Beautiful Hyundai Elantra Surpasses 10 Million Vehicles Sold

First Hyundai to reach the 10,000,000 vehicles sold mark from the hard charging Korean.

Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Nov. 3, 2014



2015 Hyundai Elantra SE - $18,185 to start including the D&H with the 6-speed MT while offering a 27/37 mpgUS city/highway rating. AT for $1,000 more adds 1 more mpg city and highway.



As we wait for the next sixth generation Hyundai Elantra reveal possibly as soon as the LA Auto Show, the 2015 Elantra returned with new features providing customers with even more value.



The multiple award-winning compact continues its value proposition as a strong choice in the highly-competitive C-segment with rivals including the newer and already refreshed Honda Civic, and brand new Toyota Corolla. Despite these and other serious competitors, the Elantra continues to sell well enough to hold onto third in the segment in September with 176,403 vehicles sold this year to date, down 9.3 percent from the 194,593 sold through the same period in 2013.



Considering it is one of the oldest models in the segment, it has recently been bestowed with the highest C-segment car in initial quality by J.D. Power in the 2014 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS). Elantra is also a multiple ALG Residual Value Award recipient.

2015 Hyundai Elantra Interior





Every switch is backlit and the control stalks are some of the best.

New for 2015

• Elantra SE: New Style Package, providing a $400 value savings


• Elantra Sport: New Tech Package


• Elantra Limited Tech Package becomes Ultimate Package, providing a $350 savings over the previous model year Tech Package


• New color availability

The Elantra SE Style Package is fitted with black cloth seating, Power tilt and slide sunroof, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, projector headlights with LED accents, chrome beltline molding, and aluminum entrance sills on the front doors which is usually a very expensive accessory on other OEMs C-segment offerings.



The Elantra Sport Tech Package (requires Sport AT) includes a 7-inch touchscreen NAVI system, 360-watt Premium audio with external digital amp, and Blue Link telematics.



What makes the Elantra so desirable is even today after most competitors have already released their next generation models, it continues with the best curb appeal of any compact offered today. In other words, “Fluidic Sculpture” is aging well and still looks hot. The designs 0.28 Cd is still one of the best in segment in terms of aero.



Considering the Elantra was designed at Hyundai's North American Design Center in Irvine, Calif. Probably 7 or 8-years ago, credit to its designers continues.



The Elantra offers the more desirable 145 hp and 130 lb-ft of torque 1.8L I4 that is standard on SE and Limited trims. The Elantra Sport, introduced for the 2014 model year, offers a standard 173 hp and 154 lb.-ft. of torque 2.0L GDI I4. It loses far too much efficiency with the larger displacement engine costing you dearly at the pump for the life of the Elantra.

2015 Hyundai Elantra Sport

10-Million Elantra’s and Counting



The Hyundai Elantra - Avante in other regions - recently achieved a milestone in that 10 millionth have been sold globally, a Hyundai first. To date, there have only been 10-cars to reach this milestone across the entire history of the automobile!



Hyundai stated the Elantra was launched in 1990 and was able to reach this mark by selling an average of 1,100 vehicles per day over a span of five generations.



In the U.S. market, Elantra won the North American Car of the Year award in 2012 and is built at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.

2015 Hyundai Elantra SE TrueCar pricing Detail

Beautiful Hyundai Elantra Surpasses 10 Million Vehicles Sold