The 2017 Hyundai Elantra is now officially launched, and will be in showrooms from this weekend. Official distributor Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has previewed the Elantra AD, and we’ve seen spec sheets of the C-segment sedan, but now it’s confirmed – there will be three variants – 2.0 Executive, 2.0 Dynamic and 1.6 Turbo – priced at RM116,388, RM120,588 and RM131,488 on-the-road without insurance.
The Turbo is getting all the headlines, but let’s start from the base. The sixth-generation Elantra range starts with the 2.0 litre Nu MPI four-cylinder engine that we’re familiar with. The naturally-aspirated unit develops 152 PS at 6,200 rpm and 192 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm, matched to a six-speed torque converter automatic transmission.
The range-topping AD gets a 1.6 litre Gamma T-GDI with 204 PS at 6,000 rpm and 265 Nm of torque from 1,500 to 4,500 rpm. The Honda Civic’s 1.5 litre turbo engine puts out 173 PS/220 Nm, so the Hyundai’s outputs are ahead by some margin – by 31 PS and 45 Nm, to be exact. While the Honda uses a CVT, the Elantra Turbo employs an “Ecoshift” seven-speed dual-clutch automatic with steering paddle shifters. The 1.6T is classified as an Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV).
The 2.0 NA and 1.6 Turbo models also differ underneath, with the former getting a torsion beam rear suspension and the more powerful car receiving a more sophisticated multi-link rear axle. Brakes are all round discs, but the Turbo gets larger front items – 16- vs 15-inch ventilated discs. All Elantras roll on 17-inch alloys and 225/45 tyres, although the rim design differs. Eco, Normal and Sport drive modes alter the throttle, transmission and steering.
Equipment wise, both 2.0 litre variants have pretty much the same stuff, with the Dynamic variant adding on an aggressive bodykit with LED daytime running lights. The standard kit list is quite comprehensive, and it includes automatic halogen projector headlights, LED positioning lamps, front fog lights (Executive only) and 17-inch turbine-design alloys.
Also included are keyless entry with push start; suede and leather upholstery; an auto-dimming rear-view mirror; cruise control, manual air-con with rear vents; front and rear parking sensors, a seven-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support, a reverse camera and a tyre pressure monitoring system. Six airbags (dual front, side and curtain), ESC, hill start assist and ABS are standard across the board.
Opting for the 1.6 Turbo doesn’t just get you more power and the above chassis upgrades, but also HID headlamps, factory LED DRLs, full leather seats, dual-zone auto air con, paddle shifters, auto wipers (rain sensor) and active safety features such as blind spot detection and rear cross traffic alert (RCTA).
The Sport comes with a unique grille (chrome slats aren’t full width, discreet ‘Turbo’ badge on one side), larger bumper air intakes (note the C-shaped chrome element with LED daytime running lights) and a more elaborate headlamp design. Its rear comes with a diffuser, twin exhaust tips and a ‘Sport’ badge. Different rims, too.
Inside, there’s plenty or red. The seats are more red than black (‘Sport’ stitched on the front chairs), and that “sporty colour” is repeated on the door cards, steering/gear boot stitching and edges of the floor mats. The flat-bottomed steering wheel is the same one seen in the Ioniq, but with the hybrid’s blue band swapped for red.
Seven exterior colours are available. HSDM’s usual five-year or 300,000 km warranty applies, and the Elantra also gets a free service package for 50,000 km with a three-year validity. There’s also 24-hour roadside assist service.
GALLERY: Hyundai Elantra 1.6 Sport
GALLERY: Hyundai Elantra 2.0 Executive
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Ada yg dah turun..
Elantra 1.6 Turbo(like) or Civic 1.5 Turbo(dislike)?
There is something wrong with that underwear steering
Proton Waja was still competitive to the Elantra once.
Old Elantra RM89k. New Elantra RM116k. Open your eyes Malaysians!
Open your eyes, Johnnie. In 2015 USD was @ 3.30. Now it is 4.30.
Ringgit turun.
