 What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the completely redesigned 2021 Hyundai Elantra courtesy of Jack G. Unbalbo Hyundai and York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. Wanted to check this one out of course because it's been completely redesigned for 2021. And actually this is the seventh generation Elantra now. First Elantra began back in 1990, believe it or not. So it's been around for a while now. And for 2021 it is now longer, lower and wider which makes for a lot more aggressive styling, a lot better look to it in my personal opinion at least. 97% of it is made in Korea. It's true KDM and of course you have the best warranty being five years, 60,000 mile bumper to bumper, 10 year, 100,000 miles on the powertrain and you actually get three years of complimentary maintenance as well that means not having to pay for oil changes or tire rotations, things like that for three years. That's definitely nice. I personally own two Hyundai's right now and I absolutely love both of them so far. So having said that, you can imagine this is going to be a super in-depth review of the Elantra. So 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 to start there are a few different trim levels of course for the Hyundai Elantra. First one being the SE starting at $19,650. SEL for $20,900 and the limited starting at $25,450. Now we do have the SEL trim level today but I also wanted to mention to you guys there is also going to be a hybrid configuration, a sport and an end model as well to the Elantra although Hyundai doesn't yet have pricing on them but I still did want to mention that just in case you wanted to hold out for one of those trims. But regardless of the trim levels that are currently available power plant on this one right now is going to be the same. Powering the 2021 Elantra is going to be a two liter direct injected inline four cylinder engine putting out 147 horsepower at 6,200 RPM, 132 pound feet of torque available at 4,500 RPM, power sent to the front wheels through an IVT essentially Hyundai's continuously variable transmission there and MPG numbers are going to come in at 33 in the city, 43 on the highway for the SE, 31 city, 41 highway for the SEL and limited trim levels of course taking regular unleaded fueler, 87 octane whatever you want to call it. But so then before we do any kind of fun acceleration test in the new Elantra I did want to mention there are a few different drive modes available that actually come standard on this one including normal, sport and smart that drive mode button is located just to the left of the page kind of in front of the shifter there they will adjust things like the shift points throttle response and the steering sensitivity so let me go ahead and put it in sport it did immediately downshift so it is going to hold the RPMs in a much higher level and dang that is a much way to your steering feel I absolutely love the weight of the steering when you put it in that sport driving mode but having mentioned all that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway here and let's see how quickly we can get this new 2021 Hyundai Elantra here up to speed. All right a little bit of a rolling start but let's go, it's not bad I feel like the faster you go the faster it starts to accelerate like as it gets higher up in the RPM range but it's okay it's definitely not the quickest thing in the world but shouldn't have any issues emerging onto the highway but having said that I cannot wait until there is an Elantra N it is going to be so ridiculously quick I'm going to very much look forward to reviewing that one but having said that to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important and so up front you will find 11 inch ventilated front discs in the back 10 inch solid rear discs as far as the braking feel goes in the Elantra definitely on point there it does have a little bit softer of a feel but it's not bad certainly no issues with the braking when it comes to the new Elantra here touching on suspension and handling up front you're going to get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back torsion beam rear axle this is something where I kind of wish they would have done an independent rear suspension as well but I have a feeling maybe the N line version of this car or the Elantra N will definitely be having that independent rear suspension for a little better handling there but having said that as far as the ride quality goes it is excellent absolutely no issues there whatsoever I would even say it is better than both the Corolla, the Civic and the Mazda 3 and that is something that I noticed on the 2020 Elantra as well it is one of the best ride qualities if not the best in its class at least when it comes to ride quality as far as steering feel goes Mazda 3 has definitely got a beat there but it's not bad I will say when you put it in that sport driving mode it is very noticeably heavier has a heavier weight to it so it instantly points you in the direction that you want to go I would even say it has a heavier weight to it in sport mode than my Sonata in sport mode so definitely a very nice feel to this steering at least when it is in that sport mode as far as cabin noise goes it's alright, it's not bad it's pretty much as expected you get a little bit of wind noise at higher speeds but really other than that it's perfectly fine it's nothing that's going to annoy me or anything like that touching on visibility I could see perfectly fine out the back typically with sedans you aren't going to have any issues there anyways that about rounds of the performance segment of this review guys let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this completely redesigned 2021 Hyundai Elantra alright so here she is you guys the new 2021 Hyundai Elantra finished in intense blue in case anybody was curious about the exterior color name and I do apologize for the leaf crumbling there are a lot of leaves this time of year here in Pennsylvania anyways let me go ahead and make my way to the proportions of this thing first because like I mentioned to you guys at the beginning of the video it has changed from the previous