2012 Hyundai Accent Hatchback and Sedan - Car and Driver
Hyundai has built its reputation by building cars that are affordable, practical, and even stylish—and the Accent is no exception to that rule. Available as a four-door sedan or a five-door hatchback, the Accent feels more upscale than the competition. The standard 137-hp 1. 6-liter four-cylinder can be paired with a perky six-speed manual or a sluggish six-speed automatic transmission. Instrumented Test – 2012 Hyundai Accent Hatchback and Sedan We’re nothing if not thorough. In assessing the 2012 Hyundai Accent , we chose to test not one, not two, but three different variants: a hatchback with the manual transmission, a sedan with the automatic, and to get the full picture, a hatch with the auto. For 2012, the Accent hatchback goes from three to five doors. That base car wears the GLS badge (as do all sedans) and goes without air conditioning, power windows or mirrors, or even a radio—it has four speakers, but nothing to feed them music. we’d call it the “Bare Minimum” package), but the car still rides on 14-inch steel wheels. Our automatic test vehicle was fully loaded, including the $1300 Premium package: keyless entry, body-color door handles on the outside and chrome pulls on the inside, piano-black interior trim, nicer cloth seats, steering-wheel-mounted audio... Source: www.caranddriver.com
