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Hyundai Elantra vs Honda City

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Hyundai Elantra
Hyundai Elantra

$18,888 - $32,987

2019 price

Honda City
Honda City

$13,990 - $22,990

2018 price

Summary

2019 Hyundai Elantra
2018 Honda City
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 2.0L

Inline 4, 1.5L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
7.2L/100km (combined)

5.7L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Optional safety on Go & Active
  • No radar safety on Sport
  • Polarising looks

  • Underdone engine
  • Average CVT performance
  • Multimedia system is a disaster
2019 Hyundai Elantra Summary

Is there a place for the humble sedan in 2019?

Hyundai seems to think so. And so for 2019 it has overhauled its Elantra range, with a polarising new look and interesting new trim levels.

Is the price right to push the Elantra to the forefront, though? Or is the i30’s less-famous sedan sibling destined to be overlooked?

We’ve spent some time in each of the Elantra’s four variants over the past few months to find out. Read on to see what’s what, and which one is our pick of the range.

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2018 Honda City Summary

Honda built its four-wheeled automotive empire on the back of small cars, flying in the face of 1970s convention that bigger was better. As the ubiquitous Civic grew larger and larger, a niche for a smaller car appeared, and that niche was subsequently filled by the City in sedan guise, and the Jazz hatch that sits alongside it.

The buying public, however, is simply not as interested as it once was in small hatches and sedans, and Honda, along with other importers, is feeling the pinch when it comes to slumping sales for its smaller models.

But are we all missing out on something here? After all, the Thai-built City is priced from a rock-bottom $15,990 in base manual form – which is not a lot of money for a Honda.

We’re trying the range-topping, $21,590 VTi-L to see what we may have been missing.

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2019 Hyundai Elantra 2018 Honda City

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