Nearly three years after the seventh-generation (CN7) Elantra (known as Avante in its home market) debut in March 2020, Hyundai revealed the images of its facelift in South Korea. The company plans to launch the car in its home market very soon.
Style & Design
Coming to style and design language of the car, it comes with a purely new front fascia and rear profile, flaunting the company’s parametric design concept. Wraparound LED headlights with a hexagonal grille sharpen the front. Whilst LED taillights stretch across the width of the car.
Moreover, slopping rooflines and creases on the side profile echoes the trend in the new Hyundai cars. Tweaked trims on the rear window pillars and new 18-inch alloy wheels add more to the exterior of the facelift.
What Comes Inside Cabin?
Highlighting the interior of the car, new trim color, and Sage Green seats makes it hard not to fall in love with it. Again, Hyundai offers a digital instrument cluster and infotainment touchscreen – 10.25 inches each. Whilst, the dashboard looks like what was offered before.
Engine & Power
In its home market, Elantra comes with Smartstream 1.6 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine producing 123 PS (121 hp or 90 kW) and 154 Nm of torque, mated with Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) with 8 virtual speeds.
It also offers Gamma 1.6 litre NA four-cylinder running on liquified petroleum gas (LPG) with 120 PS (118 hp or 88 kW) and 152 Nm – mated with a 6-speed automatic transmission.
A Smartstream 1.6 litre unit laced with an electric motor producing 141 PS (139 hp or 104 kW) and 265 Nm comes as another option.
The Elantra is also equipped with N Line performance guise powered with 1.6 litre turbo-four with 204 PS (201 hp or 150 kW) and 265 Nm – mated to either a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
Lastly, the top variant of flaunts Theta 2.0 litre turbo-four making 280 PS (276 hp or 206 kW) and 392 Nm. Here, transmission options are a 6-speed manual or 8-speed DCT.
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