 What is up you guys? I'll be back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony as your new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Hyundai Alantra courtesy of Jack Tumbal, the Hyundai New York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because there are a couple small upgrades for 2023 and the Alantra is going to be competing with the Corolla and the Civic of course. But unlike those two, this one gets America's best warranty being five years, 60,000 mile bumper to bumper, 10 years, 100,000 miles on the powertrain. Not only that, you also get three years or 36,000 miles of complimentary maintenance as well. So you don't have to pay for things for the first three years. So that is quite convenient. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2023 Alantra. First one being the SE starting at $20,500, which by the way is a modest $650 bump from the 2022 model year, which is pretty on point for the 2023 models that I've been testing. It's right about average as far as price bumps go. SE L trim level, that is when we were in today starting at 21,750, limited for 26,350. And lastly, the end line starting at $27,050. But as you can imagine with all of these trim levels, there are actually two different power plants available for the Alantra. First one is going to belong to the SESEL and limited trim levels. That one is powered by a two liter naturally aspirated inline four cylinder, putting out 147 horsepower at 6,200 RPM, 132 pound feet of torque coming in at 4,500 RPM. Power is sent to the front wheels through an IBT that stands for Intelligent Variable Transmission. So if you were comparing it to the Civic or the Corolla, it's a CVT basically, Continuously Variable Transmission, but zero to 60 time is going to come in at approximately 8.4 seconds, with MPG numbers coming in at 30 in the city, 40 on the highway, taking regular, unleaded fuel. But so then there is one other engine configuration. That one is going to belong to the end line trim level. So that one is a 1.6 liter turbocharged four cylinder, 201 horsepower at 6,000 RPM, 195 pound feet of torque coming in at 1,500 RPM. Power sent to the front wheels through a seven speed dual clutch, zero to 60 time, approximately 7.5 seconds with MPG numbers, 28 in the city, 36 in the highway. But yet again, taking regular unleaded fuel. So that's pretty cool. But anyways, before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in our Alantra, didn't want to mention you guys drive modes. There is a drive mode button kind of located just to the left of the shifter. They will include normal sport and smart, adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response and the steering sensitivity. So now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put this acceleration here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2023 Alantra here up to speed. All right, so I got us in sport driving mode already. We're just going to do a slight rolling start here, but go baby. Keeps the RPMs high. I'll tell you guys that, but yeah, you're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway, but that's the quickest thing in the world, but it's pretty on par for the segment. I'll put it that way, right on par with the Corolla in the Civic. But yeah, it holds the RPMs high when you really get on it. Maybe it's because of that sport driving mode, like I was saying. So that is pretty cool. You could definitely tell it's a heavier steering feel, but we'll get more into that in a little bit here. I'm going to put it back to normal driving mode. And as always, braking is equally important. And so upfront, you will find 11 inch ventilated front disc for the SE and SEL trim levels because it actually is going to differ. That actually gets bumped up to 12 inch ventilated front disc. Then if you were to go with the limited or the end line, so expect slightly better braking power with those two trim levels. In the back, 10 inch solid rear disc, as far as that 60 is your stopping distance goes, Eddie's going to come in an incredible 116 feet. That is brilliant. Let me go ahead and test a break. Whoa, 100% on the firmer side of things. And like I said, that's 60 is your stopping distance number. Honestly, if you guys look up all the numbers, and I can tell you in the past 700 plus cars that have German, 116 feet, that's brilliant. Usually with sedanans, you get mid 120s. If anything, lower 120s. And what I always say in my reviews is anything in the one teens is brilliant. Anything less than that is sports car good basically. So 116 feet is quite brilliant. And I can tell you guys, it is 100% on the firm side of things when it comes to that braking feel, which is a good thing. Gives you a better feeling of being in control. It instantly brings you to a stop. So braking is definitely the Elantra strong suit without a doubt. That is 100% on point for that number. So anyways, then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get a McPherson strut front suspension. In the back, Torsen beam rear axle if you go with the SE or SEL trim levels. Another one of those things is going to be slightly different depending upon the trim level that you go with. Because if you go with the limited or the L line, you're going to get an independent multi-link rear suspension. So we do have the Torsen beam rear axle. Either way, you still get front and rear stabilizer bars. I also want to mention that. As far as ride quality goes, it feels like it's segment. I'll put it that way. You can feel a decent amount of the road, but that is to be expected. And really any compact car, it feels exactly like the Corolla or the Civic. I'll put it