Hyundai Elantra 2018: the interior is not worth the money and not convincing enough on the road
Similar to Tucson or I10, when it comes to popular car models, you will rarely hear the name Hyundai Elantra. The reason is because Hyundai does not participate in the association of Vietnamese car manufacturers Varma. There was a friend of mine who used a relatively luxurious term to describe Elantra in the past.
He said: "It looks like a supercar." In addition, there have been many requests from our followers, making me very eager to do a review of the Hyundai Elantra 2.0 here. With 660 million dong, whether the 2.0 Hyundai Elantra version is attractive enough, is it worth the money? Let's explore together now.
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Before getting into the specifics of the Hyundai Elantra, I want you to take a closer look at the car one more time. At the same time, let's compare with previous designs of this very model. Hyundai Elantra in the C-segment is probably the most drastically changed model in recent years. Especially in the sixth generation launched in 2016.
This is a plus point of Hyundai Elantra when standing next to rival models such as Mazda 3 or Kia Cerato. Personally, I probably don't have too many words to describe the Hyundai Elantra because it was launched in 2016. You must be very familiar with it. But for me, I really like the fake air vent design here, it gives this car a very sporty look, a lot of emotion.
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In addition, I also want to commend Hyundai for equipping this model with a distance sensor in the front. And this part of the sensor has been localized to only emit warnings at low speeds, then at close distances. With the current traffic conditions in Vietnam, if the distance is too far, this will be a troublesome point. But for me, the Elantra did a great job of warning the distance ahead.
In terms of overall dimensions, the Hyundai Elantra, Mazda 3 and Kia Cerato are not much different, both in terms of 3 lengths, width and height. Then even the 2700 mm wheelbase is a common number. However, thanks to the slightly larger width, the Hyundai Elantra seems to have a more senior appearance than the Mazda 3.
In the past 10 years, all automakers except Toyota have moved their potential users from the C-segment to young people. Looking at the tail design of Elantra, you can clearly see this.
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The raised ledge here, on this part of the trunk, creates the image of a rear spoiler, which blends in with the overall design of the car. And if you see the design of the Hyundai Elantra from the rear ¾ corner, then this model has an exterior that is quite similar to a 4-door cup. Yes and the taillights of the Hyundai Elantra, I believe it is also worthy of our praise of 30 seconds, because the design of this taillight is designed with 3 small light clusters inside, it is very modern. and fussy.
This is a detail that I believe Elantra owners will be quite proud of when standing next to a rival model. Looking at Kia Cerato or Mazda 3, the led taillights of those two models are also very beautiful. But I believe it is impossible to be sophisticated and attractive with Elantra's taillights here.
Yes, the trunk door of the Hyundai Elantra is also a smart trunk door. Is when we stand next to the trunk door like this for about 3 seconds, it will automatically open. Unfortunately, this trunk is still just a trunk. Therefore we still need to use our hands to lift. Then when you close it, you have to use your hands like this too. And when I opened the trunk, I was quite shocked with the simplicity of the inside of the trunk here. I even thought it was my friend who took the trunk apart to fix something and forgot to put it back in.
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But no, that's the basic design of the Elantra, it's very simple. Whether the Hyundai Elantra 2.0 is really as sporty as the appearance that the Korean automaker emphasizes or not. We will find out in the following section. And now, as tradition, let's explore the interior of this 660 million dong car, what's interesting.
I also adjusted the chair to fit my sitting position. And in this position, the top of the curve extending from the dashboard here to the end of the car is the wiper part in front. Although I have already adjusted the seat to the maximum height, however, my vision in the front is also quite limited, in exchange, we have a relatively comfortable head space and feel. feel good when you step inside the car.
The interior is like many other Hyundai models, it feels quite cheap to me. The piano black or metallic silver accents here should have been more elaborate to remove the all-plastic feeling. But in fact, Hyundai does not do so. A lot of areas are still hard plastic, only a few like here for example or the side of the door sill here will be soft plastic, the rest are all hard plastic. And it makes this car not feel expensive.
I have also commended Hyundai for the design on the outside, with the front sensor being localized, suitable for traffic conditions in Vietnam. However, Koreans probably don't know the phrase "heavily weighted objects" when they let the Elantra 2.0 have a car costing 660 million VND with an inferior interior like this.
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And I would like to share one more thing that the owner of this car himself, he is not satisfied at all with the interior color. This interior color is called the shrimp paste color by the owner of this car, it is quite luxurious and not beautiful at all. The dashboard design here, Hyundai has also been quite observant when adjusting it so that it is slightly towards the driver.
I appreciate this, but you can see that with my height of 1m 74, when I have adjusted the driver's seat to fit my posture, it is difficult to reach, to touch. This part of the touch screen, if you want to adjust, you will have to lean up a bit like this, which is quite inconvenient.
And you know when we reach up like this, the distance between the airbag and our face is already less than 40 cm, which is quite dangerous. What makes me feel most dissatisfied in the Elantra's interior is not that the interior is all plastic, it's the seat drying button here. To me it's a waste in terms of customer experience
Instead of bringing a detail that is quite redundant in a tropical country like Vietnam, Hyundai should have brought up a certain detail that is more luxurious and convenient. For example, the handbrake here can be converted into an electronic handbrake. While making this video review of this Hyundai Elantra 2.0, we are sure that some of you will ask why not evaluate the 1.6 Turbo version. The answer for you lies in the next 3s.