Elantra turbo beats Civic turbo 9 row of streets la. Elantra 0-100km/h in 6.8s,
Civic 0-100km/h in 8.2s.
More than 1.4s difference not in the same league la
Betui…5year RV not in the same league la.
Civic 88k Elantra 38k.
OMG…On design aspect, Civic win all…
Beli kereta utk jual @ pakai??? Jika kereta blh tahan 10 tahun ke atas tak blh simpan ka???
How u know 5 years Civic Rv is 88k? No data proved, u juz talk kok
i own forte 1.6SX CBU 2nd batch for 7 years lah…mileage dh clock 195000++km and dah 2 tahun habis bayar..Sepanjang jd owner and pertama kali pakai kereta brand Korea i berpendapat Jepunis sales man all talk cock la…this not good la tht not good la..so wht RV rendah?? I pakai betul2 puas hati…the model still looks good on the road..and the specs tak pun ketinggalan zaman..6 airbags, start stop ignition n etc for a 7 year old car weiii …cer carik civic the same year..kesian..dah la i beli cuma below 86k new time tu…i rugi ke?…and on top of all kereta takde problem bang..so, lu org penjual2 kereta Jepunis apa cer??
That is why i said that if you are looking for a car, look no further than a used kimchi. Great value for money, especially a 12 month old unit
between this review and those from other pro reviewer’s overseas i can conclude even our local reviewer has a bias towards korean cars. just look at how the motortrends, or the TFL’s reviewed this avante’s sport back in the USA, how they are so impressed by the dynamis and ride comfort of this vehicle, they explained what mr biermann ex bmw m division did to this car chasis etc… here in paultan.. just a simple kancil review of the car unlike when u guys reviewed a vios or city or crv or civic.. very details
Where is Gomen’s promise to reduce car prices by 30%? RM132k is a lot of money. Infact, it is crossing the D segment range. Nissan Teana, Honda Accord and Proton Perdana, after discounts, is around the RM130k range.
Sime Darby, being fully gomen, should start the ball rolling by reducing their car prices by 30%. After all, gomen promised to all Malaysians that they understood Malaysia had the highest car prices in the world and wanted to reduce car prices by 30% to ease the burden of Malaysians.
Ridiculous for a C segment to be RM132k. Worse still, a Hyundai which depreciates steeply. This Turbo maybe RM132k but within 2 years it becomes RM60k.
Check mudah and you can see how Elantra depreciates so fast.
Why does Sime Darby want to put Malaysians in so much debt? Cause when owners sell their cars, even after 24 months of paying loan, they have to top up ten of thousands just to settle the old loan.
Post after post, after so long, you’re still asking about the 30% price reduction? Need another term or more to realized that we’ve been duped? You want 30% reduction, wait to buy 2nd hand car, at least that is more realistic than the empty promises.
The problem is, when they gip cheap he turn around and hentam no RV.
Silly little fella aint he?
Duped? empty promises?
Nolah, no integrity issues.
Impeachment in some other places
I like the blue color Elanta
old Elanta makan minyak a lot. I hope new engine minum sikit
When price high, u says too exp. When reduced prices, u pulak hentam no RV. So mana mau ni?
Which world u came from that has bog standard cars with super low price & super high RV?
john oh john, still copypaste the same thing. You keep on saying your gomen has reduced X5 from RM588k to RM388k and we must be grateful. But pls pakai hotak. How many people can afford RM388k?
If gomen reduce also it must be for Saga, Axia, Myvi and Persona. Majority people can only afford RM60k and below.
bodoh tu tolong simpan sikit
Copypaste same posts. Zzzzz
amazing power coming from a 1.6 small enjin
Saga mivi axia r reasonably affordable. Even fresh grads go straight for vios/ city/ fiesta!
But if u only affords 2nd hand EX5, well, try ukur baju di badan sendri…
fresh grads from local u like to go for Jepunis. They themselevs dont sapot Proton. Proton CEO sendiri cakap
Shut up kunta fool…go study for yr SPM…m telling guru besar.. .u need caning..
Hehehe. Belom hukum dah nangis tu.
