Comments on: 2008 Hyundai Elantra on sale in Malaysia

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:38:52 +0000

fat korean ? and German babe ? bro., how many fat koreans have you seen? there are barely any fat people in Korea? plus, how many gorgeous, hot girls have you seen from Germany?? Europeans are tend to be big size and most of the women have thicker skin than asians..

Are you even for real?

By: lez

lez — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:15:44 +0000

Owned this car almost 2 month….good NVH, FC about 13km/l on highway

By: steven

steven — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:17:52 +0000

Last time, korean car is not so popular, so the second value is lower….
but on this time, they quality is better than japanese car now.
just malaysia people still think like korean car dont have second value.
and…pls think the other way……toyota have many problem now. same like hondah….so what is the meaning of second value….?

By: bentong

bentong — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:17:22 +0000

where did i find a skirting 4 my new elantra(area jb)

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:36:05 +0000

For your information, this car is currently the top selling model in Singapore ahead of Toyota and Honda. So we don't need to argue anymore, because all these guys already did their study before they bought it. One day Hyundai will replace Honda as previously Toyota replace GM and Ford. Talking of second-hand value, we buy new car for transportation and comfort. It is non-sense for people to think of selling their car even before the buy it. Then my advice is don't buy it, invest your money in property or stock market instead.

When more and more people realize the value of this car, the second-hand value of it will definitely climb. In US this car was warranted for 10 years, any other car manufacturer can provide this?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:10:01 +0000

Choosing between Altis and Civic, finally I bought this car. Until now I have no regret owning it. Korean cars nowadays already exceeded the superiority of Japanese cars. We need to get rid of our old mindset in order to progress. Wake-up everybody, go out and try new things.

By: Foryoutosee

Foryoutosee — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:54:16 +0000

Very funny for some of the comment, how can the eletronic stuff can be compared with the car? Not even logic at all, and this is not apple to apple comparison my friend. Unless Samsung does produces the car then this must be another story.

It is very doubt on how Malaysian judge on the car and some of them even tell us that the concept of Malaysian buy the car is different with Singaporean. Please, if you not a Malaysian please don't say that because you make people look down on Malaysian. As we know a lot of Malaysian are not profession enough to analysis something and all they are based on the rumors. That's why Malaysia still cannot become modern country.

Well, Hyundai improve better and better nowadays. However , it need time to wash out the image among of Malaysia's consumer and win again the confident over the market. Next time we will see Hyundai Malaysia has similar good sale with Singapore.

By: Mr Elantra2009

Mr Elantra2009 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:53:48 +0000

all them is out of dated or something…they tot buy korean car is 4 resale again..so damm..buy tis car is 4 ur used is not 4 sale around 1-5yrs..if rich not need 2 discuss it n buy de new 1 lar…HyunDai…..NICE

By: nalsorr

nalsorr — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:23:05 +0000

I agree with GrandMarquis. Second hand value is a serius matter especially for those who are not so loaded. I have a Hyundai Accent (2005) and am thinking of selling it for a new City. But have to cancel that idea since the trade in value is so low that I have to top up another 15K just to cover the settle the loan. One other matter is that for Hyundai cars, I am quite scepticle about the FC. Though the new Elantra looks nice but the FC is my concern. Anyway I did went to the Hyundai showroom to take a closer look at the Elantra. Start the engine…it was ‘sikit kasar’. Even the anttenna behind is manual.

By: nikolo98

nikolo98 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:03:27 +0000

Proportions on the outside looks pretty alright in my opinion. The interior though, I’d have to give a no-no. I like the simplicity of the dash-board but something about the cluster right beneath the radio just does not sit well with me. That particular part looks cheap. However, at 91k I think its a good deal although I have to agree the mileage shouldn’t be used as a selling point. I’ll bet they did the mileage test at the “optimum fuel consumption speed” which is at around 55mph/90kmh.

4-speed tranny, a little disappointing there. But that’s just me.

By: dzat46

dzat46 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:05:50 +0000

Guess, history does repeat itself…still remember during early eighties/late 70′s….every body say Japanese car are bad…Honda/toyota/datsun(now nissan ..) are call tin milo car…if accident & paint came off u can see the milo brand…hahahaha…all Jap car will condemn after few years compare to conti..last time most ppl drive conti..ie ford/opel/volvo/alfas (gud time be4 existance of P1 & auto protection)……see now where the japs are???

