So difficult to decide.... either elantra premium or tucson ... u guys sounds happy with elantra .. should i bother with rear multi link suspension in tucson since elantra has rear coupled torsion beam axle suspension instead..

new Santa Fe coming soon. seems to be something worth waiting

Why would SD even raise the price of the Elantra? I think its a foolish move. 

Well not really. The Civic may not have the looks but its specs are quite ok. It does have Stability Control which is the most important feature after safety belts. Both Civic 1.8 & Elantra come with 2 airbags. The Civic also comes with 5 yrs unlimited mileage warranty and 6 free services. So the Civic isnt really an empty shell.

Did you know that the Civic has more total internal legroom compared to the Elantra? The Civic has 198.63cm while the Elantra registers just 194.82cm of internal legroom.

Just for info.

Bro, do you know how interior legroom is calculated? It has nothing to do with the outer dimensions. You can have a car with a longer wheelbase but still with a less legroom inside. It may also be affected by the type seats installed.

The fact is the Civic does have about 3.8cm more legroom than the Elantra. This legroom may be distributed more to the front or more to the rear depending on the manufacturer.

Anyway, interior legroom isnt the only factor of consideration but its for everybody's info. And yes ive sat in both cars before. 

Bro, passenger volume is different from legroom. Volumes take into account the height of the internal roof. Im just talking about legroom meaning how far you can stretch in each car. Not comfort or luggage space.

U can read it on Edmunds Insideline (US) which gives very detailed analysis about many cars. Much more info than what ull get anywhere in Asia.

Well everybody will say that in 2012. Go to any other car dealer e.g Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai and ask. Everybody will say the same thing. Its expected as everybody wants to push off 2012 models fast. Starting end Oct, the discounts and freebies will start coming out to help push sales. But in early Jan, when 2012 stock has finished, these same salesmen will start saying 2013 models coming in few weeks only instead of their 2012 story which was 2-3 months. Its the same cycle year in year out.

They did the same with the Kia Optima K5 when it was launched end 2011. Everybody claimed the 2012 models would be coming around April since its CBU but in reality, despite the global shortage, 2012 models arrived end Jan. Many owners were caught unaware.

Those who opted for the balance 2011 models in 2012 received their cars just about 1 month apart from those who waited for the 2012 models. And there was no discount for the 2011 models mind you. So imagine losing RM15K in potential resale value just because they couldnt wait a couple of months. At that time, i too advised many not to be taken in by all this salesman talk but sadly some went ahead and believed. But luckily some listened.

If the K5's demand was not more than supply, then how come its very difficult to get a test drive unit? Even now when there are separate production in America.

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Added on November 1, 2012, 12:04 pm

Yup, it's really a pleasure to drive it everyday and started to mod it slowly too. 

Guyssss K3 spotted this morning at kltu...
launch soon... any comment??