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Hyundai Elantra is like a shrunken Sonata - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Al Piskorski - December 19 - 12:49 pmThe Elantra is a great basic compact automobile. I think it looks and performs better than other makes in this class. Rides quietly, handles well, very good gas mileage, comfortable and controls are laid out well.
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Awesome experience - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By hadis - November 20 - 7:48 amSo far Im in love with my new car, its so convenient and has the recent technology that I was looking for.
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A catchy title! - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By El De - September 27 - 7:39 pmWe love our Elantra.
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My Fourth Elantra - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Chelle - July 15 - 3:40 amIve owned my car for a little over three months and this is my fourth leased Elantra (2011, 2012, 2013 GT and now this one). We also own a 2014 Sonata. The first thing (besides the body style) that I am impressed with over the 2011 & 2012 is the ride and handling of the car. I was a big fan of the 2011/2012 body style, but hated that the back end would "jump" over any little bump, despite different sets of tires. The 2017 is wonderful and feels much closer to the Sonata . I wish the Sport mode was set at the steering level like the GT and that it had a separate "ECO" button. Instead, I keep this one in ECO for gas mileage rather than Sport which handles better. My biggest complaint is with the storage (or lack thereof). The earlier versions, especially the GT, had massive amounts of storage with a deep closed middle compartment and wide areas along the bottom of the doors. The design of the new one is difficult - there is one little area which slants downward and is located behind the shifter and under the heating/ac controls. A USB and aux are smashed between two charging ports and every single time I try to put a cord in, I end up hitting the AC button or the defrost button. The large middle storage area is now only a few inches deep and doesnt hold much of anything; the side door pockets are almost worthless because you cant get your hand down into them to get anything out. Im also having some trouble with the App screen where it freezes up for indefinite amounts of time (I have not yet taken it back to the dealer since I only have a little over 2K miles on it). The only way I can change the station is to use the up/down button on the steering wheel. My only other complaint is the heating system - it takes about 30 minutes to get warm and the air comes out of the defroster regardless of what I have selected. This makes wearing contacts impossible because it blows right in my eyes. Now that Ive complained, let me say that my favorite feature is the notifications in the mirrors when a car is in my blind-spot or gets beside me. This is such a fantastic feature & should be standard in every car. Oops, I have one more small "whine" and thats the backup camera. In the GT, it was covered so I could always see out of it AND it was easy to read and accurate. The backup camera in this car needs wiped off daily, if it rains its useless, and the accuracy is so bad that I cant depend on it. Let me add that I am not one who uses the cameras to backup, but rather as a guide. The outer "blue box" indicating that the car is straight can be misleading as well. I will say its nice to finally get a new Elantra and not have to replace the tires within the first few thousand miles which I had to do on the others. Im very grateful that there are not low profile tires on this model. So while I love this car and overall its a fantastic value for the money, I would go back to my fully loaded GT if they could load it up without the low profile tires. What I wouldnt do for the panoramic sunroof again vs the little bitty sunroof I now have which, for some reason, even though its closed, the display in the car will sometimes beep and show me that its open. I feel I should also add that the little quirks are personal things for me and I would still recommend this car to everyone. Heres hoping for an awesome three years with it....
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Perfect! - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By dean cromwell - May 17 - 8:43 pmPurchased 7-16, 18000 miles to date. This sedan is considered rather base transportation, but it certainly is more than the price perception. Build quality is excellent, fit, finish is all could ask for, its not a Lexus... Performance is good, engine revs willingly, auto auto trans is terrific, and gets the most of the modest HP, Gas mileage is amazing! In town mileage is 34-35, mixed 38-40, trips/only fwy 44-47. Have taken 3 long vacation trips, lots of hilly passes, 47 MPG was the norm, fully loaded. Trans again offers three modes, all increasing response, eco, normal, sport. I use eco 95% of the time, plenty of power... I really like the body style, not too space ship, the style will endure for me.
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Great price for what you get! - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Gage - February 1 - 4:15 pmIt may not be the biggest but Im 64 and bigger kind of guy but I fit in it comfortably. As far as behind me goes not to bad nothing lounge like but good enough. For the price of the value edition you cant beat it. Drives great looks great. Havent been in it to long but so far so good
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Out of the ball park - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Doug - December 10 - 12:39 amJust traded a 7 month old 2016 SE for the new 2017 Limited. So many nice safety and other features standard. Much quieter and solid feeling, love the drive mode for the steering/transmission. Cant rate the reliability due to the newness of the car, but based on my other 2 Elantras, it should be a home run also.
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Fun Elantra Sport Turbo - 2017 Hyundai Elantra
By Greg D. - October 26 - 12:33 pmThis car is awesome. It looks beautiful, runs great and handles really well. With the high strength steel and added glue along with the Turbo and rear wheel independent suspension with much better dampening I think it is the best car Hyundai currently makes. Im getting about 30 mpg on three tanks of regular. Its pretty quick but not as fast as the 2014 Sonata Turbo I returned on lease. But its body structure is a lot quieter and stiffer than the Sonata. It handles well in the corners and felt really composed during a heavy rain storm. The Tech package is worth the money and I am enjoying the Sunroof and nice sounding stereo, though I do turn it off every once in awhile because the car sounds so good.
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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.