generation length actually increases by 2.2 inches width has increased by an inch and it is 0.8 inches lower than the previous generation so it's now longer and wider than both the Civic and the Corolla so that does make for a much more aggressive look and that's definitely a good thing in my opinion but now let's go ahead and make our way to the front of the Elantra here so starting up front the hood is going to taper down quite a bit as compared to the previous Elantra it's a new larger Sonata style front grille that actually looks really good in my opinion black front grille will come with the S-E and S-E-L you will actually get a dark chrome front grille for the limited it's going to be optional on the S-E-L however if you wanted it to the side's projector style headlights do come with the S-E and S-E-L trim levels like you were looking at right now they do actually also get the automatic feature meaning when it starts to get dark at night they will turn on automatically for you there LED daytime running lights also coming standard but if you were to go with the limited trim level you actually get LED headlights so if you want a little better illumination at night go with that limited trim level it's going to be there for you and so overall I feel like the Hyundai logo has gotten a little bit larger up there as well and I like how the hood creases kind of taper down giving all the attention to that Hyundai logo in the front overall definitely a very nice look very aggressive look to the front and especially with this new proportions but now let's go ahead and make our way to the side of the Elantra here so I have crawled back in the woods here for you guys so you can better see the silhouette of the side of the Elantra here chrome window surrounds are going to come with a limited trim level only otherwise you were going to get those matte black window surrounds that you're currently looking at right now and I do like the blue and the black look I will say that Z-shaped design to the side doors I wanted to show that to you guys because that is definitely a very unique look to it I don't think any other vehicles are doing that Z-shaped design creases on the side of the vehicles right now but the Elantra I kind of like it it's definitely different I always like different so looks good to me body colored door handles are going to come standard on all trim levels of course body colored power adjustable side mirrors also coming standard and if you were to go with a limited trim level you will get heated side mirrors with integrated turret signals as well and by the way that configuration is optional on the SEL that we have today if you wanted it and I do like the fastback style silhouette to this one it kind of tapers down ever so gradually in the back so it's a cool look to it then take a look down at the wheel 15 inch alloy wheels will come standard with the SEL I like this just because typically bottom trim levels of other compact cars will give you steel wheels with covers or hubcaps but on the SEL of the Elantra you actually get alloy wheels so that's a big win for the bottom trim level at least 16 inch alloys like you're looking at right now will come on the SEL and lastly the limited is going to give you 17 inch alloys which by the way of course are optional on either of those other trim levels if you wanted to go that route but let's now go ahead and make our way to the back of the Elantra here it's so but now since we are around back I love this back I love the back of the Elantra it looks so good shark fin antenna up top you kind of have an integrated rear spoiler I think that's why I like it it looks so darn aggressive just because of the angles of the back end of the Elantra here anyways LED taillights are going to come standard on the limited it is going to be optional on the SEL that we have today as far as that taillight design goes I like how it's all tied together from side to side just like the Sonata once again launcher lettering is going to be spelled out horizontally I always like that because it makes for a more high end look in my opinion and of course below it all there is a single exhaust outlet however it is tucked away on the Elantra so not sure how I feel about that I would have preferred it being exposed but either way believe you guys do know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip it's open now since we are around back of the Elantra when it comes to opening that rear trunk there are a couple different ways to go about doing it in previous generations that button was hidden within the Hyundai logo itself now it is still hidden but it is no longer within that Hyundai logo it's actually a black button camouflage just below the Hyundai logo so that is one way to go ahead and open it up there's also a button on the key fob itself if you wanted to go that route and there is also a button on the floor of the driver's side so that is yet another way to go ahead and open that one up but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 14.2 cubic feet so for a little comparison here when it comes to the Civic that comes in at 15.1 so a little bit more with the Civic when it comes to the Corolla 13.1 cubic feet so a little bit less with the Corolla so essentially the Elantra is right in the middle of those two when it comes to cargo space but either way those rear seats do fold down there is a 60-40 split providing a ton of extra space there if you needed it and so then making our way to the rear legroom that is going to come in at 38 inches which of course is improved from the previous generation thanks to its longer size for the 2021 Elantra so when comparing that to the Civic and Corolla Civic comes in at 37.4 inches Corolla comes in at 34.8 inches so decent amount with the Civic not as much definitely with the Corolla but overall the Elantra will give you the most rear legroom when comparing those two at least so do want to mention that there is a rear center armrest with cup holders that's going to come standard on the Limited it is going to be optional on the SEL though of course we don't have that option here today front passenger seat back pocket coming with