Test Drive Hyundai Elantra Sedan since 2010 Sedan

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Product Facial
Hönde Elantra (she is Lantre, she is an Avanta) from 1990. The first generation of cars turned out to be a long-liver - Facelifting had to be waiting until 1999, but then a fresh jet scored the key, and in 2000 it was the second generation in the year, the Gamma of Motors was expanded.
The car is equipped with 1.6 gasoline engines; 1.8 and 2.0 liters 79, 97 and 104 kW (107, 132 and 141 liters. . True, the official dealers deliver to Russia only with a 1.6 liter engine.
The car is offered in five configurations. The simplest - with a five-speed manual gearbox, air conditioning and audio preparation - will cost $ 13,280. The rest, as is customary, for an additional fee: Climate control, ABS, heated seats and mirrors, full electric circuit. There are among the options of the radio tape recorder with six speakers, the cabin filter and the air control system, the leather power supply of the steering wheel and the knobs of the KP, fog lights. For auto-track, of course, offer an option with an automatic four-stage box. A fully packaged machine will pull about $ 15,500 in an option with mechanics and $ 16,500 with a machine gun. In our hands got a stood car with a manual box.

WHAT IS INSIDE?
By barely opening the driver's door, mark the first curious item. The leather finish besides the steering and handle of the gearbox is present on the handles of the front doors. Already when landing, the driver is given to understand: here he is glad. We use the invitation and close the door behind you.
Before you touch on the road, it is necessary to conveniently get a job in the workplace. This requires some time, first of all, because the driver's chair has five adjustments yes plus one more steering wheel. Adding one position of the steering wheel, we feel that the landing is still not ideal. We raise-lower the ram and again arrange on the seat. Xh, and nothing happened.
Conveniently sitting in the chair, took the mirrors. In our configuration, they are regulated by a servo. The mirrors themselves are not very large, but with bulging a little more than usual, which is especially unusual on the left side (we are accustomed that the right is convex, and the left is almost flat). In general, the visibility is good, except that the rear envelope makes the car not as much as I would like - a consequence of the zalisacy of the back of the car.
At the driver's seat, as, however, and to the right of it, the place is enough. There are even features that prompted very large people to look at the car. First, completely lowered down the seat leaves an impressive distance to the ceiling. At a specially trained mannequin, even the scale was not enough - it was necessary to substitute a line. Measured 111 cm from the pillow (under load). Secondly, the elantra with the mechanics of the gear lever will slightly move away to the right than usual, and this is an additional space for the right leg of a solid person.
By tradition, a few words about the rear seats. For passengers who will be here, not only the traditional ashtray is provided: there are also cup holders, and the descending armrest with a small box inside.

How rides?
We agree that the good rolling quality of the car is the harmony of the told, controllability, the kinematics of the suspension, the stiffness of the body and other things, other things. But let yourself formally divide the one and indivisible to three components: what is associated with the steering, with the suspension and the dynamic possibilities of the car.
It is not difficult to guess that the 1.6 L motor, sharpened under modern environmental norms, is unlikely to strike the driver with its capabilities: from the standpoint of the speakers it allows you to go or well, or normally. Elantra engine in this sense is somewhere in the middle. You can not say that there are no bottoms, but at the same time you will not emphasize what they are. It seems and the pickup is felt after 2500-3000 rpm, but not the most expressive. Character? Let's call it moderately energetic.
Suspension. Perhaps, in this car it can be called a typical Korean, but it's good information brought. Maybe not pinpoint handling at high speeds, but it does not occur and valkost - frequent companion of the Asian comfort. Moderate suspension moves, the average modern passenger standards of rigidity and very specific shocks. They are not Soviet - with Buhanov in the pits, but imposingly on the waves, and not German, works well at high speeds and comfortable only on a good road. Hyundai copes with pits medium sized and quite confidently holds the road at moderate speeds. If you drive slowly over large potholes riders shakes stronger than Moskvich or Samara, but weaker than the schoolmates from Audi or Volkswagen. On a large (over 120 km / h) speed, on the contrary, Elantra is not a dangerous rival for the Germans - it can claim leadership in tandem with our ten.
We got to the steering. There will be concise: our machines this would not prevent the wheel. A little more than three turns lock to lock - quite sensitive, but, moreover, absolutely not nervous. It allows you to quickly overtake the pit, but not annoying in the suburban highway. Of course, this is not the limit of perfection: for example, the accuracy of the perception of the driver's commands by modern standards, evaluate only four.

On the sidelines
Among those who often travels on everything that has wheels, stable representation has developed in relation to the Korean cars. By unconditional virtues always carry a low price. The disadvantages - lack of interesting character, very quiet (often with minor flaws), handling and the ability to always find fault with anything in the interior and ergonomics. But it must be noted that these machines from generation to generation are changing and for the better. And Elantra to a convincing example. Its interior features are not drawn modern Korean, but simply a modern car. Not satisfactory steering, suspension and, in general, handling. Speak falls more about the features and less on the shortcomings. Interesting character? Probably, and it will appear. And when that happens, a little have to make room as the grandees of the global automotive industry, and our producers wheeled vehicles. Interestingly, they are ready for it?

1. For the driver - the five seat adjustments.
2. For passengers - holders and glove box.
3. All actuators together.
4. ochechnik became commonplace in cars, compact class.
5. The trunk line with expectations.
6. The engine only one - 1,6 liters.

Hönde Elantra, 1.6 l, 16 cl., 79 kW
Length x Width x Height, mm 4495x1720x1420
Maximum speed, km / h 182
Acceleration 0-100 km / h, from 11.0
Fuel consumption 9.4 / 6.2 / 7.4
(city / highway / medium), l

Prices for spare parts and then, US dollars
Then 15 000 km 280
Then 30 000 km 330
Then 45 000 km 300
Pads Brake Front 50
Bolds brake rear 45
Timing belt + rollers + work 57 + 45 + 175
Front bumper 160.
Rear bumper 170.
Hood 200.
Front door 255.
Door rear 240.
Front wing 90.
Windshield Origin. / Neorigine. 270/220
Block-headara 170
Rear lamp 85.
Cost of normo hours of works 55
Warranty: for a car - 3 years or 100 thousand km; On the power unit - 5 years or 120 thousand km.
 
 


Text / Alexander Budkin
Photo / Alexander Batyr

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"