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Hyundai Accent diesel claims price point

  • By Carsguide team
  • Carsguide
  • 24 January 2012
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    The turbodiesel unit is a new 1.6-litre engine with common rail direct injection (CRDi) fuel system. Photo Gallery

Hyundai has added a diesel to the Accent range, saying it is Australia’s most affordable.

The Accent oiler will hit the showroom floors only in Active spec, with a starting price of $19,490. 

The turbodiesel unit - the first in the Accent line-up – is a new 1.6-litre engine with common rail direct injection (CRDi) fuel system, intercooled with variable geometry turbo (VGT). It develops 94kW of power at 4000rpm and 260Nm of torque between 1900-2750rpm. 

The engine is mated to either Hyundai’s six-speed manual, or for an extra $2000 the four-speed electronic automatic transmission – which features a lock-up torque converter, overdrive and driver style adaptation programming.

Hyundai claims the combination of CRDi and VGT enables the diesel to deliver fuel economy of 4.4L/100km in a combined cycle of driving with the manual transmission sedan and 4.5L/100km for the hatch, with the automatic versions both coming in at 5.6L/100km.

Safety equipment for the Active spec level includes six airbags, vehicle stability management, electronic stability control and traction control systems.

The four-channel, four-sensor anti-skid braking system also has electronic brakeforce distribution that adjusts brake effort to compensate for uneven loading of cargo or passengers.

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  • Who cares about the diesel v petrol running cost argument? The fact is these modern day turbo diesels are a much better drive, particularly for us manual drivers. The delivery of the power curve is brilliant . You can push the foot down to overtake in 5th gear and off they go! That is why I bought one.

    Johnny Diesel of Oakleigh. Posted on 12 February 2012 1:03pm

  • If diesel cars become more popular won't the petrol companies just raise the price of that too since they can charge whatever they like?

    Jane Posted on 02 February 2012 3:25am

  • Now let's see if Hyundai can actually supply a car. In the market a couple of months ago (got a Fiesta diesel), liked the i30 but felt it needed 6 speed. Salesman said they were now with 6 speed, but the ones they had only had 5. I asked him if he could source a SLX diesel with 6 speed - apparently Hyundai, while it's on their brochure and website, doesn't bring them in. Of course, he tried to flog me one of the underdone autos. No, thanks.

    Alan of Logan City Posted on 01 February 2012 9:33pm

  • And now a diesel for the Elantra please.

    Andrew Posted on 01 February 2012 9:06pm

  • As a Diesel driver I agree in general that yes you pay more, it's very dependant on the vehicle how much better economy you get. If you look at most European cars which "generally" have the better diesel engines (as it's the prefered choice over there) you do find a considerable difference in fuel economy. One thing I found is most european cars also require PULP! So if you factor that in the maths equation PULP vs Diesel, diesel is quite often cheaper in this situation. If your a little bit environmental then also consider most modern diesels run considerably cleaner than Petrol. Diesel definitely works out better if you do longer trips. Long trips I can get 1000kms +, city driving 750-800kms a tank. So if your a city driver I doubt you'd see much benefit at all from Diesel. My 2c!

    Nick of SA Posted on 01 February 2012 6:20pm

  • anyone that would willingly drive a petrol vehicle has obviously never driven a modern diesel. Therefore they are talking through their tailpipes ! The low down torque in huge amounts the lack of need to run high revs the shear easy driving is just so much better. Then of course the intrinsically longer life of an engine that only reves about half as high as a petrol equivalent and the long term situation is actually very favourable to the diesel. so do all the homework and drive one before knocking a diesel.

    James Hunter of Metford NSW Posted on 01 February 2012 5:45pm

  • Well I checked the petrol fuel use and it says in Auto - 5.6 l/100km combined - same as this diesel genius (auto tranny)... so where is the saving??? only in manual and this is just some $200 per year over 20,000 km travelled - so that equates to years and years of break even... I am tired of this Marketing Spins - that's why I drive V6 for $12,000 and don't worry about fuel use because I have decades to catch up with this little Diesel!

    m Posted on 30 January 2012 4:11pm

  • Speaking of Fails, Maybe your should check your math Davidz. 750,000km payback period? really? Based on 4.5 (diesel) vs 6.0L/100km (peterol) i.e. 1.5L/100km difference, an assumption of an average of 10% price difference between petrol and diesel, and the very conservative estimate of $1.40 per litre of petrol over 35 years, 750,000km would equate to a fuel saving of $9450. that is a little bit more than the $2000 outlay!! In fact if you take into account the slightly increase servicing costs of a diesel it takes about 12 years to become cost neutral. However that is making the assumption that petrol prices DON'T change, which as we all know is foolish. Diesels will only become more cost effective as petrol costs go up.

    DrD of Australia Posted on 30 January 2012 10:45am

  • It may well be the cheapest new diesel car on the market, BUT the issue is the std. petrol aint a gas-guzzling V8, its a modern injected job with outstanding low fuel use, hence the difference between the ULP and the Diesel would be perhaps 1.5L less for the Diesel over 100km.The 1.5L extra of the cheaper ULP over the cost of the more expensive Diesel fuel removes ANY saving, then you really have the MASSIVE issue of the $2000 extra to buy the inferior Diesel over the cheaper/frugal ULP version.Just 750,000km payback period, or 35 years for the average Joe.The ONLY time you can save is if the Diesel powered is CHEAPER to purchase than the ULP version.So.................FAIL!

    DAVIDZ of AUS Posted on 27 January 2012 9:24am
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