that way. So it pretty much is as expected. Like I said, as far as steering feel goes, in the normal driving mode I still have it in. It's definitely on the looser side of things. I will say that. But again, it kind of feels like the Corolla, the Civic I would say out of the three I've been comparing in this video is definitely the heaviest steering feel. But like I said, if you put it in that sport driving mode here in the Elantra, that is a much heavier steering feel. So that is an available option. If you prefer that kind of steering feel on the firmer side of things. So that is available for you. So I didn't want to mention that. As far as cabin noise goes, as we're going a, I don't know, 40 miles per hour right now. It's honestly not that bad. It's pretty much again on par for the same. And you get a little bit of road noise. Wind noise is pretty much at bay. So I do like that, but you do get a little bit of road noise at higher speeds. I'll say that. I touch a good visibility. I can see perfectly fine out the back. Definitely 100% not going to have any issues there. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Hyundai Elantra. All right, so here she is you guys. The new 2023 Hyundai Elantra finished in fluid metal. In case you were curious of our exterior color name, but as always, let's go ahead and start where this thing is made. The VIN number actually starts with the letter K, meaning the Elantra specifically is made in Korea. And I always like to point that out because even with this being a Korean brand, many of its vehicles, at least here in the U.S., are made in the U.S., like the Sonata for example. Except for the Sonata Hybrid, which is made in Korea, so little fun fact, I guess. I'm getting on its topic, but as always, let's go ahead and start up front on the Elantra here. Gloss black front grille is going to come standard on the S-E and S-E-L trim levels. Dark chrome front grille is going to come standard on the Limited. You will also get though some inline badging found in that front grille if you were to go with the inline trim level, of course, then take a look down to the corners there. You guys will find some front air curtains helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination as you will often find on compact cars. Projector halogen headlights coming with the S-E and S-E-L, that of course is what you guys are looking at right now, but if you were to go with either the Limited or the inline trims, you're going to get LED headlights up front, so little added illumination there, but either way, you will get LED daytime running lights. You will also get the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark in at night, these headlights will turn on automatically for you there, but also coming standard for all trim levels and you don't always get this for the segment, automatic high beams, meaning when you have your high beams on at night and sensitive vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams and when that vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically bounce it back up to high beams. So that is definitely very nice there. That's something I'll always like to mention with the Elantra is it has a much lower hoodline than the competition, so it makes for much more aggressive looks. So definitely a very nice looking front end, I guess is what I'm trying to say here, but that about rounds out the front end of the Elantra. So now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, black windows surrounds will come standard chrome windows surrounds, however, will come on the limited trim level only. So do want to mention that as far as the dividers for the windows, they are actually finished in matte black. I'll get up a little closer here to show you guys, but they are finished in matte black as opposed to gloss black as like the Sonata is finished in for some of their trim levels, I should say that. So when to emphasize that another cool little design aspect, you guys can kind of see the Z kind of running through the side of the doors and there's no significance there and technically it's not a Z, but it looks like a Z and it's cool little design element that the Hyundai Tucson also has on their side profile. So big fan of that because it looks like nothing else on the road. So I'm always a fan of different, but body called the door handles of course coming standard body colored power adjustable side mirrors as well. Taking a look down at the wheel setup, they will differ amongst the trim levels of course 15 inch alloys for the SE, 16 inch alloys for the SEL although we do have some optional 17 inch alloys on our specific SEL. So there are some optional package options, convenience package to be specific that will give you a bunch of stuff including upgraded wheels. And lastly 18 inch alloys then coming with the limited end the end line but that pretty much rounds out the side profile here. So now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right so starting all the way to the top here you will find a body colored shark fin antenna just below that you kind of have this integrated rear spoiler. I'm gonna kind of see if I can get a different angle for you guys because although it's not a real rear spoiler it is kind of integrated kind of has this lip to it. I wanted to mention that because I think it looks dang good but of course you will get the Alantra lettering spelled out horizontally as expected. LED tail lights are gonna come on the limited and end line trim levels otherwise you're gonna get your standard halogen bulbs back there. And just below it all you will find a single exhaust out like tucked away down