 What is up you guys, we'll go back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am GoPenny, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we're in the brand new 2024 Hyundai Elantra courtesy of Jack Jumbal of Hyundai and York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we're in this one today because there is a nice facelift for the Elantra for 2024. You got updated lighting housings, new wheels and so on. Also get America's best warranty being five year, 60,000 mile bumper to bumper, 10 years, 100,000 miles on the powertrain. You also get three years or 36,000 miles of complimentary maintenance. So that's certainly gonna save you some money there as well. And ultimately the Elantra is going to be competing with the Civic, the Corolla and the Sentra just to name a few. 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 size. You can imagine there are a few different trim levels for the 2024 Elantra. First one being the SE starting at 21,475 dollars. I like that. SEL for 23,425 and lastly the limited being the one we are in today starting at 26,915 dollars. But regardless of trim level that you go with the power plant is going to be the same. Piring the little beast is 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. That power being sent to the front wheels through an intelligent variable transmission zero to 60 time coming into approximately 8.1 seconds. So we'll be testing that out of course in a little bit here. MPG numbers then coming in at 32 in the city, 41 on the highway taking regular unleaded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in the Elantra do an image to you guys to drive modes. There's a silver button located kind of just to the left of the shifter. If you were to press that you got normal sport and smart justing things like the shift points the throttle response and the steering sensitivity and the gauge cluster as well. At least if you go with the full digital gauge cluster and we'll get more into that a little bit later in the video. But now I've got all of that out of the way. I now have it in sport driving mode. So let's go ahead and find a straightway. Let's put that acceleration here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2024 Hyundai Elantra here up to speed. All right, in three, two, one, a bit of a rolling start, but go! Nice! That is not bad. It gets kind of loud. I will say that I don't personally mind that but just know it does get kind of loud when you really get on it. But that is definitely not bad at all. You know I said nice in the beginning because I've said this in previous videos I'm so used to turbo lag these days because everything is turbo charged for a little better MPGs. But this one is not turbo charged. There wasn't any kind of delay when you first hit the gas. It was instant. It really took off instantly. So yeah, you should have any issues emerging onto the highway. That was actually kind of fun. I don't mind that acceleration but to go along with that acceleration as always breaking is equally important. So up front you will find 11 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 10.3 inch solid rear discs. As far as that 60s you were stopping distance goes it comes in at 116 feet which is a sports sedan number you guys. Typically in just regular compact cars you're gonna find 120s, SUVs you're gonna find 130s. Anything that one teens is a sports sedan typically. So that is an excellent braking number. As far as braking feel goes since nobody's behind us it's on the firmer side of things. I love it. You guys know I love a firm braking feel. So it's silly breaks you to a stop 100% on the firmer side of things. Not a soft braking feel whatsoever that you traditionally find in SUVs and things like that. So I love the braking feel on the new Elantra for sure. Anyways, that touching on suspension and handling up front you're gonna find a McPherson strut front suspension in the back couple torsion beam rear axle front stabilizer bar as well. As far as ride quality goes it's actually not too bad. It rides like a compact car would. I can tell you it rides better than the Civic. It feels kind of like a Corolla if I'm being honest. So that's nothing wrong with that. It feels perfectly fine to me. As far as steering feel goes it is a noticeable difference dependent upon the drive mode that you put it in. If you put it in that sport driving mode that I still have it in it is a much weightier feel to it. Let me go ahead and take it out just for fun here. I'm gonna put it in normal and it does instantly loosen up. So it's a little bit of something for everybody. If you like a heavier steering feel leave it in sport driving mode. If you wanna lose your steering feel put it in that normal but even in the normal driving mode it feels perfectly fine as well. So no issues there. As far as cabin noise goes it's actually been perfectly fine in my short test drive today. Not a whole lot of wind noise or road noise coming into the cabin. The only thing is like I said during that acceleration test when you really get on this thing it really gets loud as far as the engine noise goes I personally don't mind that. Maybe you do. Maybe you don't. If you're in the cars it probably doesn't bother you. I'm just saying but that's touching on rear visibility I honestly can see perfectly fine out the back. So definitely not gonna have any issues there either but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Hyundai Elantra. All right you guys so here she is the new 2024 Hyundai Elantra finished in intense blue with a nice kind of mountain overlook in the background under some power lines of course but anyways this thing is nicely refreshed for 2024 I think it personally gives it a more mature and sharper look for 2024. So you got that revised front grille you got the revised headlight housings as well much more sharper look like I said so I do like that but let's go ahead and start with where the Elantra is made taking a look at the VIN first character is the letter K indicating that the Hyundai Elantra is built and assembled still in Korea. I gotta love that but there are some new colors for 2024 including exotic green and ultimate red just to name a few. Anyways to the sides dual LED projector headlights do come standard for all trim