Now, history seem to repeat itself wt Korean car…now already shows improvement……Wait & see in 10 yrs time..

Now, starting to appear..craps chinese car…wait again in 15 yrs…definately will improve…

BUT what happen to P1….after 20 yrs…………everybdy knows ler

By: tanos

tanos — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:59:01 +0000

Oh yeah, Paul, how about doing us a review on this new car…..

By: tanos

tanos — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:57:24 +0000

I donâ€™t really care about 2nd hand value, BUT how about spare parts? Is it easy to find in any local spare parts shops? Maybe in KL is easy, how about in other states such as Johor etc? Please donâ€™t tell me cheap spare parts only available in JBâ€¦â€¦

By: GrandMarquis

GrandMarquis — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:24:02 +0000

For many people, the second hand value is never an issue. But wait until one unlucky day you may get ripped off by the second hand value. I buy and sell car quite often, so its a serious matter to me.

I bought a City in 2004 and sold it in 2005 due to oversea attachment. I lost about 10k. If I bought an Elantra (which I almost bought it) I could have lost 30K. Upon my return from oversea, I bought my Elantra (of 1.5 year old) for 57K. The ex-owner of the Elantra lost 30K (consider him lucky. If he sold to second hand dealer, he might lose more). After receiving the amount from me, he ended up having to pay the bank additional of 14K.

Ask those who have bought korean or continental cars. They are stuck with the car for 5-6 years because if the sell the car before that, they will end up having to top up 10-20k to the bank due to their low second-hand-valued car.

By: xenith

xenith — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:34:32 +0000

Reminds me of Altis

By: ctawyong

ctawyong — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:49:09 +0000

in near future, kia and hyundai will make a big impact into the market!!!! i saw few concept done by them and they start to coorperate with the european on engineer and design of the car!!!! korean brand will make it to the top with honda and toyota very soon!!! the japanese starting to get lazy because they think they already achieve the best!!! the korean working hour now is the longest compare to japanese now!!!
and about the 2nd hand value, its not because the car its sucks!!its because someone control the price and sales of the korean car so that some local car maker can survive!! imagine if the korean 2nd value very high then how???……!!!and the audi, alfa romeo, citroen car sucks because the 2nd value so low!!!! reasonable?

By: king

king — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:22:26 +0000

actually ppl that think of depreaciation only is very shallow minded. there are so many other costs involved in a car such as maintenance, Interest rates, fuel consumption.

the new korean models FC is indeed amazing. ppl still like to talk crap about the past. I won’ t go into details. No need to waste much time educating such ppl.

By: king

king — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:08:07 +0000

ppl that say cars that have no second hand value are junk( worst statement i’ve heard in my life); these ppl have no knowledge on cars at all. no money then don’t buy car. go buy a 10 year old second hand honda or toyota if you want second hand value.

By: NiceCar

NiceCar — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:11:26 +0000

azolkipl, totally agree with u..

another thing, why currently ppl too care about the second hand price since most of them plan to sell their car after few years? and then buy a new car??
the car seem no more as transportation but as a shirt for them.. isit healthy??

By: GrandMarquis

GrandMarquis — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:49:12 +0000

I have personally owned the previous Elantra. What I have to say is that it is one of the most superb car that really give you the value of money. The only thing is that never buy a new elantra. Why do I say that? The reason is because of the resale value. Believe me or not, a 1 year old elantra is worth 60K, which is 30k lesser than the new one. So if you can be patient, wait for a year and half you can well save big buck on this great car. I bought my elantra of 1.5 year old at 57k. The car is as good as new.

About the new elantra, I am not so sure yet. But it looks smaller than the previous one. It is very popular in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) as cab.

