BY JAKE HOLMES
A five-door hatch”and fun?”returns to the Elantra lineup.
Hyundai Elantra and sporty rarely have been synonymous, especially since the five-door hatchback model vanished in 2007. Since the Elantra’s redesign, the only option has been a sedan tuned more for the parking lot than an autocross. (more…)
BY STEVE SILER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE VALENTE
A new car and a new naming system, neither of which we’ll see here.
Hyundai’s fetching new C-segment hatchback, the i30, is yet another cool hatchback that we won’t be getting here. But that’s okay, we pretty much already have it in sedan form as the Elantra. (more…)
BY JOHN PHILLIPS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY G. RUSSELL
A really big bang for the bucks.
Like the Tucson and Santa Fe before it, Hyundai’s third crossover SUV”and easily its largest”is named after a sunny tourist destination. In this case, the Mexican state of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico, a region renowned for umbrella drinks and for depleting the wallets of bleary-eyed Americans. (more…)
BY STEVE SILER
Finally, the new CRX! If only it were a Honda.
While Hyundai’s big V-8“powered Genesis luxury sedan headlined the New York auto show, the automaker was making headlines on the other side of the world at the Seoul auto show with an entirely different concept: a small sports car called the Veloster. (more…)