underneath the passenger side in the back there but you will find chrome dual tips if you were to go with that end line trim level. So wanted to mention that as well but as always I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. Here is that exhaust clip. All right so but now since we are around to the back of the Alantra when it comes to opening that rear trunk there is a button on the key five there is a button kind of by the driver side left foot down here from the driving position. And the coolest way though is there is a black button kind of right in the middle of the two tail lights on the trunk itself it's somewhat hidden but that is yet another way to go ahead and open it up. But once it opened up cargo capacity comes in at 14.2 cubic feet. If that was not enough space there is a 6040 split meaning the receipts do fall down for quite a bit of extra space then. If you needed it there is some cargo lighting back there. There is underneath the cargo floor a spare tire in case you were wondering if there was that or the fix of flat there's a spare tire. There's actually decent amount of space around the spare tire as well. So if you lived in Pennsylvania like I do and you wanted to put an ice scraper back there that is perfect place to put it basically. But anyways then making our way up to the rear leg room that is going to come in at 38 inches even. For reference I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. There's also a rear center armrest with cup holders if you were to go with the limited trim level only. Now unfortunately no rear ventilation new rear charging ports either back there but then make your way up to the front seats manually adjustable cloth seating coming with the SE and SEL trims. Then there's going to be kind of a leather cloth combination seating for the limited and the end line. Power driver seat with powered lumbar coming with the limited and the end line trim levels heated front seats though coming with the limited and end line they are going to be optional on the SEL that we actually do have today. I'm actually going to turn those on right now because it's kind of cold here in PA but overall seating was plenty comfortable. I definitely appreciated our optional heated seats that we have in our SEL here because it is still pretty cold out so far today. It's 44 degrees so honestly seating was plenty comfortable like I said. So no issues there. Then take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped then if you were to go with the limited or end line optional on the SEL so I'm a big fan of that. To make your way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Hyundai logo on the one side then when you flip it over a lot of buttons lock unlock the button to pop the rear trunk there the hold button with the circle that is going to be a remote start which comes on the SEL trim level and up hence the reason why we have it today. There is a digital key coming with the limited but ultimately it's all keyless enter with a push button start for the SEL trim level and up so all I'm going to do here simply put my front of the break and press that silver engine start button located just below the infotainment screen. So once started up these gauges are definitely very nice get a 10 and a quarter inch digital gauge cluster that comes standard with the end line but we have it today because it's optional on the SEL but you can't get it on the limited which is kind of interesting because for 2022 it came standard on the limited. So a couple little changes there for whatever reason for 2023 but we do have that 10 and a quarter inch screen otherwise you're going to get the analog gauges that I showed in last year's review so I'll actually leave a link to the 2022 Elantra review at the end of this video if you wanted to check that out but digital gauge cluster I love it because it changes with the drive modes for example if you put in this sport it's going to kind of give you this carbon fiber and red hues if you put it in smart or normal it's going to look the same kind of like a silver look so I absolutely love the fact that you could change the entire look depending upon the drive mode that you put it in but it is all adjustable and there are steering wheel mounted controls on the right side of the steering wheel so you can kind of toggle through like safety features a digital speedometer when you need your next oil change the list goes on so I absolutely love the digital gauges again I'll just say that but so then touching on overall interior quality if you wanted a power sunroof go with the limited or inline trim levels wireless phone chargers same trim levels for those two again dual zone climate control coming with the SEL trim level and up so both driver and passenger can set their own temperatures there multicolor ambient lighting coming with the limited trim level if you wanted that alloy full pedals coming with the inline trim level and one of the cool little aspects I guess to the interior of the Elantra since it first came out is you have this massive kind of grab handle separating the driver and the passenger it reminds me of the new C8 Corvette minus all of the buttons that they put on theirs but that is a pretty cool design aspect and everything is tilt leading the infotainment screen slightly towards the driver kind of like the Nissan GTR so it's a much more driver centric car which is a good thing it kind of feels like a sportier vehicle because of that it's kind of got these Audi-esque kind of vents the air vents just above the just below the infotainment screen it kind of continues on all the way across so I think that is pretty cool I