Following the introduction of the facelifted Hyundai Elantra AD in August, the Avante Sport variant has been launched in the brand’s homeland of Korea. The high-performance sedan adopts the new look that comes with the refresh, albeit with its share of sporty cues.
Up front, the angular face features a different grille mesh design that is painted black and comes with silver trim between the LED headlamps. There are also subtle side skirts here, along with larger disc brakes fitted behind 18-inch alloy wheels, and a chromed exhaust finisher.
On the inside, you’ll find carbon-fibre look interior trim, sport bucket seats upholstered in a choice of black or red leather, a flat-bottomed perforated steering wheel and unique door sill plates.
Motivation continues to come from a Gamma 1.6 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which serves up 204 PS and 265 Nm of torque. The T-GDi mill is mated to either a six-speed manual or a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, with drive going to the front wheels as before.
In Malaysia, the Elantra Sport is currently being offered in pre-facelift form (AD generation), priced at RM124,088 on-the-road without insurance. Do you prefer the Elantra Sport’s new look or are you a fan of the less angular styling approach? Let us know in the comments below.
GALLERY: Hyundai Elantra 1.6 Sport (AD pre-facelift)
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I’m going to have to say its sister car by KIA with the same underpinning, the Cerato GT, looks way better, inside and out
Triangular elements reminded me of Naza Sutera.
a face only a mother could love….
pre facelift looks wayy better….
not all nip n tuck produces good results in korea…
with a little upgrade and mods, this car can eat lots of cars on the road….
It looks too much ♂️
Very Sharp. Looks better now. Good Job!
Styling getting worse and worse, noting much can be done as long as still using old platform..and crazy pricingonly the most low level ah beng not willing to buy
Hyundai, Kia, P1, Geely, Volvo, BMW, Mercedes, Mazda, Volkswagen > all
Hyundai salesman confirmed
This car got RV ah?
Why don’t they redesign that ugly dashboard with this facelift? Exterior from not bad become ugly now. Facepalm
Sporty turned into a sharpy triangular face…
I’ve never seen a new Elantra on the road. What happened?
too expensive, inside ugly and not spacious, cheap material compare to competitor
Because of price and Malaysian perception on the brand.
Price – expensive compare to civic and jetta in C segment. Furthermore discount and service after sales play some roles.
Brand – as usual Malaysian will always think abt resale value even they won’t sale it in next 5 or 10 yrs. This group of Malaysian will use their car till kaput by that tine the car value only 20-10k.
My suggestion is simple, introduce only turbo models with 3 variants like how VW marketing. Only by having competitive price it make sales. From 100k to 128k will increase the sales.
No fuel subsidy like the civic 1.5 turbo. Not worth buying.
Front design really ugly. The rest nice..
Bring it here with manual transmission as an option. Bring the I30n too.
#SupportManualTransmission