For a short spell not long ago, the world seemed to be engulfed in the Pokémon GO phenomenon. Those who played it were obsessed, while the rest of us watched and scratched our heads. Just as quickly as it arrived, the fad seems to have simmered into the background of social awareness, and we’ve gotten on with our lives.  Hyundai’s engineers h

For the Canadian introduction of its redesigned 2017 Elantra, Hyundai scheduled a day of driving in and around Victoria, BC. The morning's route took us past picturesque oceanside parks and along twisting forest-lined backroads. Then after lunch we stopped at a suburban grocery store where corporate reps loaded each Elantra's capacious trunk with b

Since launching in 2011, the fifth-generation Hyundai Elantra has accomplished many things. It established Hyundai as a serious contender in the compact segment, but for value instead of just low price. It came agonizingly close to beating out the perennial Canadian sales champ Civic for best selling car. But it never quite managed to be included i

When the redesigned fifth-generation Hyundai Elantra sedan arrived in 2011, its "fluidic sculpture" exterior styling and curvy interior design looked decidedly different from mainstream competitors like the Corolla, Civic, Sentra and Jetta. The Elantra’s short sculpted hood, bulging wraparound headlight covers, prominent front fender bulges, ascend

We first met Hyundai’s terrific new Elantra Sport sedan during the 2017 model year. With its awesome turbo engine and trick independent multilink rear suspension, it impressed on all levels. But many of us yearned for the Sport trim in a hatchback. And here it is. You can now get all these treats in the 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT, which is longer, wid

The 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT is not a hatchback version of the Hyundai Elantra. Well, it is, but in nameplate and drivetrain alone. Otherwise, the Elantra and Elantra GT are utterly unrelated. They are built on different platforms, via different programs. They have different heights, length, tracks and wheelbases. When it comes to raw, straigh

As one of the few vehicles that has challenged the Honda Civic for its long-standing title of "Best-selling car in Canada", the Hyundai Elantra is a compact car that offers a lot of the value Canadian drivers want, plus a slick-looking hatchback version. For 2019, the Elantra receives a host of updates inside and out that will help it compete wit

Hyundai has hinted it's preparing to add a Sport trim to its compact Elantra lineup later this year, and thanks to the car's recent introduction in its home market in South Korea as the Avante Sport, we have a pretty good idea what upgrades the car will come with when it shows up here. Key among them is a 1.6L turbocharged four-cylinder engine f

A new age has come upon the affordable five-door marketplace. In response to the bellyaching masses upset at getting the unfavorable end of the stick when it came to affordable small cars, automakers have launched a new breed of highly-cultured rides. There’s never been a better time to be shopping in this segment. Today, as a departure

Hyundai has just announced the pricing of the all-new 2017 Hyundai Elantra with starting MSRP set at $15,999. The new Elantra receives a visual treatment that follows in the steps of the bigger Sonata, with a Europeanized design, HID headlights and hexagonal front grille, leaving the swooping headlamps design behind. For 2017, the vehicle also

When a company takes its first crack at cranking out a serious sport compact and nails it the way Hyundai did with the Sport versions of its Elantra sedan and hatchback, driving enthusiasts like me perk up like a cat hearing the rattle of the treat bag. I expected a little of that continental pedigree to have rubbed off on our mid-range GLS t

The 2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport is an almost complete surprise. For years, the Korean automaker has been content to leave its formidable, strong-selling compact sedan well enough alone when it comes to adding anything that might resemble high-performance hardware, watching politely from the sidelines as Ford, Honda, and Volkswagen armed their afford

Hyundai's Elantra is one of the Korean manufacturer's all-time best selling models and often the second- or third-place finisher in the  knock-down, drag-out rivalry that is Canada's compact car segment (Hyundai sold 41,957 Elantras during the first ten months of 2015, trailing the Honda Civic at 55,881 sales and the Toyota Corolla at 42,208 sales)

Hyundai has confirmed the upcoming Elantra N Line, a sportier version of the Korean automaker’s compact sedan. Hyundai recently debuted an entirely new Elantra with completely overhauled styling, and the N Line variant will add a turbocharged engine, chassis upgrades, and sporty design elements. The car in the photos Hyundai shared is currentl

Day 1 Perfect timing! autoTRADER.ca is doing a long-term test of the new 2016 Civic , which I had the pleasure of driving a couple of weeks ago. And now this week I'm behind the wheel of the all-new 2017 Hyundai Elantra . The redesigned 2017 Elantra compact car (with a mid-sized designation) offers a number of class-above, segment-first fea