Hyundai Elantra
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12 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2026, with 7 listed configurations.
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The Hyundai Elantra is Hyundai's compact, front-wheel-drive sedan, sold in the United States since the 1992 model year and known at home in South Korea as the Avante. It slots between the subcompact Accent and the midsize Sonata, and it has been Hyundai's American volume leader for most of its life, going head to head with the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda3, Kia Forte and Volkswagen Jetta. Because its interior volume is unusually generous for the class, the EPA has repeatedly classified the Elantra as a midsize car even though the market treats it as a compact.
Since 2015 the U.S. Elantra has spanned three generations. The fifth-generation MD/UD car (2011–2016 model years) used a 1.8-liter Nu four with 145 hp, plus a 173-hp 2.0-liter in the Sport. The sixth-generation AD (2017–2020) switched to a 147-hp 2.0-liter, added a 128-hp 1.4-liter turbo Eco and a genuinely quick 201-hp 1.6-liter turbo Sport, and picked up a facelift for 2019. The seventh-generation CN7 arrived for 2021 on the K3 platform with "Parametric Dynamics" styling, a 139-hp hybrid, an N Line and — from 2022 — the 276-hp Elantra N; it was facelifted for 2024 and won North American Car of the Year for 2021, a title the fifth-generation car had also taken in 2012.
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