Hyundai Elantra 4 doors for 2007 Sedan

Hyundai in American

The new Hyundai Elantra made his debut in Russia last fall at the Moscow Motor Show, but the sales of sedans began recently in December. The main qualitative change that occurred in a car with the last change of generation is due to the fact that the previous model was created with an aim for Europe, and the current one for America. Well, besides, the hatchback was present in the lineup, whose replacements have not yet been prepared.
About four years ago, conducting a test drive of the then Elantra, I was struck by her interior on the spot. On the front panel it was possible to count four different shades of green backlight. This annoyed his eyes and made the impression of an extremely cheap car, which the owner independently stuffed electronics for hours and other similar devices. Since then, Hyundai has noticeably advanced and, due to the aggressive pricing policy, has conquered a significant part of the American market. The new Elantra with a 2.0-liter engine costs in the United States from $ 13,395, a version with an automatic machine is more expensive for exactly 1000. A trip to the New World, where the requirements for cars are similar to Korean, led to the characteristic development of Hyundai engineering and design thought.
The new Elantra is made in a bio -design that visually increases the machine and makes it more solid than it really is. That's just the front bumper, which is located almost at the same level with a radiator grille, seemed kutsy. The complex form of headlights a la Volkswagen, an oval radiator grille and a wavy lateral line with powerful roundings around the front and rear wheel arches found their continuation in the interior. The convex central console in the Subaru Tribeca SUBARU SUV is divided into two functional blocks: an audio system and climate control, and powerful tides on the doors create a feeling of massive of the machine. But there are still three separate displays on the central console: a watch, a radio and a climate, to read the readings of which is inconvenient due to purple backlight: you have to strain your eyes. The instrument panel shines with four different colors and is more like a New Year tree, and not an element of the machine here for an incomprehensible reason, purple, white, red and green colors are collected. Although all the information is read quite easily, which is helped by large numbers and large scales.
The speedometer is optimistic up to 220 km/h, although the declared maximum speed of the sedan is only 183 km/h. The engine of a modest volume of 1.6 liters is forced up to 122 hp. Without preparation, it is even difficult to recall more powerful atmospheric motors of a similar volume, except that the legendary Honda VTEC motor, which gives out 160 horses. In fact, in combination with a 4-speed automatic, Elantra turned out to be not too Shustro in the city, she is able to compete only with domestic frets and golf-class models with similar motors.
On the highway, a limited selection of gears and a modest working volume are even more affected, although if you do not try to arrange races and be neat with sharp overtaking, the sedan is gradually able to accelerate to 180 km/h along the speedometer.
The last Elantra test was also remembered by the fact that in snowfall the car was shod in regular summer tires, and the handling turned out to be too straightforward. At the entrance to any turn, the hand mechanically reached out to the handbrake to at least somehow overcome insufficient rotation. The new Elantra ended up on the eminent French tires Michelin X-rei North and demonstrated excellent obedience to the sedan famously rolled into the coolest turns. If you overdo it at speed, then Elantra slides out the turn, but before that it makes every effort to fit into the turn. In this machine, you can enjoy driving, the benefit of its controllability is not spoiled by an abundance of electronic collars (our machine in maximum configuration for $ 22,290 is equipped only by ABS, and the ESP stabilization system and anti-testing are available only to a 2.0-liter version). The only thing that is missing for complete driver's happiness is an informative steering with a shorter gear ratio. Make more than three waves from the stop to the stop for the modern car.
On direct roads, which mainly prevail in America, Hyundai flies like an arrow. The streamlined body is not afraid of gusts of the lateral wind, and the chassis, even installed on relatively wide values \u200b\u200bof the dimension of 205/55 R16, easily cope with the rut. The thoughtful streamlines of the machine is also expressed in almost the complete absence of aerodynamic noise. But then the engine and tires sing on fame. It is difficult to identify which of them soloes, but together they create a noble cacophony to increase the voice or increase the volume of the radio, it is necessary to examine the surroundings after 150 km/h, and after 150 km/h, and to communicate with each other only in case of emergency. Perhaps that is why the recommended average speed is from 100 to 120 km/h. In this mode, in the cabin, the engine works with a minimum fuel consumption (about 7.5 liters per hundred), and the steering wheel can be held with one hand, enjoying a beautiful landscape and family idyll.
In the center of the rear seat in the children's chair, a child may conveniently sit, and on the sides of him a reclining grandparents. Elantra will probably remind them of the good old Volga. In a spacious trunk, you can easily place a snowflow and a lot of bags. Its disadvantages include only a narrow opening and the absence of a handle on the inside. And one more thing: just like the Volga, Hyundai is almost impossible to use for the transportation of long -termers. Yes, the backs of the rear seat fold in parts, but the floor is obtained with a large hump, and the opening has small sizes. So for the transportation of skis or snowboarding, you will have to buy a trunk on the roof in any case.
People, as a rule, chose the previous Endra with their heads, not their hearts. Alas, the new Elantra could not advance in this direction, or maybe even took a step back, because the appetites of dealers have seriously increased. After all, the tested version is estimated at 22,290 cu (at the rate of 26.90 rubles for 1 cu), and this is exactly 600 thousand rubles.
If a large family car for suburban voyages is required, then it is better to opt for the Taganrog Sonata. For the same money (596,700 rubles), it is offered with a more powerful 133-horsepower 2.0-liter engine and has a significantly more spacious interior and a similar set of options. As for outdated design, the new Elantra is also far from the ideal
When choosing a family car for the city and not frequent distant voyages, it is better to pay attention to compactwaps, say, Hyundai Matrix. With compact external dimensions, it has a more convenient and spacious interior, also with extensive transformation capabilities. In addition, even paired with a 1.8 -liter engine (123 hp) and it costs cheaper (19,490 cu or 524 thousand rubles), and the design from Pininfirina is still very attractive.
The basic price of Hyundai Elantra in 17 790 cu does not particularly attract, which, despite the solid list of options (air conditioning, electric glass, ABS, a pair of airbags and heating seats), more than many Japanese golf class sedans, and they, to to In the word, Hyundai does not lose so much in size of the cabin. Top Elantra with a 2.0-liter engine with a capacity of 143 hp and automatically is estimated at 24 890 cu
 
