Hyundai Elantra/Avante Spied In India

by Faisal November 14, 2011

Just yesterday we wrote about the upcoming cars in 2012 and had the Hyundai Elantra/Avante in our list and today we come across spy pictures of the car. The 2012 Hyundai Elantra Avante was spotted at Taj Mahal in Delhi and featured heavy camouflage. Although Hyundai has its plant in Chennai, its corporate office is in Delhi and the company could be in the early stages of testing of this D-segment sedan. The Elantra was launched in India a few years back and did not do well. However the next generation Elantra looks very promising with the Fluidic syling and loads of features. Hyundai would position the Elantra Avante right between the Verna and upcoming Sonata (i45), pricing the car around Rs. 12-14 lakhs.

Internationally, the Elantra is powered by a 1.6-liter, Gamma GDI motor and a 1.6-liter diesel, which produces around 140 BHP of power. In India, we feel Hyundai will adopt the Avante name (just like it plans to rename the Sonata to i45) to prevent customers from remembering the erstwhile Elantra. The Korean automaker might share engines and transmissions from the Fluidic Verna to take advantage of the economies of scale, helping the Elantra to be priced very aggressively against the Chevrolet Cruze, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. The Elantra Avante along with the Sonata (i45) will be showcased at the upcoming Auto Expo to gauge customer response.

Spy Pictures Source – Team-BHP

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dilip November 14, 2011 at 6:16 pm

Looks exactly like Verna.. Hyundai is just making some tweaks to the existing design and using them in the new vehicles. We ll get bored of their cars if they donot bring some radical change to their design.

Faisal November 14, 2011 at 6:27 pm: Dilip, technically speaking the Elantra/Avante came before the Fluidic Verna. All companies are doing it, designing cars based on their family styling. Look at Audi, BMW and Volkswagen.

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hritik` November 14, 2011 at 6:37 pm

looks like a beefier n sporty verna……hyundai’s fluidic design is really eye catchy…..love it :)

abhisek November 14, 2011 at 7:30 pm

gorgeous looking car

Deepak Dongre November 14, 2011 at 8:59 pm

Stunning looking car. I wonder why they camouflage it so much….the pics are so easy to hunt on the web. Well you posted a few too :)

M. Ganesh babu November 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm

The 2012 Hyundai elantra is a terrific car. The way I see it, there could only be two serious party poppers to it. The first is the 2012 ford focus. It is said to have an exceptional engine and drive character. There are however no immediate plans for its India launch. The second is Hyundai-India itself. Some pundits out there must not end up compromising on the 1.8 liter, 147 hp petrol engine. More damagingly, they should not mess with the suspension settings. This car has a low slung roof line towards its rear. Getting in & out of the rear of this car will take a little getting used to. It is therefore not likely to be a favorite among the Schaffer driven owner population of our country. Hence Hyundai-India should not tweak the suspension to a softer setting. This car is said to have a brilliant driver-centric stiff suspension system. Hyundai-India should thus see the prudence in leaving the suspension of this car as it is. The car is also said to be piercing Hyundai’s own sales estimates internationally. It must be outselling the civic and corolla put together in order to be able to do this. Hyundai could continue its victory dance out here in India too provided they leave the suspension and engine of this car as-it-is.

amit November 19, 2011 at 11:06 pm

i am waiting for this car……….plz come soon…….

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