1992-1995 Hyundai Elantra - Consumer Guide Automotive

Category	Hyundai Elantra GLS auto Rating (See All Ratings)

Performance	3

Fuel Economy	6

Ride Quality	2

Steering/Handling/Braking	2

Quietness	2

Controls/Materials	3

Interior Room	3

Room/Comfort (rear)	3

Cargo Capacity	3

Value within Class	3

Total Score:	30

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1992-1995 Hyundai Elantra Review

Sensing a gap in both size and price between its low-budget subcompact Excel and the up-level compact Sonata, Hyundai launched the Elantra. This high-end subcompact 4-door sedan aimed at the Geo Prizm, Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Nissan Sentra, Ford Escort, and Saturn sedan. The front-drive Elantra came in base or fancier GLS trim, with a 113-horsepower, 1.6-liter twin-cam 4-cylinder engine and 5-speed manual shift. Ordering 4-speed automatic transmission cut output to 105 horsepower.

Year to Year Changes

1993 Hyundai Elantra: A larger, more-powerful engine became available in 1993, on the GLS and all automatic-transmission models. Base cars now wore a black-finished grille, versus a body-color unit for the GLS, which also adopted newly designed wheel covers and a 3-spoke steering wheel. Manual-shift base models stuck with the original 113-horsepower engine, but others got a 1.8-liter 4-cylinder that made 124 horsepower.

1994 Hyundai Elantra: Elantras added a driver-side airbag for 1994, plus optional antilock braking with 4-wheel discs for the GLS. Styling got a freshening, including a reshaped grille, headlamps, front bumpers, and taillights, plus modified interior trim.

1995 Hyundai Elantra: Awaiting a redesign for 1996, the existing Elantra faced its final season without significant change.

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