Tokkok. What has SD got to do with buyers’ debt?
Anyone forcing them to buy? Anyone forcing them to take a 90% loan with a 9 year tenure?
You know nothing about korean car. My sonata 2011, after 7 yrs can sell for the price rm65k.
I bought it Rm143k.
Which japs car does not depreciates.
Japs cars getting worse n worse. Wake up man
Preve. Nuff said
Toyota Altis > All
Only if u prefer early afterlife.
Nice interior…..
Elantra 1.6 Turbo(like) or Civic 1.5 Turbo(dislike)?
Elantra (like) or Ioniq (dislike)?
You buy civic, 2 years later, still can sell RM100k.
You buy Elantra, 2 years later, price is RM60k.
Then you will cry when you have to top up your loan RM30k to RM40k.
Also, becareful of Hyundai deceit. 300,000 KM warranty is a sham and lie. My Hyundai after crossing 70,000 warranty, aircon rosak, they ask me to pay for it.
It seems, 300,000KM warranty only for engine only. I repeat, ONLY for engine.
Be careful with Hyundai Sime Darby lies
New top spec Honda Civic is 130k. A two year old one can still sell for 100k? LOL. You must be that stupid buyer.
You get me this turbo Elantra @ two years old for RM 60k. I will buy from you.
In fact I will pay you RM 61k for your trouble.
Hehehe. KK tryin to take the job away from Samloo. Where is he? oh wait, now i geddit.
Do try to go to work john, it will do you good!
As we all know SL is KK
Aircon is Proton’s forte
Lol dct. Sorry I would rather go for cvt than dct for the reliability over performance
A lot of veloster turbo break down because of the dct
Smart glory. Preve cvt reliable & low maintain
2 years later, I still find this joke of the century
At that price? Its DoA, except for kimchi fanbois. And whats with that ah beng red seats.
RM116k = S$37k. Lolx
U forgot to add 10X price for COE
You mean Malaysians earn S$ and buy cars with S$?
Why don’t you convert to USD? It is even cheaper.
Why eev for hyundai is at 131k?, at least make it 15k cheaper
99k Ioniq. Period
Can’t jeopardize their low-spec sales. Might as well get maximum profit from their EEV units.
Resemblance of Honda City
it was the honda who takes clue from the elantra md.
Ok, it looks nicer and price is ok. Quality how? If CKD by Inokom confirm quality like shit.
I’m guess Korean Won appreciate higher since the last 5 years? Same as new Kia Cerato which was much more pricey than previous generation Kia Forte.
But more exp than civic? U must be kiddin me!
dafuq Sime Darby GLC kidding us !
But the spec is better than civic..atleast the engine
Only the engine. Torsion beam vs multinks? Better steering response?
The Audi of Asia has Arrive !
With insurance the elantra turbo will set you back RM135K…. civic all the way….
5 years down the road, elantra turbo will fetch only RM50K while the civic will still hold at least RM70K.
Rather go for prettier younger sis, Kia Cerato.
Buy hyundai..goood rv
Koreans are catching up to the Japanese. But, after buying my first & only Korean car, will never buy another until Hyundai/ Kia open direct office here. Not just very poor RV but the local sole distributor is just killing the brand with poor service and business decisions.
Very ambitious pricing.
Even considering everyone’s favourite whipping boy, Mazda for expensive prices, it undercuts this with the Mazda 3. The top model WITH the active city stop, BLIS, Active LED headlights is only about 125k, just slightly above the mid range 2.0 Dynamic.
Not sure if Mazdas price is OTR with insurance or not, but this Elantra is quoted OTR without insurance.
If the 1.6 Turbo have LED Auto Headlights, instead of just HID, then it will be a perfect package. As Civic top of the range have those full LED headlights.
dont buy the wrong H pipu!
T..safer bet. anytime
Until early afterlife time
The red leather looks sexy. But doesn’t quite match the blue exterior. Maybe a silver, white or red exterior will match the red leather better. Looking forward to the performance battle against the Civic turbo. Think the hero from South Korea might hold the upper edge, having far more power and torque with DCT to control that power. DCT is easily more fun, but not as efficient, as a CVT. But that Civic is a lightweight car.
