Hyundai, from Excel to the 2025 Vision Gran Turismo Concept - Autoweek
Hyundai wanted to take you on a “pleasant journey" and save you the trouble of hassling with more expensive machines by offering you a Giorgetto Giugiaro -designed car that would sell for around a thousand dollars less than a Ford Escort. Despite the design pedigree, the car looks about like every other compact car of the '80s and quickly developed a reputation for questionable reliability. The 1986 Excel came as a four-door notchback, a five-door hatch and eventually a three-door hatch, in trims ranging from GL to the more upscale GLS -- as upscale as a budget-oriented car could get anyway. Source: autoweek.com
