At Hyundai, we’re always thinking about the driver’s environment both in and out of the car, which is why the Elantra’s engine meets stringent Ultra-Low-Emission Vehicle (ULEV) emissions standards. In certain states, there’s also an available model that meets Partial Zero Emission Vehicle (PZEV) standard—which puts it in the same emissions family as hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius.
The Hyundai Elantra’s efficient 2.0-liter engine delivers up to 35 miles per gallon on the highway and generates a fleet 138 horsepower and 136 pound-feet of torque.(applies to ULEV engine)
Yet that economy doesn’t come at the expense of performance. The Elantra’s engine offers spirited acceleration, courtesy of dual overhead cams and Continuously Variable Valve Timing, an innovative technology that perfectly times the intake and exhaust valves, which both widens the power band and boosts fuel efficiency at all speeds.
The Hyundai Elantra also offers a choice of transmissions. A precise five-speed manual comes standard or an available four-speed automatic that utilizes intelligent gear ratios for improved fuel economy at freeway speeds.
Either way, you get a power plant that’s equal parts performance and efficiency.
The sporty Hyundai Elantra SE was bred for the open road. Preferably a long twisting one full of switchbacks and S-curves.
Its agile sport-tuned suspension employs modified dampers, beefier stabilizer bars, and stiffer springs to reduce body roll, improve cornering, and increase road feel.
What you’ll find is that it’s suddenly easier to feel at one with the road. And to us, that’s driver nirvana.
Decades ago, Hyundai made a long-term multimillion dollar investment into powertrain research. It’s proven so successful that today we’re designing and building engines for other carmakers.
So it should come as no surprise that the remarkable quality and reliability of the Elantra’s engine comes not just from its engineering, but from its top-notch construction as well.
Each engine is painstakingly assembled to exacting standards. So exacting, in fact, that as a final quality check, each engine is run at the factory without fluids. Unless the machining and assembly are precisely to spec, the engine doesn’t leave the factory. Of course, that means when it does leave, you have an engine worthy of America’s Best Warranty.