They both weigh similarly… around 1.25-1.36 tons between variants… Elantra has better power to weight ratio…
The DCT is useless..never buy car with DCT..which is always breakdown on just on 40K mileage..cars with DCT is not reliable.
Torsion Beam on 2.0L.. Hyundai, seriously?
Altis 2.0l also has torsion beam
errrrr…. Honda Civic EP3 type R and Civic FN type R also torsion beam… so ???
torsion beam rear suspension for the low spec. hmm.
good luck with that kind of pricing HSDM!
Can the car handle 204 PS and 265 Nm safely? The last time I drove the Elantra, the steering is vague and handling is so so only.
Underwear steering maa…
Few months back I saw one with Singapore car plate number on North South Highway. Seeing from a certain distance behind I thought it was an Audi..but it has something which is different from an Audi. So I purposely drove near it to see more of it. Then I realized that it was an Elantra! It’s rear light looks very nice at night, on par with the new Audi A4, and certainly much better than the Civic.
Trust me.. with this price..total sales for this Elantra will not exceed 10% of Civic total sales. Previous elantra from RM 86k & New Elantra from 120k?? Yet most ppl still go for 85k B Segment Honda City than a 85k C Segment 1.6 Elantra. Now worst..more expensive than Civic/Mazda 3..lol. Next time Perodua can put in a 1.2 turbo into Myvi and sell for 70K+.
Rather get Ioniq than the 2.0 Elantra. Much better specs, lower fuel, cheaper and better interior design/quality. Totally no brainer choice.
front looks like ioniq
Same brand
Does it have adaptive cruise control like ioniq?
Hahahaha, alot of honda fanbois here, dear honda fanbois, ur civis lose to dis elantra 9 streets la, 0-100 in 6.8 secs, find me a c segment car that can go that fast at 130k, even Renault clio rs oso cost like 160k++, n civics 8.2 secs go eat shit la, civic owners b prepared to get smoked by elantra turbo
Fuyoo freaking fast! More faster than felali.
Kenot belips kimchi RV drop so FAST 1….
B prepared to get smoked by banks when trade in fast kimchis
Preve at half the price. Nuff said
Sport version looks promising. Not a fan of the red upholstery though. Hopefully, they offer the black.
Why not? Dare to be different. Don’t be stereotyped.
Honestly look like superman’s underwear…
Congrats to HSDM on the new AD Elantra launch. Dua tangan thumbs up for 6 airbags and ESC as standard.
Good to know that Hyundai and Sime Darby have invested in local assembly for this generation as well. The C-sedan segment is not big enough these days to justify the investment costs of local assembly. Even the D-sedan segment is shrinking. Only the B- and A-sedan segments are sustainable.
From what I’ve gathered, all other ASEAN countries get the AD Elantra as a CBU Korea model. Only Malaysia gets it in CKD/SKD form.
This is good news for our auto industry, because as with the previous MD Elantra, Hyundai may allow Sime Darby/ Inokom to export the new AD Elantra to Thailand in the near future. (Hyundai-Kia has no factory in Thailand)
But the ultimate factor will be local sales itself. We shall see if the AD Elantra can sell modestly like the previous MD. But to be honest, I think many will still choose the FC Civic for many reasons… but that doesn’t change the fact that the AD Elantra is a great car in its own right.
This new elantra hp is more than new accord and new camry though smaller cc
Having ride in the car as passenger in Singapore, I would say this car feels more solid and quieter (maybe due to it is still new and more powerful engine) than the current generation of Civic which I own. It didn’t seems to struggle like my Civic when carrying 4 adults and luggage. But my Civic has bigger rear seat space than this Elantra which is important when having passengers at the back. Asking why he chose this car instead of Civic, my relative said Elantra looks better and also feels better when he test drove both.