levels across the board so gotta love that added illumination at night there because it didn't used to be that way the Elantra used to give you halogens although they were projector halogens of course the LEDs are gonna give you a much brighter illumination at night so you gotta love that. Automatic feature does come standard on all trim levels of the Elantra along with automatic high beams so when you have your high beams on at night and it senses the vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams then when that vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there so you gotta love that. LED daytime running lights also coming standard to the corners there you also have some front air curtains the one thing I wish Hyundai probably should have done with the front end here is you see these nice kind of LED signature lighting going across the top portion of those headlights I wish they would have continued that on just above the front grille here instead of just a silver trim like they kept it there they could have really done a nice design element like Volkswagen does with a lot of their vehicles and just continue that on as an LED light bar I think that would have looked so dang good but other than that I do like the refresh of the 2024 Elantra let me know what you guys think of the comments that pretty much rounds out the front end though 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 chrome belt line molding does come standard you do have those Z-shaped creases in typical Elantra fashion that's something that Hyundai does on their Tucson as well so I do like that it definitely differentiates itself from the competition I guess you could say body color power adjustable side mirrors do come standard they will be heated for the limited trim level and then with LED integrated turret signals for the limited trim level only yet again then take a look down at the wheel set up 15 inch alloys for that SE trim level 16 inch alloys for the SEL and then 17 inch alloys for the limited although you can get 17 inch alloys on the SEL with convenience package just to let you know but that pretty much rounds out the side profile let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right so now some CR rounds to the back of this one gloss black shark fin antenna all the way to the top take a good look at the back end though it kind of has like a duck bill like integrated rear spoiler I think that's a pretty cool look I personally like it at least but LED tail lights coming on our limited trim level that we have here today I think that also looks pretty darn good and the rear bumper has been redesigned for 2024 of course as well so it kind of has like a it kind of comes up a little further than the previous look at I guess you could say so I personally like that design as well and then just underneath of it all only if you guys can see that or not but there's a single exhaust outlet tucked away underneath the passenger side there so having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip All right you guys so now since we are on to the back of the Elantra when it comes to opening that rear trunk there are a few different ways to go ahead and do that there is a button on the side of the key fob there is a button on the trunk itself and there is a button on the driver's side floor here as well but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 14.2 cubic feet if that was not enough space there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fall down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it and there is some cargo lighting back there and then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you are going to find a spare tire with kind of a good bit of storage space surrounding that spare tire so you could probably put an ice scraper underneath of there as well but then making our way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 38 inches even for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I had in those rear seats there there is a rear center armrest with cup holders for the limited trim level and the SEL with convenience package there is no rear ventilation but there is something new for 2024 and that is dual rear USB charging ports coming standard for all trim levels across the board I remember reviewing my 2023 and that was not the case there was no rear USB charging port so the fact that they come standard on all trim levels of the 2024 that's pretty cool so then making our way up to the front seats manually adjustable cloth seating for the SEL and SEL trims H-Tex leatherette for the limited trim that we have today that's pretty cool power driver seat with power lumbar for the limited trim heated front seats for the limited trim and also the SEL with convenience package overall as far as seat comfort goes it has been perfectly fine and you know what? I probably should turn on those heated seats because it is 43 degrees out right now in PA and that would be nice but anyways like I said seat comfort is perfectly fine then take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is leather wrapped for the limited trim level and the SEL with convenience package and the 10.2 grips are definitely bolstered on the thicker side of things so no issues whatsoever when it comes to that steering wheel then making our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys this egg shaped key here you got the button to pop the trunk on the side but other than that all of your buttons are located on the front of it got lock, unlock that circular button that says hold that is a remote start and yes that comes standard for all trim levels across the board so you got to love that but a keyless entry with a push button start is going to come standard on the SEL Unlimited so all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that silver engine start button located kind of just below the infotainment screen there but so once started up when it comes to the gauge clusters there's two different options here you're going to get an analog setup for the SE trim level but then you're going to get a 10 and a quarter inch digital gauge cluster for the SEL Unlimited trims and I love this look because one of the reasons I love it is when you change the drive modes it completely