lately we've seen a lot of hot hatches what does that mean this car is fun to
drive and has some great utility but best of all you can use it year
round we'll show you the end line from hyundai
Welcome back to the channel I'm Lauren Fix and today we're going to show you
the 2020 hyundai elantra gt but this is the end
line now we've reviewed the elantra before and you can check
that out up here what we have for you today is a fun
little hot hatch what does hot hatch mean
in this case it's a four-door and there's a lot of competition like
the jetta and the civic but this has a hatchback so you can put the seats down
and get more storage so it gives you a lot of utility
a lot of flexibility and it's a fun car to drive if this is your first time to
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anything when you look on the hyundai website
you'll see that there's an elantra gt and a gt with the
n line and that means that this has a lot more standard features
and it's a lot more sporty we'll take it for a test drive
and give you car coach reports ratings and performance handling
safety visibility seating comfort which is important
all the way through value there are 10 different categories and at the end
we're going to give you a total so when you go to the dealer and
consider purchasing this or looking at the competition
you'll have some information you'll know what to expect because the sales person
is not going to take the time to explain you all the little details
that we're going to go over let's go for a ride
the elantra gt is powered by a 2-liter engine with 161 horsepower and 150
feet of torque but this is the n-line engine it is a 1.6 liter turbocharged
engine with 201 horsepower and 169 pound-feet of torque
it's backed up by two transmission options my favorite the six-speed manual
or if you prefer you can go with a dual clutch seven-speed
automatic transmission that has paddle shifts the difference is the drive mode
is available on the automatic there's a button for changing that there is no
drive mode change for the manual transmission
my foot's in it let's go baby just getting to the speed limit i wish i
had a little bit more power you got that 1.6 liter turbo just get that little
zip would just make it i've been driving this vehicle for about a week
it looks great i had high expectations when you call something a gt
and an end line your natural reaction is it's gonna have some get up and go
i was actually kind of disappointed it was kind of sluggish and when you really
put your foot in it it's not spirited i'm disappointed i i
would think it would have some more power
when you look at the veloster end it seems to have more power it may not
based on the tuning but when you're comparing the two
they're not the same class but you're trying that
n line that you're expecting a certain expectation
of performance and unfortunately i found that disappointing the fact that hyundai
offers the six-speed manual i give them major kudos certain brands like
volkswagen mini they've always been known for their
manual transmissions and that's part of the performance side of this
one thing that aggravates the hell out of me is
i'm now at 3 500 rpm and it's telling me to up shift to fourth and i was in
third and i'm thinking now it's time to go to sixth
i'm in third gear and it wants me to do a jump over to sixth
at 3 200 rpm not going to do that i don't like the suggestions because
it's trying to do it based on fuel economy
now if there was a performance mode they would tell you just to ignore the
upshift so i'm telling you if you buy this vehicle
ignore the up shift unless you're looking for fuel economy and that part
of it i find disappointing the positives of this
vehicle is it is fun to drive it goes it's enough to keep
you out of trouble and you can certainly get on an on-ramp
pass a vehicle if you drop down to a lower gear
and that's some of the bonuses that you can do when you're controlling the
performance with a manual transmission now if you
decide to go with the automatic the dual clutch with the
you know the flappy paddles it's a different story
and i think that's going to be something you'll be allowed to go into a sport
mode without placing it there yourself so when it
comes to performance as a whole this is a real fun daily driver
absolutely enough power to get you where you want to be but compared to the
competition it earns a seven what you're getting on the 2020 n line
is a multi-link independent rear suspension that makes the handling fun
it makes it go into corners now even when you're taking off from a
red light like i'm about to do one of the things that i expect is the
car to squat down transfer the weight and take off that
doesn't always happen that way on a vehicle that's underpowered
like this this is not a mustang it's not a camaro it's not a corvette
this is a very well-tuned suspension compared to the previous generation i
think when you're looking at this vehicle compared to the mazda 3
or the volkswagen gti you're going to get a different experience
and i think that's something you need to test drive all the vehicles in this
category this is not a bad vehicle by any means
is this a race car no way and so you have to know that this
is a fun spirited ride that can be made to be an amazing car with all these
aftermarket parts now i'm sure that hyundai's gonna eventually come up with
all that if they're not already selling it at certain dealers but as it stands
right now the handling is really good it is well tuned
it is very specific and the brakes are great
but compared to the competition in the hot hatch class it earns an eight
now safety features are something that are really important in any vehicle we
talk about this all the time this vehicle has ford collision warning
has pedestrian cross traffic alert it has rear cross traffic alert
it has lane change departure it has a backup camera it has a lot of safety
features that you do not get in other vehicles and some vehicles you have to
buy up and other vehicles is just not available the one big thing
this vehicle has in safety and why it earned a nine
it's an iihs top safety pick plus and that means this vehicle is
really safe and it earned a nine when you're looking
at this vehicle as far as visibility it has a very long very large front
piece of glass which i do appreciate the window sills are low and that's
great because now you've got more vision and that's really what is
the ability to see you've got your side view mirrors your backup camera but
looking out the back one thing this vehicle has is a long
piece of glass and it's designed in such a way that it
gives you pretty good visibility however that blind spot in the right rear is a
big piece of metal it's not alaska size but
it has its issues which is why the safety
features are important and you want that blind spot detection
even with the headrests out of the way it's not bad at all
better than most vehicles in this category and it earned an eight
when you sit in the driver's seat this is the most important seat because
you're driving the vehicle and there are great
side bolsters that hold you in now again it's based on how you're built if you're
a larger person it may be very uncomfortable so make sure to sit in
this vehicle before you make a final purchase
never buy a car without test driving it on the side you have manual adjustments