By: azolkipl

azolkipl — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:09:25 +0000

In other words, you should considering putting down a car for their past efforts. The older generation KIA and Hyundai were obvious mediocre budget cars because Hyundai purposely wanted to make them budget cars. That’s why dulu2 masa you kerja dekat KIA punya workshop, all the cars were crap. If you actually were to stay and continue working with KIA or Hyundai, and probably work in their assembly lines, you would notice that they are significantly more improved as they renew their models. As far as I know, they didn’t spend 20 years building the same dodgy car. They took the chance to learn from their mistakes. And now, in this generation of Elantra, they’ve made a cheaper C-segment car that shares many qualities as their much more expensive rivals. This includes, VW Jetta, Skoda Octavia, Renault Megane, Citroen C4, Peugeot 307, Honda Civic, Toyota Altis, Nissan Altima, Mitsubishi Lancer, Proton Waja, Ford Focus, & Mazda 3. These are all examples of c-segment cars around the same class as a Hyundai Elantra (there are probably some more). Have you driven all of them and can safely say that the Elantra sucks? Even car magazines all over the world haven’t driven them all in one go. But they all agree that Korean cars are improving. I take their word, because they get to drive them both for test drives and long-term test. We don’t have that luxury. We just get to prattle that Korean cars suck because my made in Korea TV/Radio/microwave/fridge broke when I abused it, and they look uglier than Japanese.

By: azolkipl

azolkipl — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:52:31 +0000

obviously Malaysian care little about the global market of automobiles. In USA and Europe, both KIA and Hyundai have remarkably improved their quality and styling of cars in a very short time span. There was a time about 40-50 years ago where people scoffed at Japanese cars for being inferior to European cars as well. Guess what, with a very steep learning curve, and very strong discipline, Toyota is the 2nd largest automaker in the world. Guess what else? Hyundai is one of the fastest growing automaker in the world. Given time, they will also improve their line of products, and will rival other big car manufacturers, like GM, Toyota and VAG. Malaysia, in the end is a smaller market to cater to compared to the likes of bigger markets like China and India. We speak like we know the world. But, what we know is only our small little country. Please remember, Hyundai and Proton came into the scene hardly much2 later than the rest, but Hyundai now is already a global brand name. Proton, people still think it’s a subparticle in an atom.

By: IsaacVky

IsaacVky — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:22:05 +0000

sxe10r said,

January 24, 2008 @ 10:46 pm

That’s a CBU unit Sonata NF.
Not the current CKD version.
Which means, I bought years ago.

By: sxe10r

sxe10r — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:46:23 +0000

IsaacVky said,
January 24, 2008 @ 4:52 pm

sxe10r said,

January 24, 2008 @ 9:56 am

Thatâ€™s why I told the fellows in Paultan.org here that if you had bad experiences with Kia Spectra Sephia etc etc, try to look at their latest models. I think they give you the best run for your money.
I donâ€™t know whatâ€™s the minimum down payment required to own a Korea car but I paid 40k down payment for Sonata NF 2.4L with 6 airbags

u really paid 40k downpayment to buy sonata ?? y don’t u try the mitsubishi lancer , civic or Lexus IS250 ??

By: nmh

nmh — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:30:29 +0000

Just put a Saturn badge (or whatever american crap brand) and sell it in the states

By: szw

szw — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:22:00 +0000

now its 2.0 ?

By: IsaacVky

IsaacVky — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:52:06 +0000

sxe10r said,

January 24, 2008 @ 9:56 am

That’s why I told the fellows in Paultan.org here that if you had bad experiences with Kia Spectra Sephia etc etc, try to look at their latest models. I think they give you the best run for your money.
I don’t know what’s the minimum down payment required to own a Korea car but I paid 40k down payment for Sonata NF 2.4L with 6 airbags.

By: tommy73

tommy73 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:33:45 +0000

Resale value is irrelevant. What is releavnt is the total costs of ownership which is depreciation plus running cost. Depreciation is normally calculated by yearly % of initial capital costs. The higher the capital cost i.e. selling price, the higher the deprecition. For example 12% depreciation of 110k initial costs is 13.2k, while 15% of 90k is 13.5k. Running cost is basically fuel+road tax+insurance+maintenance. My estimate is Elantra 2.0 and Altis 1.8 has roughly the same total cost of owner over say 6-7 years. But Altis is 20k more expensive to begin with. Now, if costs is the same, then the deciding factors will be value, which are what matter to you most – Look, comfort, practicality, performance, safety and after sales service including maintenance. I already have my verdict.

By: harry potter

harry potter — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:10:34 +0000

after 4 year no resale value maa

By: KF

KF — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:52:32 +0000

RM91000+ for a 2.0 CVVT engine is quite a bargain in my opinion. Hyundais are getting better at designing cars I must say…just take a looks at the Azera….The shape of the new Elantra looks elegant and proportionate…