changes the look of the gauges up there so normal and smart look exactly the same but then when you change it to sport it's like this cold dissolve transition to the next gauge cluster it's pretty cool it's got like carbon fiber look in the background bunch of red hues and then kind of the blue and gray theme for the other two drive modes so that's pretty cool and of course you can adjust what is on there by using steering wheel mounted controls gives you things like speed limit recognition which is pretty cool how many miles you'll have left until you hit empty outside temperature trip A trip B digital speedometer the list goes on so pretty much everything you'll possibly want on the digital gauges at least that we have with us here today but so then making our way to overall interior quality a power sunroof is going to come standard on the limited it's going to be optional though on the SEL trim level wireless phone charger again standard on the limited also though with the SEL with convenience package dual zone climate control for the SEL Unlimited trim 64 colors of ambient lighting for the limited trim level only so you got to love that I should probably set that up I could show that to you guys but also you got to love this grab handle that the Elantra has had in this current generation kind of separating the passenger from the driver and that's something I feel like they probably took from the C8 Corvette just it doesn't have all the buttons on it that the Corvette has but I think it's pretty cool it makes everything more of a driver-centric car because everything is kind of tilted towards the driver like a GTR would be so I think that's pretty cool I also love the material that they used on the doors here this gray material whatever that is it's a very high end look I like that they finish the door handles in a nice silver rather than leaving them a matte black kind of differentiate that that's definitely nice just behind the shifter you have a couple cup holders of course and within the center armrest there's a little bit of storage in there so it shouldn't have any issues there the only thing that kind of worries me just slightly is the top part of the shifter here is finished in kind of like a gray I feel like that would get dirty pretty darn quick so I think that's why most manufacturers finish them in black but I like the look of it don't get me wrong but I think that's gonna get dirty quick so you're probably gonna be cleaning that a good bit but anyways then making our way to the infotainment screen here 8 inch color touchscreen display coming with the SE trim level 10 and a quarter inch color touch screen display coming with the SE L in limited either way you get Bluetooth and audio streaming Android Auto Apple CarPlay but the funny thing is you only get wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay if you were to go with the 8 inch screen on that SE trim level so you would think it'd be vice versa but it's not with Hyundai but anyways climate control settings you can check out up there as well they've got the voice memo system as always so you can record your voice and then play it back at a later date that's kinda cool you got your ambient lighting adjustments like I was saying to you guys but also your radio information and so when it comes to the sound systems you're gonna have a couple of them here you got the 6 speaker sound system that comes standard on the SE and SE L trim levels but then there is an 8 speaker Bose sound system with the subwoofer that comes standard on our limited term level that we have here today and I saw the subwoofer in the trunk so that's pretty cool but anyways having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next 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 standing face to face with here and down yeah nothing wrong with that whatsoever so plenty of clarity the bass was pretty darn good as well and I've had Bose sound systems in my cars they've never failed me they're a very reputable company so you definitely should not have any issues whatsoever with that Bose sound system but last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen at least is when you do put the Elantra in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming stated across the board but limited is also gonna give you that 360 degree monitor surround view monitor found to the right there giving you that bird's eye view letting you know what is completely all around you which is always it's going to lead us into safety so first let me start by saying IIHS top safety pick which is a dang good start right there front side side current airbags do come standard in the back you're gonna have latch aka lower anchors to tether your 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 blind spot collision avoidance assist with rear cross traffic alert lane keep assist, lane following assist and the driver retention warning system then as well then if you were to go with the limited that we have today you're also going to get front and rear parking sensors to go along with all of that but so then when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Elantra I do love the refresh I think it looks pretty darn good it's absolutely no issues there a very mature look the 64 colors of ambient lighting is pretty darn cool as well because I'll tell you one thing the Civic and the Corolla they don't offer that ambient lighting I don't think the Centra offers it either actually so that is pretty cool but having said that wouldn't have minded if Hyundai gave it a much more brighter look to it so it's kind of like a mild ambient light so it's just barely there but it is there nonetheless that's pretty cool braking is brilliant on this thing very firm braking feel immediately brings you to a stop so a big fan of that you get America's best warranty you get three years of complimentary maintenance as well and overall the tech is just brilliant in this thing so I really I can't find a whole lot bad about this thing so let me know what you guys think of the Elantra in the comments 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 want to see what's coming next on this channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the 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