on both driver and passenger side this seat
seems to have a little bit of lumbar built into it but i somehow don't feel
it as much on the passenger side there shouldn't really be a difference
but this is just a comfort factor so make sure you sit in the driver's side
and the passenger side and if you got kids
let them sit in the back because the last thing you want to do is have
everybody kicking the back of your chair and make sure there's room underneath
those seats for your feet let's take a look at the second row in
the second row there is pretty good head and shoulder room and actually really
good knee room because i set the seat for me
and i'm 5'8 so that tells you there's a lot of leg room in here
the one thing if you're the middle rider you're probably not going to be too
comfortable because it is kind of tight when you pull down the center console
you have two really simple cup holders they're great they're easy
to use but there is no charging port at all there's only two
vents in the door is small carriers for whatever drink that
you'd like and there's window lifts pretty simple
but keep in mind this is not an expensive car however
having lumbar on the driver's side but literally nothing on the passenger side
just manual adjustment i had to give it a six for seating when
you're looking at technology there's a lot of different features
depending upon the classification of the car so we're looking at the gauges and
their regular gauges and actually that's really good if you press this button
right here you will change the displays the
displays will not just give you whether things are open or not and how
things work but also you can set it for miles per hour you can set it for
different information just by changing the buttons pretty
simple right there on the steering wheel so it's not so difficult
going down to the steering wheel you've got your cruise control
all as well as your pages to change and then on this side
you have your modes for your audio you can use your blue
link which is a feature we'll talk about that next it's also a technology because
it's something that hyundai has gone to a lot of trouble to
put together going over here to the center stack this is your standard home
screen you can press the button for radio you can also touch the screen
so again this is something that allows you those options whether you're driving
or not everybody's different a lot of people
don't like the touch screen also you've got your media set up here
if you've got that you can set your tracks
there's also an apps page here which allows you to download
certain apps as well as android auto apple carplay is standard
you've got infinity audio system with eight speakers
pretty standard setup voice commands and you can set up different things
depending upon how you would like to have that
and then you've got your home button here pretty basic not advanced some of
the competition has more you've got your vents
and your climate control there is no wireless charging here but you do have
your usb a regular 12 volt heated seats ventilated seats are an
option our vehicle did not have that it came in that 24 thousand dollar range
we'll talk about that with value but it does have this
one thing that i call technology but not everyone does is
this vehicle has the six-speed manual transmission which i prefer
the one technology i hate on this car is the when it tells you to up
shift you're doing like under 2000 rpm and it wants you to shift up to fifth
gear i'm not doing that that may be great for fuel economy i'm looking for a
little bit of fun in a hot hatch so when it came to technology i gave it
an 8. there are a lot of features on this
end vehicle including the hyundai and steering wheel
which has this really cool red stitching i think they did a really nice job in
the details nothing special other than i really do
like the red detail that goes around this vent pretty cool
regular gauges easy to use which i like you've also got your windshield washer
front and rear as well as your turn signal and your headlights
remember if you buy an automatic with a 7 speed you'd have your paddle shifts
here which obviously would not be the case
you also have a drive mode button which is also not on this
here is your center stack with blue link which is standard
you've got your really nice vents and then down below you have your climate
control you have some storage you can get a wireless charging system as well
here our vehicle has heated seats no air
cooled seats manual transmission going further back you've got two cup
holders with a little cover which is nice if you want to hide something
you've got your parking brake and your auto holds a little bit of storage
in the glove box there is a 12 volt charger
that's it in the back there is no charging so that kind of limits you on
what's available on features so when it comes to features we gave it
an 8. one of the things that's specific to
the elantra gtm line is this waterfall grille you're not going to see it on the
regular gt and there are a couple other details
that are specific to this model all led headlights and daytime running
lights the regular elantra gt has 17-inch alloy
wheels this is 18-inch alloy wheels and they have the
optional michelin summer performance tires
you'll also note led tail lights you got your elantra gt
more marker lights and the end line badging as well as
dual exhaust for design we gave it an eight
when you're looking at quality there are a lot of factors it's not just the
exterior and the quality of the build it's also
the interior and the materials they need to be soft touch they need to
have real stitching and when there's a flaw in little areas
we have to knock it down a few points while they truly offer great
value and hyundai owns their own metal plant there is a lot of top quality in
this product but when it came to quality for the
specific vehicle we gave it a nine going around to the back when you open
the hatch there's 24.9 cubic feet of storage which
is really good also underneath this cover is a mini
spare which is much better than run flats because it costs less to get new
tires something to consider when you're
thinking about value put these two rear seats down that are 60 40 split and you
have 55 cubic feet of storage now our test
vehicle came in at 24 690 that's a really good value
and hyundai does have great value because it includes maintenance for
three years 36 000 miles 10-year 100 000 mile warranty which only
kia and hyundai offer so i gave it a value
score of nine now there are a lot of competitors in
this marketplace and everybody's kind of fighting
for that small segment you've got mazda and honda
toyota i mean think about all the competition make sure to test drive
all those different vehicles before you make a final decision and then check
with your insurance company to find out what the rates are
because some are much less than others of course there's a lot of other factors
involved in that too there's a link to our channel down below
in the description now when you're looking at the total value you've got
performance handling safety there's a lot included some
really specific items to the end line that make this vehicle
a little bit unique when you total everything up you get a total score of
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