Text: Leonid Pavlov. Photo by the author.
 
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Good handling
Spacious salon
 
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Mediocre dynamics
Price
 
   
 

The price of the tested car is 599 601 rubles.

Complete the test of the tested car
ABS
EBD
electric power steering
immobilizer
driver and front passenger airbag
central locking
adjustment of the front seats in the longitudinal direction and in the back of the back
stacked in the proportion of 6: 4 back of the rear seat
iSOFIX children's seat mounts
headrest adjustable in height
broadcasting belts
central lighting of the salon
glove
pockets in the front and rear doors
cup holders and a container for the little things between the front seats
mirrors in anti -linen visors with backlighting
driving Left Rest
electric drive of the trunk of trunk
black mirrors with mechanical adjustment
digital Watch
air ducts for rear passengers
adjustable intermittent windows mode
front and rear disc brake mechanisms
spare wheel - DOCACE
climate control
cabin filter
regulation of head lighting
heating of the rear window
noise insulation of the hood
trunk and lighting
bumper in the color of the body
black doors
black side moldings
blocking of unlocking the rear doors
an ashtray with backlight
lighting cigarette lights
the rear fog lights
backbone antenna
additional stop signal
spray -haired ones
external mirrors in the color of the body + electric drive and heating
adjustable tilt and a steering column.
adjusting by the height of the driver's seat
heating the front seats
oblast
point lighting lamps
electric windows per+ass.
Trip computer
central armrest
Side airbags
inflatable safety curtains
active head restraints
radio with 6 speakers + steering wheel control
leather upholstery of the steering wheel
Fog lights
cast discs 16
rubber 205/55R16
remote opening of the Central Executive Committee
Automatic transmission
Specifications

Body
Body type 4-door sedan
The number of places 5
Trunk volume, l 402
Equipped mass, kg 1156
Full mass, kg 1680
Length, mm 4505
Width, mm 1775
Height, mm 1480
Wheel base, mm 2650
Road clearance, mm 160
Engine
Type gasoline
Front location, transversely
Location and number of cylinders R4
Working volume, cm 1591
Cylinder diameter/piston stroke, mm 77/85.4
The degree of compression is 10.5
The number of valves per cylinder 4
Maximum power, L.S./rpm 122/6200
Maximum torque, Nm/rpm 153/4200
Transmission
Gearbox 4-speed, automatic
Front drive
MCPHERSON front suspension, with a reptile stability stabilizer
The rear suspension is multi -link, with a reptile stabilizer
Front brakes disk, ventilated
The rear brakes are disk
Tires 215/50R17
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 183
Acceleration time 0-100 km/h, from 10
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
mixed cycle 7.25
Fuel tank capacity, l 53
Fuel AI-95 gasoline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A source: Carclub.ru