When we last left the Hyundai Elantra, its styling may have impressed us; but when it came to road manners, we thought it was more of a step back in time for this fastly progressing brand. Well, Hyundai certainly hasn?t gotten to where they are today by ending with a cliff hanger. Well, now there?s a new gen Elantra for ?17. So let?s tune in, and find out what happens next.

The Hyundai Elantra sedan has had its ups and downs since going on sale here in the early 90s. And despite our misgivings over the last generation, sales have skyrocketed of late to well over 200,000-units per year. Sounds like a lot, but that?s about 100,000 less than either the Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. So needless to say, Hyundai is eager to boost their sales further with this 6th-generation 2017 4-door.
Styling is perhaps not as daring as last gen, but it?s still a compact looker and fully in line with larger 4-door stablemates, Sonata and Genesis. Especially up front, where it now shares their larger grille and available signature DRLs.

Same basic platform as before, but it?s had a complete onceover; with a stiffer structure, progressively more isolated suspension, and a modest increase in overall size.

It?s 1.0-inch wider; and just shy of an inch longer, though wheelbase remains the same. 17-inch alloy wheels come with Limited trim, base SEs are equipped with 15-inch ?steelies?.

Most appreciably, things are a lot quieter inside, thanks to thicker glass and additional sound deadening m...