SAs training for my showroom this coming thursday and next tuesday. Will try to squeeze more info from both day.


That car is the same car I sat in during training, it is a Korean LHD car, 1.8 and ding! No sunroof on this 1.8 spec. That's why we are actually not allowed to share it out in public as the interior and exterior will be slightly different from the version we get.

This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 16 2011, 08:59 PM

Will find out for you

As everyone is saying, tentative, expected, estimated pricing. It is not confirmed yet. Given that there's so much extra in the Elantra 1.8 compared to the say Civic 1.8, the price is every penny worth it. Well, you guys wanted all the extra, you just have to pay for it, you can't expect to get sunroof, auto air con and all those stuff for free.

Complaining about logo is getting a bit boring, which only show that people's mind are still brainwashed into believing CKD of other make is 100% better than Inokom's(Which is of course, not true). The route was simple, going CKD or CBU, but are you willing to pay for a 1.8 Elantra CBU for a price very close to the Sonata? I don't think so.

This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 18 2011, 08:35 AM

Truth is I don't know the official pricing yet. I see no reason to cover up the pricing especially when there's over 40+ booking in my hand and everyone's main question is price. All I can guess is it's between 85-110k, based on the marketing strategy done with the Sonata and Tucson.

If I know knows the official price, someone else will too. Why would I hold back to such a crucial advantage and let my competitor get an edge over me? I am not the only one attending these Elantra training so I am not the only person getting any confidential information without others knowing.

I am not risking my job by :
- Disclosing confidential memos just to argue on my points.
- Confirming anything beyond my knowledge.

Sorry to anyone who thought otherwise from what I've said

This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 18 2011, 11:34 PM

My colleague, yes Don't know what he's offering yet though, since we're doing our plans independent from each other. Might end up working together and share this package promotion, he's my kaki ipad on slow days

This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 18 2011, 11:40 PM

At this rate everybody will believe if I said that the Genesis Coupe is launching soon and priced at RM100k

Launching a '2012' model with 2011's manufacturing date? SD must've gotten things really wrong.

This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 19 2011, 10:51 PM

My colleagues are in the first batch going to training tomorrow, we'll see if they get any new infos.

Anyway, rare sight at HQ today.

Yes Sonata I said rare sight because red is extremely rare.

Kah Bintang is now independent dealers for Hyundai cars, in other words Sime Darby is the sole importer of Hyundai now.

Anyway, one colleague was sick, the other doesn't really understand English much, so wasn't able to get information out of yesterday's training.

Not everybody is fluent in English, even some managers I trained with that day struggled with the level of English Nick used, partially my fault because I pressed him really hard for info

Kudos to him though, he's one cool and composed trainer.

English aside, you do have to understand they do not know what is 'new' or 'old' info, as they have not attended the training before, of course since I attended the training before, I'll know if there's any difference of info between the previous and this one.

One thing I learnt about the Elantra though, the NVH is very good, better than the i10, my colleague couldn't hear anything the trainer said when he was inside the car.

Trainer standing outside, my colleague inside the car. Sound proofing on this car is very good.

Go bug your SAs for these!

We have relative comparison, I am just giving one example out of many.

What can I say, it's hard to please the whole crowd, it might be useless to some people, but some people make buying decision based on these 'useless' accessory.

'Sonata no GPS? Aiya I go see Camry instead then', happened before.

That's what everybody said about RM143k when Sonata YF came out.

This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 24 2011, 08:06 AM

That is the same tentative spec sheet I got weeks ago. I have since summarized it in my prelaunch booking thread.

I bring some updated news. A lot of questions has been asked and I am back with answers.

Leather Seats - ALL, yes ALL range is leather seats, with 1.8 getting Nappa leather. Nappa leather may not be black colour.

Gearbox - 6 speed automatic and 6 speed manual

Wheel Size - 16 inches on the 1.6 with 205/55 rubber. 17 inches on the 1.8 with 215/45 rubber.

Rain Sensor - No Rain Sensor

Colours - Unconfirmed, but is said to be launching with 6 colours. White, Silver, Black, Red, Blue, and very possible, hyper metallic grey.

Brake System - 4 disc brakes and 4 ABS with ESP and VSM.

Technical data is said to show the fuel consumption to be 11.6cent/KM for the 1.6 Manual, 12.7cent/KM for the 1.6 Auto, and 13.5cent/KM for the 1.8 Auto.

Pricing? By the words from the head of sales Elantra is a 'c-segment car with a c-segment price'. As for waiting period, head of sales say there'll be a lot of ready stock during launching.

Here's some bonus pictures, can you recognize these cars?



This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 27 2011, 06:36 PM

Nope Those aren't Veloster and Accent.

Anyway, whoever knows Nick Goh, sales trainer from Hyundai Sime Darby, give him a hug He's one great trainer.

Since someone mentioned Veloster...




This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 27 2011, 06:51 PM

Go after market I know someone who's already importing GPS HUs for the Elantra

idk, he's in the process of importing them, but not yet know pricing, I would put a safe estimate of close to 3k.

I'll let you guess how much reverse camera cost including labour and installation. In case you wondered, those GPS units doesn't come standard with the camera, they're optionals.



You can't compare navi HU with HU+Reverse Camera obviously the price is going to be different.

This post has been edited by FluidicSculpture: Dec 27 2011, 07:28 PM

We got a winner, Genesis Coupe and i40.

No news on the Veloster yet so far. but I heard my trainer said it runs on the Gamme 1.6 MPI found in the Elantra.

On the lighter side of things, customer who genuinely loves Koreans cars don't have to put up with a long waiting list due to customers 'who are forced to buy a Hyundai because they're cheap'.

'segment' is based on the size of the car, not just by cc or features, the 3 series is actually same 'class' as Sonata, Accord , Camry but of course it's priced much higher it seems out of class.

The other way around works too, just look at Saga, Persona.