Went to test drive for 1.6 today,

Pickup is as slow as my Kancil 850(M) when Econ mode is on, after rev up to 4000 RPM, it moves to higher gear quickly, even I step the pedal to the bottom already.
Engine sound is okay, not so lousy
NVH so so only, hit a pothole and heard a big noise, but suspension is acceptable to me.
Door close sound doesn't really feel solid close.
Overall it is a good car albeit performance is not good enough, only price is not competitive.

When I speed up from 20KM/h to 80KM/h, the pick up feeling was similar to my 14 years old kancil manual, except the engine noise is much much quieter. actually my Kancil manual pick up was not bad many years ago, can reach 100KM/h from 0 in 11 seconds

Next time I will try to turn off the econ mode and do a 0-100 speed test probably.

If the 1.8 is around 100K, I will definitely book it, it will be really value for money.

Perhaps we can wait til end of the year, SD may give more discount if Elantra sales not good, just like they gave 10K discount for Avante X20

Don't only judge the car performance by the engine displacement, there is one terminology call power to weight ratio, that is the key.

This post has been edited by Kiding: Apr 2 2012, 12:20 PM

I have decided to go Prius C instead of Elantra 1.6HS after yesterday test drive.
Just cannot justify the price to myself.

IMHO, Elantra 1.6HS should be priced < RM90K, a slightly above Forte 1.6SX is acceptable.

I took another test drive of the 1.6HS again.

This time I use shiftronic gear most of the time, it is quite fun and acceleration is better than D mode, even there were three adults sitting inside the car. the shiftronic works like manual car, I rev it to 4000rpm, I can feel the power starting around 3000rpm, although the acceleration responsiveness is not immediately, but quite ok to me. however, the engine is pretty noisy when revving higher than 3000RPM.

Then I went to the next door to test the Toyota Prius C which has the same price tag as Elantra 1.6 HS, the Prius C gave me totally different driving experience, the engine is damn quiet at low speed, acceleration is very smooth, I can't feel any gear shift, although the power is not that great compare to Elantra 1.6 HS, but it is quite a pleasure drive.

Now I'm really in the dilemma, I like the Elantra appearance and cabin size, but I do like the Prius C quietness and FC, now scratching my head already.

This post has been edited by Kiding: Apr 7 2012, 05:57 PM

To me, the door close feeling of Elantra is definitely lost to Prius C, I have same feeling as you, I don't feel a firm close. perhaps CKD quality is like that.