The Hyundai Elantra has a Sport mode and this Sport mode is really sporty. It is very different from the Normal mode of this model. Switching to Sport mode, I personally was quite surprised with how this 2.0 machine reacted. The accelerator pedal becomes a lot more sensitive and it seems that the car is pumped with more horsepower. Even when switching to Sport mode, I believe it will be quite difficult for those who are new to the Elantra to really master the throttle control.
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Deep gas pedals like this, for example, can pull the car away very quickly and make it easy for the people sitting next to us to fall backwards. Sport mode not only offers a more responsive throttle, but the way the transmission responds is also more jerky. The gearbox regularly shifts gears at about 3000 rpm, it will make your gas pedals always give a jerky feeling and easily bring a feeling of hangover to those sitting in the car.
And of course, shifting gears at large revs will make the car much more noisy. Then the gas pedal phase if you are not really drastic to let the gearbox jump to the next gear. Releasing the accelerator at about 3000 rpm will cause the occupants to be rushed forward like this. Perhaps the Sport mode should only be applied when you are the only person in the car. For the rest, I believe that the people sitting in the car will not be comfortable when sitting with you and operating in Sport mode.
Does the Sport mode of the Hyundai Elantra 2.0 bring the same sporty feeling as the 1.6 Turbo version? I may not be able to answer this question right away. However, for me personally, a young driver, what Sport mode brings is relatively exciting and somewhat satisfies my driving passion. And when operating the car in this Sport mode, the Elantra also quickly revealed a drawback that the sound insulation between the engine compartment and the cabin is not really good. Keeping the car running evenly at a speed range such as 40 km / h for example, it will cause the rpm to be held at 2000 rpm. And the noisy engine, it echoes will make the people sitting in the car feel uncomfortable.
In addition, when the engine rpm reaches 3000, the vibrations have also passed into the car clearly. You can easily feel it through the accelerator pedal or when stepping on the floor like this. If any of you are watching the clip and were hoping we'd bring in adjectives like sports or excitement, I'm about to disappoint you. Because the Hyundai Elantra has another weak point, a huge weakness if you want to operate the car in a sporty way. This can be considered as one of the biggest weaknesses of Elantra.
Electric power steering and it's too light too vague. When you operate the car only at about 60 km / h, on the surface of the road is not very nice, it has lanes for trucks to go next to make the road become rough, the vague feeling is inevitable. Even at 60 km/h you hold the steering wheel like this and you won't be able to tell if the car is going straight or going left or right. Everything is very vague.
And still on bad roads like I just listed, at speeds from 80 km / h for example, light steering strokes like this do not have much impact on the direction of movement of the car, you will not know. I'm really creating a change of direction. Well anyway, the Hyundai Elantra is just a popular car and I will still have to use the very familiar expression. That is, we cannot ask for more in a popular C-class car like the Hyundai Elantra.
After operating the car in Sport mode, perhaps we will still have to bring the car back to a familiar environment that is the urban environment, to see what weaknesses in an urban environment the Hyundai Elantra has. or not. Back to Lang Hoa Lac road, I have to say that the suspension system of Hyundai Elantra is really great guys, very smooth. But on the condition that we bring this model to our country in 10 or 20 years when the construction quality of our country has been much better, then the road surface will no longer have ridges and waves. As for the current quality of Lang Hoa Lac road, I have to say that the suspension of the Hyundai Elantra is too bouncy.
If you're feeling down on your Hyundai Elantra, I'll reassure you right now, it's that the Elantra's floating state doesn't create a quick motion sickness, but it does make me feel all the time. there's something insecurity, an insecurity about lack of control, with the way the tires tread the road, the way we move or reverse lanes on the highway.
The current speed that I am maintaining is 80 km/h. And at this speed maintained evenly, the rpm is only at 1500 or 1700 rpm. The number is quite small and it minimizes vibrations that pass into the car. This is a plus point of the Hyundai Elantra. And perhaps I have used too many negative words to describe this model of Hyundai. But if I don't continue to talk about the disadvantages of Elantra anymore, perhaps I will lose a core value of Pet. That is authentication. We always aim to bring you the most authentic and accurate assessment of how cars perform.
Hyundai Elantra is equipped with 2.0 engine with 153.8 horsepower. I note here that the unit of measurement is horsepower, not PS as the number published on the Hyundai website. At the same time, this model is not published dry weight, so I do not know what the horsepower-to-weight ratio of this car is. But the actual performance of the Hyundai Elantra on the highway it is not as I expected. From 60 km / h, this car has no more power. The kicks to overtake the car, the kicks to accelerate it are no longer as agile as when we operate in the street anymore.
The engine is yes, has roared to more than about 4000 rpm, 4500 and 5000. At these thresholds, when you drive the car continuously it will bring fatigue quickly. Because the noise is too loud. Yes, reaching the threshold of 100 km / h, now the Hyundai Elantra is already very noisy. And especially I don't understand if this is an isolated error, but I also seem to feel a little wind sound on this part of the sunroof. If you are looking for a rebellious or sporty machine, then perhaps the Hyundai Elantra is not the choice for you.
End of evaluation of Hyundai Elantra on long road, urban road. I still want to bring you the review too. From the point of view of knowing that the Hyundai Elantra has a lot of video reviews already. But with an orientation that we always aim to be objective and honest, we believe that the following reviews will have certain value to those who watch our videos.