2016 Hyundai Elantra GT Review - AutoGuide.com
Up until the fifth–and current–generation, the Elantra didn’t do much to dissuade people from thinking of Hyundai as a brand to go to out of budget necessity rather than desire. For the Elantra, that all changed with the 2011 model year when Hyundai began impressing customers and reviewers alike with an especially stylish new generation. Hyundai is one of only a few brands that still offer a compact hatchback. The Elantra was starting to look a little long in the tooth until last year, but that’s all over because there’s a refreshed version in showrooms for the 2016 model year. Hyundai’s “fluidic” design language isn’t the Elantra’s only merit, but it made people look twice who probably wouldn’t have done so otherwise. For now, the Elantra GT gets thick horizontal slats in its grille that replace a large portion of the body colored plastic bumper on previous models. Ultimately, it gives the 2016 Elantra GT a more premium outward appearance than it had before, which is important in a segment that forced Honda to re-design the Civic not once but twice in three years. Source: www.autoguide.com