do like the gloss black finishes right around the cup holders and surrounding the shifter as well just in front of the shifter we actually have a wireless phone charger which is optional on the SEL I didn't mention that so that's pretty cool 12 volt power outlet couple USB charging ports and electromechanical parking brake to the left of the shifter again your cup holders just behind that within the center armrest you have okay amount of storage it's not that much it's pretty much on par for the segment I'll just put it that way I like the three little contrast stitching going across the doors as well it's a nice little design element that they didn't have to do but they did so overall interior quality is actually okay now don't get me wrong there is going to be a lot of plastic found like the grab handle and like the grab handle and the power window buttons but overall for this segment it's not all that bad but anyways so I'm going to take a look at the infotainment screen it is an 8 inch color touch screen display coming with the SE and SEL trim levels but then there is a 10 and a quarter inch color touch screen display coming with the limited and the L-line trim levels and optional on the SEL that we have today we do have that option so that is pretty dark hole either way you get Bluetooth and audio streaming wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay if you go with the 8 inch screen but the 10 and a quarter inch screen is going to give you wired Android Auto Apple CarPlay so you just got to hook it up via USB cable but it's kind of interesting you would think it would be vice versa but that's not the way Hyundai does it for whatever reason but you can also check out your climate control settings up there there is a voice memo system so you can record your voice and then play it back at a later date if you wanted to you can also adjust your ambient lighting colors if you were to go with a limited trim level of course factory navigation system is going to come on the 10 and a quarter inch screen you could check out your weather information up there if you wanted to it pretty much has everything also of course your radio information is so when it comes to the sound systems for the SEL and L-line trims you're going to get six speakers but I do like the speaker covers it's kind of finished in a silver it is plastic but silver finished so I do like that but then an eight speaker Bose sound system is then going to come with the limited trim level so I do want to kind of emphasize that but anyways we do have the six speaker sound system so what do you guys say? let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing this morning and let's test out the clarity of this one that song is called Bikini Bottom how sticky and cool is that? somebody is a fan of SpongeBob but anyways that sound system is just okay if I'm being honest if you like music definitely go with the Bose sound system for the limited but that's pretty much a pretty average six speaker sound system for the segment it's pretty much like the bass corolla would sound like or something like that so nothing special there but anyways it'll get the job done but lastly what I want to mention you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the Elantra in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board letting you know what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so to start IIHS top safety pick which pretty much says it all right there front side side current airbags do come standard in the back you're gonna have latch aka lower anchors to tethers to children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard forward collision avoidance assist with pedestrian detection a blind spot collision avoidance assist system lane keep assist lane following assist to driver attention warning system then as well then if you were to go with the limited trim level you're gonna get rear parking sensors that's pretty cool and then the limited trim level is going to add in addition to that highway drive assist as well which is kind of Hyundai's level two autonomous driving system so overall what it comes to my final thoughts I do like the exterior styling I think it looks dang good digital gauges on this particular segment is a big win as well multi-color ambient lighting being available that is awesome braking is crushing it compared to the competition I love the braking in the Elantra definitely gives you that amazing feeling of being in control like you come to a stop on a dime if you needed to so big fan of that not only that you get America's Best Warranty you get three years of complimentary maintenance probably gonna run out of room to put all the pluses on the actual screen here so digital key I love that as well so if your key fob dies there is a way to still start your car when your key fob dies but still you can use the digital key if you wanted to so either way don't call a tow truck you don't need to wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay being available I believe the competition doesn't offer that I know the Corolla doesn't the only constructive criticism I could think of is specifically for the N-Line I know there's a lot of questionable reliability when it comes to that because of the dual clutch transmission used in that and this particular trim level it's not the quickest thing in the world it'll get the job done but again it's not gonna win any races but that's okay that's not what it's built for but anyways let me know what you guys think of the Elantra in the comment section below that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys oh in the next video stay gold