Sonata's mini-me

摘要

Hyundai introduced its 2012 Elantra at the automaker's home market auto show in Seoul. It will be sold there as the Avante, powered by a 138-horse, 1.6-liter direct-injection inline four. Hyundai says the new car with a new six-speedrnautomatic transmission, betters its competition's fuel efficiency by 10 percent.rnSporting Hyundai's new "fluidic sculpture" design language, the Elantra is very much a Sonata cut down to compact size. Because Hyundai plansrnno V-6 for the Sonata, the Elantra will be sold here with a smaller engine than the Sonata's 2.4-liter gas direct-injection four. We predict a 1.8-liter gas direct-injection four for the North American market, making about 150 horsepower.