the Limited trim level again optional on the SEL and I got to say on our SEL trim level that we have here today I wouldn't have minded seeing some maybe USB charging ports for the rear passengers back there as well but nonetheless more than enough legroom and that is really where the Elantra is going to shine compared to the competition at least but then making our way to the front seats cloth seating coming with the S E and S E L leather seating coming with the Limited you will find a six-way manually adjustable driver seat with the S E and S E L that we have today power driver seat with lumbar support is going to come with the Limited trim level only there is a four-way manually adjustable passenger seat for all trim levels actually you will get heated front seats with the Limited and it is going to be optional on the S E L but having said all of that I will say seating is actually plenty comfortable even without the lumbar support in the Elantra here I like the side bolsters as well definitely held me in place quite nicely it's going to obviously be better once the end comes out or the end line comes out of the Elantra but still plenty comfortable seats I will say that then take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping for all trim levels it will come leather wrapped if you were to go with the Limited that leather wrapped steering wheel is going to be optional on the S E L having said that I do love the 10 and 2 grips of the new Elantra here they are much thicker grips than they were previously so I do appreciate that little better feeling of being in control there then making our way to the startup let me first start by showing you guys the key here please ignore the sticker but you do have your Hyundai logo on the one side and when you flip it over lock unlock the button to pop the rear hatch and the center hold button with the circle in the middle there that is actually going to be your remote start which is going to come standard on the S E L and Limited trim levels and there is of course a push button start along with that for those two trim levels as well and by the way the push button start is in a unique design located just below the center air vents there and it's kind of propped up sitting on its own little shelf I guess you could say but it is a pretty cool design another unique design element to the Elantra and we'll get more into that in a little bit here but I also wanted to mention there is a digital key that is going to come on the limited trim level and it's going to be optional on the S E L wanted to mention that because if you have a compatible smartphone essentially all you need to do is download the Hyundai digital key app and then you never have to take your keys with you from that point forward because you just hold your phone up to the door and then there's a certain place in front of the shifter that you put your phone in order to start the vehicle so that's a pretty cool feature if you don't want the keys in your pocket all the time so it's going to be there for you as well but let me now touch on the gauges because again it's going to differ amongst the trim levels there is going to be a 4.2 inch digital gauge display for the S E and S E L that's actually located all the way to the right tachometers on your left speedometer is front and center I do like the colors that they used definitely a nice sporty design to this one so I am actually a fan although it's not the better gauge setup because the better gauge setup is actually going to be a 10 and a quarter inch digital gauge cluster coming with the limited which is optional once again on the S E L but that is going to be completely customizable and I'll insert a picture on this video right now of it but it looks a lot like the digital gauge cluster that I've reviewed in Mercedes Benz vehicles so that is a pretty cool setup I will say that and again it's customizable so that's always a good thing too but now let's make our way to overall interior quality because there's a lot of hits and misses on this one power sunroof coming with the limited it is optional on the S E L it's always nice dual zone climate control coming standard on the S E L that's pretty nice for the price point and we'll say that also standard on the limited of course if both driver and passenger can set their own temperatures wireless phone charger coming with the limited it's optional on the S E L you do have customizable ambient interior lighting with plenty of different color options only with the limited trim level so that is going to look pretty amazing at night as well as definitely something I would get if I were to get the Elantra so that is going to be there for you as well another thing I really like about the Elantra is they didn't overlook the stocks coming off of the steering wheel here for like your lights and your windshield wipers there's a nice unique feel to them at the very end just like in the Sonata so makes for a little more upscale feel rather than just a basic plastic it's a nice smooth glossy finish so I do like that just in front of the shifter you're going to have two USB charging ports 12 volt power outlet and a little bit of storage there as well although wouldn't have minded if that little bit of storage had a rubberized bottom so things are a little less inclined to slide around there just behind the shifter you have two cup holders and of course within the center armrest a decent amount of storage there as well one of the design elements I like about this new Sonata is the center air vent that ties together both sides of the vehicle there it's nice sleek design so I do like that I will say that also probably my favorite aspect about the interior design of this one the Corvette like grab handle that separates the driver and passenger side here you guys probably seen the interior of the new Corvette also has one of these and the reason I like it is because it makes it more driver centric it kind of pulls everything towards the driver everything is angled slightly towards the driver like a sports car would have like the Nissan GTR actually as well I knew they do that too so definitely a very driver centric interior