Hyundai Elantra; Dedicated Discussion, Owner/ Fan Club Thread

[mgalaxy3]

Lol. 4+ million.

Who'd buy this?

Grande is 100x better, so is Civic. Both established brands, great local support, reliable.

If they wanted to take sales from Grande or Civic, should have priced it at 3.5 million.

it's 5-6 lacs too expensive.

[fazalwahab11375]

I hope they don't mess up with 6 to 8 months of delivery time. It will NOT help Elantra keeping in mind, the 12th generation Corolla is now definitely on cards within a year time. People obviously will defer their decision when market starts with the news of a newer model.

11th generation Civic is out of equation at this time for atleast 1.5 years.

[tech_wiz]

The sad thing is they've launched 6th gen Elantra which is already at the end of its life cycle. 7th gen has already launched in North American market. Doubt, Nishat will launch 7th gen here now, while Atlas would have introduce 11th gen Civic next year and the PW forums would be LIT by Elantra fanbois.

[mgalaxy3]

also
what is elantra's price compared to Civic in other countries?

isnt it cheaper?

[shapeesh]

Yes a bit cheaper. But also gets great additional discounts and their lease offers are better.

[mgalaxy3]

Yeah

No way this thing is going to get mainstream here.

First price it much cheaper than civic. Its a new car, no local market hold, support etc.

And here, want to be priced at Grande/Civic.

[zuhaibafzal]

Price is very reasonable and competitive. Elantra 2.0 is more powerful than both of these cars.
Let’s hope Hyundai won’t delay 1.6 and launch as soon as possible.

[zuhaibafzal]

Keep in mind, Civic turbo is for 4.7m and Elantra is for 4.0m so its 7 lakh cheaper than Civic Turbo

[tech_wiz]

It also has a lot of goodies missing.

[fazalwahab11375]

As of US, yes it is cheaper or almost overlap Civic or Corolla depending on variant BUT no where near the sales numbers

[fazalwahab11375]

I hope they don't delay the 2.0L they launched. Not like 6 months of delivery time and beside that stick to the price.

Tucson is in front of everyone.

[shapeesh]

This gen of Elantra couldn't keep up with the hype of the 5th gen fluid sculpture design. Atleast in gulf it's main buyer was either the taxi or bank offers with lower interest rates. It's a decent car which was priced below the corolla. Civic here has always been more expensive than rolla and has a v limited market.
The 1.6 is the one to look for as that might hit the sweet spot. With this 2 l Price why would anyone not buy a rolla grande? Maybe Hyundai Nishant has a large cache of 2l engines and they wanna use them instead of getting another engine.

[fazalwahab11375]

Its the same engine as Tucson [ also Sportage] so they are not importing anything special. Even electronics, and other components are same as in Tucson .

I think the 1.6L varaint is way out at this time and I think might now even come. If Nishat wanted , they could have just released it with 2L as well as 1.6 and both engine options with single varaint. Kept 1.6 around 3.5/ 3.6 Million.

[fazalwahab11375]

OR,

Hyundai Nishat might have concluded that they can't develop 1.6 and 2L with a major difference in price. I mean if they kept same features between the two models , with just difference in engine, there might not be a huge differential. So, they just came up with 2L and a marketing slogan " LARGEST ENGINE IN THE SEGMENT " to attract buyers.

[fazalwahab11375]

BTW what would be cost of upkeep comparing 1.8L Civic or Corolla? I am talking about yearly TOKEN ???

Beside that, I believe for parts, dealership will remain the only point of contact which is typical for all these new entrants at this time.

[fazalwahab11375]

2020 Corolla [ 12th gen, SE and XSE is 2L... L, LE and XLE is 1.8L ]

2020 Civic [ LX and Sport is 2L, EX and Toring is 1.5T

2020 Elantra [ 6th generation. 2L variants except the Sport which is 1.6L Turbo with DCT ]

[fazalwahab11375]

seems like NO apple car play or Android auto compatibility. No mention on the brochure. ???

This seems like an imported headunit and not local. Anyways need confirmation.

[rahulthemexican]

You know why I mentioned Suzuki bikes... they are extremely expensive, no doubt. The same bike as pridor which sells for around 1.20 you can get in gd110 for 1.90... but the reason they still sell, despite having expensive parts and low resale is because you can pay 30% at the time, and then the rest over 24 months with 0pc interest.
Then when one rides the bike he feels the world of difference between a Honda and Suzuki, their engines are just more powerful and somehow the bike is extremely refined and vibration free. Behold, the customer is lured to the brand 'SUZUKI', even if the price is unjustified.

Key takeaway: provide us features and quality and charge a lot for it. But splut that payment over years, let the customer get a taste of that comfort immediately... and he will stay loyal to your brand. I believe it is a must for any new entrant

[khurem]

With this Elantra pricing, the happiest people currently are Honda Atlas guys as Nishat has just given them opportunity to raise Civic prices further. Globally, Civic is priced higher than Elantra and Atlas would like to maintain that status quo here as well.

[dannz420]

A friend of mine has been running after dealership staff to book Elantra this morning, No dealership is was confirming amount of Payorder for booking by 10. As per some staff booking amount is 1.2M. Footfall on dealerships is very low. As per dealers system for booking will be ON after 12pm. Expected delivery August/September. Karachi.