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some negative things and some positive - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Dan Johnson - August 12 - 5:26 pmAfter owning this car for two months, here are the things Im pleased with: great interior and exterior styling. Quiet smooth engine, good power (until you have to climb a hill) loads of features, incredible rebates to bring down the price, love the heated seats! Negatives: bucket seats are extremely hard and uncomfortable, leather steering wheel is very slippery, new car smell is too intense (plastic smell), sunroof sits back too far, cant see the sky unless you tilt your head back, volume knob and up/down volume controls on wheel r slow to respond, very quiet in general but some tire noise gets into the cabin at highway speeds.
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Extremely Impressive for a "Compact Economy Car" - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Wikoli (Victor) - March 29 - 3:46 amTraded a 2014 Sonata SE with sport and tech packages, which was a great car, no problems for a 2017 Elantra Limited with Tech and Ultimate packages. This is a totally new Elantra from the 2016 and I think Hyundai hit a home run. Had our choice of blue/black or red/beige. The blue was a March 2016 man date with 95 miles and looked abused and demoed poorly with sluggish acceleration. The red/beige was a July 2016 man date with 8 miles and demoed great with spirited acceleration and looked beautiful, and was very clean and still had new car smell. So we went for the red. Very impressed with the quietness for such a small car (aircraft grade chassis adhesives.). Very impressive for a "compact economy car". First tank was 36 MPG. Great nav and entertainment on the sharp 8" display. Incredible Infinity audio system, best since our 2007 Nissan Rockford Fosgate. No CD, so well have to transfer our music. Beautiful interior with dash setup same as new Sonata. They separated the climate control display and outside temp display from the LCD, good move. Got the Continental tires instead of the Korean ones, dont know, but Im assuming theyre better. Drawbacks are steering is a little compact-ish, just a little stiff and pulls slightly side to side on uneven roads curvy roads. Also, the suspension, which is actually pretty firm, but it will waddle a little on the road and in parking lots with sudden direction changes. These are my only complaints, which are minor. And Im comparing it to the Sonata with the sport package the drove like it was on rails. And the Elantra of course is more comfortable and quiet. Quality, fit and finish is impressive. Only exception was the RR door which is sticking out very very slightly on the latch side. The 1.6L engine runs great and has decent power, and has multi-point fuel injection, which is much preferable over direct injection (the 2.4 GDI Theta II direct injection on the Sonata has a recall on it). The 6 speed auto is extremely smooth. New exterior styling beautiful, toned down a bit and more European. Excellent nav, audio, interior (obviously some hard plastics), beautiful leather seats, blind spot monitoring, lane departure, adaptive cruise, auto dimming RV mirror with homelink, heated F&R seats, power drivers seat with 2 memory settings, rear view camera, sunroof, auto opening trunk, what can I say? After $6500 in rebates and discounts, its like a mini luxury car for 21.5 K. Perfect for my five foot wife. Did immediately install a K&N air filter which gives you a couple of extra horse on the 4-banger. Heres hoping no serious recalls on the engine or anything else. These new cars are so high tech you never know.
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head and shoulders above my 2015 Lancer - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Tattoo Vampire - March 7 - 7:11 pmI absolutely love this car. Ive had two Elantras and a Sonata in the past but nothing more recent than 2011. This vehicle outclasses them all, as well as the Lancer I bought in 2015 for about the same price as I paid for this great car.
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Elantra Limited - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Chris Kachiroubas - December 22 - 6:48 pmI have been driving my Elantra Limited since July 2017 and I must say I am impressed. This car has the ultimate package with auto stop, lane sensor warnings, 17 inch tires, interactive cruse control and blind spot radar. The gas mileage is fantastic! I get between 33.5 mpg and 39 mpg. I once drove 50 miles at 65 MPH (cruse control) and got 47.1 mpg!
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Bought this car and they erred in pricing, =) - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By RedneckSavant - October 29 - 12:28 amThe Hyundai dealership realized there error and sold it to me for the lower price anyway. Its a great car and we absolutely love it. I got 40.4 MPG on the way home at 5MPH under the speed limit. The only thing I dont like is that the android auto app requires a USB connect and doesnt work over blutooth. (The kids blew out my HDMI ports by hot swapping cables on the 72" TV so I worry about these things now.)
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Big Car Like Ride and Quietness - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Paul Cherubini - October 3 - 6:07 pmI travel alot and rent cars alot and I was truely amazed by ride comfort and quietness of this 2017 Elantra. On Portland, Oregons coarse and inherently noisy freeway road surfaces the ride was remarkably free of excessive road noise and vibration - definately better than any other midsize car I have driven (Corolla, Sentra, Focus, etc). The front seats were larger and better padded than any of those other cars too. And the front seats felt roomier (Im 62" and 250 lbs and did not feel cramped). The instrumental was more complete (gauge type tachometer, engine temp, fuel level). The engine is so well insulated against noise that its barely audible when accelerating moderately around town. The car was easy to control at freeway speeds even during 30-45 mph crosswinds. The suspension soaks up sharp road bumps well without the uncomfortable stiffness of most new cars nowadays. I used to think the Toyota Corolla was the most comfortable and refined Asian midsize car, but the 2017 Elantra has clearly surpassed it - and by a long shot.
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High value car - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Bin - August 13 - 2:05 pm -
Superb Vehicle - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Nicholas Rodriguez - April 25 - 2:31 am -
What a difference 30 years makes - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By singledad - April 19 - 9:27 pmIn 1986 Hyundai introduced the Excel. It was cheap. It came with automatic transmission, air conditioning and a radio. Basic transportation for $5k. They were made in Korea and I had to wait weeks to get one. What a piece of junk. That car almost put an end to Hyundai in the US. We take for granted reliable cars today but Hyundai was a junk car and that stigma lasts to this day. No more. First my personal opinion. I dont like Korean cars. They are disposable transportation appliances. As they age they become unreliable. So my daughter wants a new car. After learning on a beater. So we shop. I advised her that this is the kind of car you lease. Its a transportation appliance. So she leases this one and I have to say its a nice car. Roomy and good on gas. Power everything. Quiet ride and engine. The radio connects to her iphone easily and it sounds good. It includes oil changes and washes too, A good deal. Now time will tell if it holds up to a 20 year olds hard driving.
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Windshield - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Ben - April 13 - 1:24 pmOur Elantra is 5 weeks old. It was parked outside a friends house for 3 hours. Virtually no traffic and no trees overhead. The temperature was about 86 degrees. When my wife returned to the car there was a 12 inch crack in the windshield. No evidence at all that it was caused by an object, no star or chip, just the crack. My theory is heat caused the crack, something I have never seen before. Is the windshield defective? That is my conclusion.