I don’t see this mention anywhere in the article but does it have brake hold function like in the civic?
hmm base 2.0 exec looks like a bargain vs honda civic 1.8
yes pl buy…even u tnk u can afford…my member consis of tow truck drivers and warehouse…we are very happy with this make..plsbuy …my business needs u
Toyota SA sudah goyang. Now tell me who is going to buy your underpowered altis? Even chaplang preve tebu is more torquey.
Those Honda Civic FC pussies all around Malaysia will be smoked by this low RV and hated by Malaysians Hyundai.
They dont even know that this Elantra exists. LOL
Diorang bodoh, let them be.
Gaduh-gaduh apa la, semua bergantung atas diri sendiri, kalau suka Elantra, pakai la. Saya owner Civic 1.5 Turbo tapi memang kagum dengan Elantra baru ni, mungkin performance ada lebih sikit dari Civic 1.5 Turbo tapi overall, interior, extrior Civic 1.5 win la, without a doubt.
ELantra macam Audi? takapa la, janji Civic tetap Civic, tu yang aku suka.
Yang mana cakap Civic 0-100km/h only 8.2sec, kalau nak masuk drag race penting lah, ni kegunaan harian, dalam bandar, nak pecut macam lahanat yang pentingkan diri sendiri ka? setiap kali start enjin, terus nak bawak laju a.k.a nak showoff ka? takperlu rasanya..dan taklah setiap masa bawak slow ja, tengok situasi dengan mood sama, bukan nak kira tunjuk dekat orang lain.
Aku bukan taksuka Elantra ni, cuma rasa yakin lebih dengan nama Honda ni sendiri. Kepada peminat Hyundai semua, jangan la main tembak tak pakai helmet, maybe Elantra punya performance lebih sikit dari Civic but Civic got all the packages, look, feel sporty modern lifestyle when driving, performance, smooth ride.
Ingat, aku bukan tak suka Elantra, aku cuma pilih Civic. Kereta taksalah, orang yang dok komen komen ni yang masalah, entah entah naik wira tukar nama Mitsubishi atau myvi tukar logo Toyota ja.
Civic look like a TS…too much make up somemore..no many on the road…if got its driven by Ahbengs…no dic, lawyers , engineers would touch this crap.
Craving for crabs
Look for Civic ketam
Tak gi test drive Proton Prevé ke ?
Terasa sangat la orang yang pakai Civic ni, siannn
Civic is fast on paper and on youtube only
Only ah beng ricer can appreciate those red seats!
The elantra’s excellent ‘soundtrack’ and the better handling surely suited for people who enjoy driving more. Civic is more suitable to family guy definitely..
Why so much fuss about elantra t-gdi or civic fc 1.5 T? u buy what u want to buy, elantra T is very tempting in its own way, civic fc T also tempting in its own way..so just choose wisely and ask your bank account…..please, be an adult, dont bash this and that…people choose what they want to buy…
Both cars are for pandan, real man drives merc
palau pandan jauh katangah
gunung daik bercabangan tiga
kalau tiada wang yg banyah
jgn cuba beli elantra
My dad’s 40 years old Honda Cup still on the road. Hyundai make better engine? Better engine cover ada la.
First gen elantra fuel consumptions very bad, 2nd gen improved a lot but got suspensions problem just after 3 years. For the price better buy civic or altis. If wan specs canggih a bit buy kia cerato. Sime darby car assembly standard not yet reach the level as umw, honda or even naza.
Good for Hyundai!! Not sure if Sime Darby is up to the job of servicing such “advanced” cars (read Ioniq, Turbo Elantras).
The fuel consumption remains to be seen. Western media is praising the Elantra Turbo about it’s good driving dynamics, high level of kit, dual clutch etc. Rarely did they mention about the Elantra Turbo’s fuel consumption.
Designed by Peter Schreyer?
I owned civic TC-P. I impressive by the power and torque by this 2017 Hyundai Elantra 1.6T, but from paper, interior abit… well, for me, about civic exterior. I can’t see a thing when I sit and drive my civic dailies, I will more concern interrior. Once you drive over 1 or 2 hours when go or back from work. You will know.. in daily