2019 Hyundai Elantra facelift Revealed

[CodeRedR51]

What are they thinking? How do they go from designing the 2017-2018 Elantra Sport, which is arguably one of their best looking cars, to this?

 

[FT-1]

Hyundai seems to have made the perfect car for the Illuminati.

On the bright side, your car must have shot up in value.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

I don't hate the rear light treatment. I see the familial ties to the facelifted Sonata. But wow that front end is awful. It's so simplistic, and that shadow makes it look even flatter than I think it is. Terrible stuff.

 

[CodeRedR51]

On the bright side, your car must have shot up in value.

It has to.

 

[RocZX]

the shape of the headlights makes it look odd

 

[05XR8]

Looks okay to me. From the top pic, at that angle, the pinching between the fog lights, do make the tyres look narrow.

 

[Robin]

Front screams SEAT.

 

[Keef]

Wow, that is terrible. Damn, I need an Elantra Sport like right now, those things look amazing in person.

 

[AOS-]

Hyundai seems to have made the perfect car for the Illuminati.

When you get the original look so good that attempts at "improving it" ends up doing the opposite.

Is this confirmed the final look of it?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Wow, that is terrible. Damn, I need an Elantra Sport like right now, those things look amazing in person.

I might be biased, but...

 

[AOS-]

I might be biased, but...

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If your foglight grills were matching the wheel's colour, hat would look even better. imo

 

[Keef]

I might be biased, but...

Nice! I've seen a couple in person and they always grab my attention by how much better and high-end they look than the normal Elantra. That said, I've had a couple Elantras as rentals recently and I like the driving positions and the interior layout more than most small cars. I think I'd actually enjoy driving one every day. It's just sporty enough to be fun and I can have an old Miata to build and dog on the side.

 

[CodeRedR51]

If your foglight grills were matching the wheel's colour, hat would look even better. imo

They're already hard enough to keep clean.

Nice! I've seen a couple in person and they always grab my attention by how much better and high-end they look than the normal Elantra. That said, I've had a couple Elantras as rentals recently and I like the driving positions and the interior layout more than most small cars. I think I'd actually enjoy driving one every day. It's just sporty enough to be fun and I can have an old Miata to build and dog on the side.

Took it up and down Mt Lemmon in Tucson last night (first run with the new suspension/wheels/tires) and it never fails to put a smile on my face. On the way there and back on I-10 it was super smooth and comfortable. It's a great highway cruiser. Not a whole lot of power but it will often surprise people that aren't expecting an Elantra to be quick. No regrets what so ever.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Well, here it is...

 

[c172fccc]

Better view of the redesigned interior.

 

[Omnis]

Christ! At what other point in automotive history has the best-looking model in the segment become the worst-looking in a single refresh?

And don't say the Camaro.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Hyundai seems increasingly lost in terms of design. Kia currently has a far more coherent and polished language. For instance, I just noticed yesterday that the new Rio is actually probably the best looking subcompact available in North America:

THAT interior for $15K??

If they made a 'hot' version of that (the normal model has a modest but totally reasonable 130hp) car I would seriously consider it. An N/A 2.0 liter with 160hp? Hell yeah...modern Pugeot 205 GTi or something like the contemporary Suzuki Swift.

I went on a bit of a tangent.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Kia currently has a far more coherent and polished language.

The new Forte is going to sell like crazy.

 

[05XR8]

I don't mind it. Could stick an Infiniti badge on the back. The triangular headlights are okay, but the grille doesn't match. Still, it looks clean to me.

 

[c172fccc]

Some official pictures.

More here: https://www.thecarconnection.com/ne...compact-car-adds-safety-tech-gets-edgier-look

 

[mustafur]

Front looks like a more aggressive I20 now.

Hyundai seems increasingly lost in terms of design. Kia currently has a far more coherent and polished language. For instance, I just noticed yesterday that the new Rio is actually probably the best looking subcompact available in North America:

THAT interior for $15K??

If they made a 'hot' version of that (the normal model has a modest but totally reasonable 130hp) car I would seriously consider it. An N/A 2.0 liter with 160hp? Hell yeah...modern Pugeot 205 GTi or something like the contemporary Suzuki Swift.

I went on a bit of a tangent.

Kia Rio looks alot better now but I would still take my Mazda 2 over any subcompact today inside and out.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Front looks like a more aggressive I20 now.

Kia Rio looks alot better now but I would still take my Mazda 2 over any subcompact today inside and out.

Yeah well we don't get the new Mazda 2.

 

[05XR8]

Yeah well we don't get the new Mazda 2.

That's silly. The trunk is huge in the sedan.

 

[mustafur]

That's silly. The trunk is huge in the sedan.

Subcompact sedans are an abomination lol.

 

[CodeRedR51]

According to this article, the Sport may live on in it's current form.

Thankfully.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Yeah I thought my Elantra was ugly, but compared to this...I think I'm good.

 

[Keef]

The front end is an absolute disaster. The current car is quite handsome but this thing is ridiculous looking, and not in a good way.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

For what it’s worth, it’s not as jarring in person. Drove it out to a track this morning...

 

[CodeRedR51]

For what it’s worth, it’s not as jarring in person. Drove it out to a track this morning...

Any news on the Sport? Figure they will show it next week at SEMA but not sure...

 

[CodeRedR51]

Well, here's the Sport model. Honestly not enough changes to make me like it. The best part about the current Sport was that it had a completely different front/rear enough to set it apart from the normal Elantra. (we call them Normies ) With the changes, it's just not unique anymore.