigestion.

goatrope

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

rognbrow — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:50:00 EDT

seems to have borrowed Audi's current swoopy accent lines but I feel woozy

rognbrow

2009 Hyundai Elantra Sedan To Debut At Auto China

BMRFILE — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:42:29 EDT

The rearend is almost identical to a 3 series sedan. But I commend Hyundai for keep offering up good cars at great prices. If you can look beyond the lack of prestige, Hyundai is the value leader.

BMRFILE