design so I do like that having said that a little bit of room for improvement here there are a lot of hard plastics like just around the cup holders around the shifter as well also the speaker covers here they are finished in plastic too wouldn't have minded if they were aluminum I know it would probably be a little more expensive but they aren't that big of speaker covers I don't think it would be too expensive but I knew Genesis does that with their speakers their Lexicon sound system specifically so wouldn't have minded a little better feel to their speakers there but overall having said that the design itself is wonderful on the interior of the Elantra some of the finishes not so much with the hard plastics ultimately now let's make our way though to the tech display 8-inch color touchscreen display coming with the S-E and S-E-L you will get a 10 and a quarter inch color touchscreen display however if you were to go with the limited there's a little bit of difference there but either way you still get Bluetooth and audio streaming regardless of which setup that you go with and you still get Android Auto and Apple CarPlay although it is going to differ probably backwards than what you would think here for the limited trim you still have to hook your phone up to the Elantra via USB cable however with the S-E and S-E-L trims it is actually wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay which is 100% better because then you don't have the dangling wires everywhere I don't know why I did it that way maybe it has something to do with the 10 and a quarter inch screen that the limited comes with but either way wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay is amazing I love that also of course you can check out your driving statistics up there as well and your radio information as expected and when it comes to the sound systems you will get six speakers with the S-E and S-E-L you will get an eight speaker Bose sound system if you were to go with the limited so having said that you guys know we do have the six speaker sound system then therefore so let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one all right so we'll say clarity is 100% on point for a six speaker sound system at least but bass could have been a little bit more not a whole lot of bass with the six speakers but the clarity you can definitely feel it from a good bit of direction so I actually like the clarity for six speakers I will say that not the best Bose sound system is obviously going to be better but it's not bad for a six speaker sound system but last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on that tech display is when you do put the Elantra in reverse of course you will find a rear view camera letting you know who or what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so to start front side side current airbags of course do come standard but also drivers knee airbag up front as well it doesn't always come standard in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks back there also tire pressure monitoring system that's all pretty basic stuff at this point but Hyundai really kills it with the safety here's why every single trim level is going to get a ton of advanced safety features including forward collision avoidance assist with pedestrian detection a blind spot monitor with rear cross traffic alert lane keep assist which is amazing on the Hyundai brand in general they do that a lot better than other manufacturers that I drive lane following assist driver attention warning system high beam assist and safe exit warning as well so that is a ton that comes standard on every single trim level you got to love that if you were to go with a limited you're going to get some additional stuff as well including adaptive cruise control with stop and go which is another very good system on Hyundai we'll say that rear parking sensors reverse parking collision avoidance assist highway drive assist as well which is Hyundai's automated driving on the highway at least so that is a pretty cool thing there as well but overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Elantra it's longer lower and wider which makes it look so much more aggressive and a much better look to it than the previous generation got to love that ride quality is absolutely amazing when comparing it to the other vehicles in its class so it definitely soaks up the road imperfections very very well and that goes the same for the previous generation as well so you got to love that more rear legroom than the Civic and Corolla so because of its longer length you do have a good bit more space back there if you needed it also I love the fact that it has an available digital gauge cluster an available 10 and a quarter inch infotainment screen and digital key available as well those are all things that the Civic and Corolla really don't have quite yet especially that digital key is such a cool feature if you're a techie you're definitely going to love that one America's best warranty for ultimate peace of mind if you drive less than 10,000 miles a year essentially you're warrantied for 10 years when it comes to the engine and transmission things like that so that is pretty crazy too but even if you look in a consumer reports magazine you will see that the Elantra has above average reliability anyway so either way you're good to kill three years free maintenance also comes standard with this one so it's going to save you some money there too definitely a very nice steering feel as well when you put it in that sport driving mode a lot of vehicles don't give you that extra heavy feel to it when you do that but I do like that the Elantra gives you a nice feel to it within its sport driving mode at least so that is about it for this one you guys let me know what you guys think of the new Elantra specifically the styling I want to see if you guys like the styling or not but put it in the comment section below feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there if you want to see what's coming next on the channel be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know when I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold