Rumoured to arrive in the US later this year, here is the new Hyundai Elantra Sport, spied for the first time in Korea. Pictures of the upcoming Elantra Sport undergoing public road tests in its native country were uploaded on The Korean Car Blog — special thanks to reader Harris Er for pointing these out to us.
There isn’t a clear enough shot of the front end of the car, but it appears there are new air intakes on the side of the front bumper, a new set of headlight graphics and sportier wheels. At the rear, the tail lights appear to be updated too, with dual exhaust tips on the right side of the revised bumper, as well as an “Avante” designation which is the Korean market’s name for the car.
As previously reported, the Elantra Sport is expected to feature a 1.6 litre turbocharged engine and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission or a six-speed manual — just like the Veloster Turbo offers. The mill is said produce up to 200 hp and 265 Nm of torque. Other improvements include a new independent rear suspension and a new gold/yellow-ish colour which can be seen in the images here.
Little is known about the Elantra/Avante Sport in Korea, but the model is expected to make its debut at the SEMA show in the US later this year and also in Australia, where it will be known as the Hyundai Elantra SR. Stay tuned to paultan.org for more.
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Nice! I like that the revision is subtle and not by adding tacky after-thought plastic bits or skirts, diffuser and spoiler.
After one year, you will trade in to me at 20k.
Elantra 1.6T – 260Nm 200hp
Focus 1.5Ecoboost – 240Nm
Civic 1.5T – 220Nm
Jetta 1.4TSI – 240Nm
Mazda3 2.0 – 210Nm 162hp
Civic 2.0 – 190Nm 153hp
Altis 2.0 – 187Nm 145hp
Elantra 1.6T – 260Nm 200hp
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BMW ride and handling ?
:p
Want speed so much? buy a kapchai lar! Buy kimchi no RV. Buy Proton no quality. Universal truth.
just to add
upcoming Proton 1.5 Turbo GDI – 250Nm 180hp
No joke, 7-speed-dual-clutch technology transfer from VW group, impressive result, 265Nm 200hp.
Altis & vios shaky knee dy huh same lorrr? Looks like UMW gonna throw more discount.Who want to trade in for ugly vios? It’s going to middle of the year,old 2015 still in stockyards nobody take home
The last Elantra has been Hyundai’s best selling sedan worldwide in 2015, and the new one will certainly want to generate something similar. Overall though the midsize sedan segment is starting to shrink globally (but not at the fast rate it shrank in India), so that may be tough. But the new Elantra certainly seems to have the credentials. For all its success, the last car had a weak structure and tended to display that on Indian roads often. The suspension was also weak and that didn’t help its less-than-accurate steering. The new Elantra changes all that, and I will explain why further in this review.
Why he would want to trade if everythg is good?
Koreans are good in plastic surgery, not only on the women but also their cars, fall in love with Korean women and also Korean cars dy.
Red seatbelt, nice bumper, not just skirting like what we did in malaysia. If this price at 140k in malaysia, like the price of base model sonata, will work. But still tapau by new civic.
Rip nissan sylphy.
Eeeeeewwww
It’s so Honda City!
Can tapau Civic Turbo RS anytime.
Inspira rims
feel very jealous to the korea proton
But some say got no RV. so P1 still better
No need to be jealous !! The Elantra ride and handling is too soft and comfortable so that the driver may fall asleep while driving, our Proton is the ‘Real Deal’, remember its equivalent to the German’s BMW, at least in the nick name ‘BMW of ASIA’
Yeah until turn turtle, saw Sonata/Optima did one on the hilly road. Fortunately the driver trapped inside can still move.
Too soft & confi means slow or no response! Then later driver panic and overcompensate then make things worse which can turtle the car or masuk gaung!
dejavu.. mazda inspired?
I’ve been eyeing this car this year because of the huge discount offered. But after reading a lot of review, the Elantra problem appears when it reach 40k to 50k milleage. Some said the suspension feels dead and some says the steering column broken!Hrm..but anyway it is a nice good looking car.
BMW M4 copycat color
Dont always believe wat u read…Elantra is classic ah Beng car and often abused (speeding over bumps & potholes, thrashing the gearbox, overtaking recklessly) tats why after few months condemned