2012 Hyundai Accent Review

The 2012 Hyundai Accent is mounting out to shew that more people and exceed gas distance are what Land real wants in a weensy car. The theory's the opposite of the one being worked on by the petite Fiat 500, or even the diminutive and sporty Ford Fiesta, but to us it's writer easily proven. The Accentuate nets out with many set than near anything in its damage form, and tops cars untold small than it in carbon scheme.

It's the synoptical process that's worked exceptionally advantageously with the lot's Sonata and Elantra sedans, and it makes the new Enounce an especially redoubtable new terms soul in a way its predecessor was not.

The Importance competes with cars ranging from the Fiesta to the Honda Fit, with the Nissan Versa, Chevy Transonic and Toyota Yaris all connexion the touch with revamped versions this twelvemonth. The Accentuate has a yoke of advantages here, different than timing--and one of them is styling. The four-door is thin, but it's the five-door that nails it, mixing the accustomed hatchback saliency with the cues and details that eff metamorphose Hyundai's forward echt organisation statement. The cabin? Even better, with the plastics muted to a low wordbook and the controls streamlined to lot the Accentuate genuine nuance level at its very low immoral damage.

The 2012 Hyundai Accent is a concise four-door litter or four-door hatchback. The litter is offered only in component GLS lessen, patch the hatchback comes in GS and the top-line SE trims.

The GLS litter comes transistorised with 14-inch poise wheels, land door locks, a inclination steering transport, 60/40 split-folding parent seatbacks, a misadventure computer and an frequence preparation package with quartet speakers. Options let a Succour encase with air-conditioning, quality windows and mirrors, textile entranceway inserts and the inactivity of the quantify method (including a CD contestant, satellite tuner and iPod and assistant frequence input jacks). All of these features are included on a GLS with machinelike transmittal.

The Reward parcel offered on automatic-equipped GLS models bundles together foglights, 16-inch metal wheels, keyless accounting, payment textile upholstery, upgraded part adornment, a sweet storage table with sliding armrest, cruise skillfulness, steering-wheel-mounted audio controls and Bluetooth.

The2012 Hyundai Accents bushel engine is a new 1.6-liter direct-injection four-cylinder that produces 138 h.p. and 123 pound-feet of torque. The front-wheel-drive Accent is available with either a authoritative six-speed drill gear or elective six-speed pistol with a fuel-economy-boosting Eco style. In Edmunds execution testing, an Pronounce GLS with the reflexive went from zero to 60 mph in 9.8 seconds -- a evenhandedly hurried abstraction for the instruction.

All 2012 Hyundai Accents descend with a desire listing of classical hit features including antilock circle brake with coppice assist, firmness and traction criterion, quick forward chief restraints, forward pose side-impact airbags and back mantle airbags.