Korean cars have had many highlight moments in the Chinese market in the past, and I still remember that in the most prosperous period, the cumulative annual sales of hyundai and Kia brands reached 1.79 million, and the hyundai single brand even exceeded 1.14 million, which is larger than today's Geely. However, with the passage of time, in today's domestic car has moved towards the 200,000 yuan range of the era, Korean cars are gradually lonely, only by relying on the continuous reduction of body value and brand positioning in order to barely maintain sales, flipping through this year's data can know that Hyundai only 320129 in the first 11 months, and the Elantra accounted for 1/3, a total of 113830 vehicles, of course, IX35 is also quite good sales of 74977 vehicles, but compared to the Elantra is still much worse, The latter has sold more than 13,000 units for two consecutive months, and the average sales volume has exceeded 10,000 units, which is extremely rare in the entire Korean family.
Elantra's hot sales have their own reasons. First of all, its appearance is very high, in line with the aesthetic preferences of contemporary young people. The overall design of this generation of models has become very radical, and the boomerang headlights with the corners of the eyes on the front of the car are angular, and there is no sense of violation with the combination of the middle net. The huge middle net extends all the way to the lower edge of the front lip, and the triangular decoration inside divides out a lot of irregular grids, and the entire front face looks very fierce and aggressive.
The overall shape of the side is also extremely smooth and sharp, the blackened roof creates a suspended texture, the design of the waistline of the whole vehicle is very bold, the straight line does not drag the mud with water, and the front door even makes a forked waistline, which is simple and capable, and has a great visual impact. At the same time, the low body makes the whole car look more coordinated and agile from the side. At the rear of the car, the high-rise tail box cover forms a large duck tail, and the through-type sickle-shaped taillights are highly recognizable, so that the overall depression and local protrusion are unified. The entire tail is also divided by sharp lines, which is both three-dimensional and full of combat atmosphere, which is impressive.
Compared to the sharp exterior, the interior of the Elantra is significantly softer. The wrap-around center console adds a lot of sense of luxury, the full LCD instrument and the central large screen also adopt the popular one-piece design, and the left side of the co-pilot is also equipped with armrests, although the decorative effect is greater than the actual use, but it is better than nothing. In terms of body size, its length, width and height are 4680/1810/1415mm, and the wheelbase is 2720mm, which has a good performance in the same class, especially the wheelbase of 2720mm, so that the rear space is effectively guaranteed.
In terms of power, it provides 1.5L + CVT and 1.4T + 7DCT two power combinations, the maximum power is 84.5KW, 103KW, the maximum torque is 143.9 Nm, 211 Nm, although compared to the appearance of the sport, such a power performance can only be considered decent, can not provide how powerful performance, but fortunately can meet our daily driving.
The pricing of Elantra is not high, the price is 99,800-14.18 million yuan, and the terminal has about 10,000 discounts, which is indeed more cost-effective for consumers who love its design and still love the joint venture brand. In the past, Elantra also had a very good reputation in the Chinese market, and the high sales volume was well deserved. But on the other hand, as mentioned at the beginning, Hyundai's entire family is basically supported by the Elantra model, which has to be said to be a bit regrettable. But we should also be thankful that the modern army has not yet been completely destroyed.