Korea local time on March 18, Hyundai Motor held a press conference in Hollywood, Los Angeles, released a whole new generation of Elantra.
In short, the release of the new Elantra, which is the leading domestic generation version of the move, with a new platform, a new style, a new powertrain, so this article we take a take a look at the new generation of the Elantra in the end how.
[01] model
new generation Elantra occur in the shape tremendous changes, the overall shape is more movement, more sharp, more youthful. Hexagonal grille extends to the maximum extent on both sides of the front headlight, and the continuation of the modern car design without boundaries. Is the headlights and grille can better together, when looking at the front of consumers is less clear points clear boundaries in the network and headlight, which is the future of a modern car design.
on the overall shape of either the front or side, or rear are particularly sharp, with very large angular lines to outline, design style and language somewhat similar to the Lexus. Family gene but there is still significant in modern automobiles which, from the point of view of the line side of the body, the waist is very sharp, but also presents the layout of a triangular shape, a waist laterally extends through the front door and the rear door, and the other the back door is a front door waist extending downwardly, which in the car design is a relatively rare design.
In the body side, in particular the arc of the roof to the rear of the transition is very dynamic, and in the rear of the process is also very special. Includes a concave rear trunk-through processing, and the cover is formed in a shape of a rear fin.
new generation Elantra body dimensions of length 4650 mm, 1825 mm wide, 1420 mm high, with a wheelbase of 2720 mm. Slightly reduced height compared to the current model, but the length, width and wheelbase increased significantly.
[02] The new third-generation platform
The new Elantra is first applied to the third generation of modern generation integrated platform of products, in terms of crash safety, ride comfort, noise, vibration, power and fuel economy overall improvement, lower front height, optimized seating position for the sporty design improvements have been made. In legroom, headroom and shoulder room than the previous generation models have been significantly improved.
[03] whole system comes standard security configuration
equipped with the latest in the new generation Elantra advanced security configuration, including anti-collision warning, active braking, lane departure warning, lane keeping, high beam assist and so on, and these are fitted as standard, the whole system comes standard.
This is the first Korean history a whole system comes standard compact car so much security configuration.
[04] comfort configuration
In the interior, the new generation Elantra used 10.25 inch dashboard and 10.25 inches in the control screen. Display screen supports ergonomic construction and a variety of entertainment information. The driver can use your voice to control some functions of the vehicle, of course, this is a lot of own-brand models also are equipped with. Also can not take through near-field NFC function keys, but only with a mobile phone can enter and start the vehicle, the electronic key can also be shared with family and friends, so that family and friends can also use the vehicle without a key situation.
[05] power
aspects of power now releases two kinds of power, Smart Stream gasoline 1.6 MPi (maximum output of 123ps, the maximum torque of 15.7 kgfmiddot; m), 1.6 LPi (maximum output 120ps, maximum torque of 15.5 kgfmiddot; M). And in the future there will be a hybrid type 1.6, 1.6 T models.