011 Hyundai Elantra Touring Review
What’s New for 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring?
The 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring gets few minor changes in its feature lists, but apart from this the car is absolutely unchanged.
Body Styling and Features
The four-door hatchback 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring comes in two trim levels: base GLA and SE.
The 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring gets its power from a 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine generating output power of 138 horsepower and maximum output torque of 136 pound-feet. The manual equipped Elantra Touring sprinted from 0 to 60 mph in 8.7 seconds in our performance testing, which was pretty decent.
The safety equipments for 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring, includes antilock disc brakes having brake assist, stability and traction control, side curtain airbags, front-seat active head restraints and front-seat side airbags. The crash test scores for Elantra Touring are pretty impressive, so you don’t have to worry about the safety in Elantra Touring.
2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring is a decently built roomy compact car having astonishingly stylish road manners.
The 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring receives a few minor feature content changes but is otherwise unchanged.
Though it's considered a compact hatchback, the Elantra Touring actually feels bigger than that official designation implies. The Elantra Touring is not an Elantra sedan with a really big cargo area. If you're interested in a little sportier driving experience, we'd suggest taking the Mazda 3 hatchback out for a spin.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring is a four-door hatchback available in two trim levels. Opting for the Popular package adds roof rails, foglights, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel with audio controls, a trip computer, upgraded cloth upholstery, driver seat height and lumbar adjustments and a retractable cargo cover.
The SE trim level includes all of the features of the GLS and Popular package and adds 17-inch alloy wheels, a sunroof, leather upholstery, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, heated front seats and, on manual-transmission models, a sport shifter. The 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring is powered by a 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine with an output of 138 horsepower and 136 pound-feet of torque. In Edmunds performance testing, a manual-shift Elantra Touring reached 60 mph from a standstill in 8.7 seconds, a respectable showing.
The EPA estimates fuel economy at 23 mpg city/31 mpg highway and 26 mpg for combined driving with a manual transmission, while automatic-transmission models get nearly identical mileage at 23/30/26 mpg.
All 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring models include antilock disc brakes with brake assist, traction and stability control, front-seat side airbags, side curtain airbags and front-seat active head restraints.
Interior Design and Special Features The 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring's cabin is just about what you'd expect from a midrange model.
Driving Impressions
Around town, the Elantra Touring gets the job done thanks to its quiet cabin, compliant suspension and tight turning radius.
While the Hyundai Elantra sedan has been completely redesigned for 2011, the Hyundai Elantra Touring wagon continues mostly unchanged for one more year.
Relative to the Elantra sedan, the Touring has always been on a different trajectory. The Touring model's tall profile and wagon body style afford a very roomy, versatile interior, with near-SUV-caliber utility, and the split backseat folds forward flat. Just as with the 2011 Hyundai Elantra lineup, the Touring comes with a very generous set of standard features. Although full details hadn't yet been announced at the time of posting, the Elantra Touring is due to be replaced for 2012 by a model based on the all-new 2011 Hyundai Elantra sedan.
5/29/11
2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring Review
