Lantra and Elantra are the same vehicle. To my knowledge, only one name or
the other is used in any one market.

Not knowing much about the engines and fuel management packages in these
vehicles in Australia, I don't have much to offer in the way of specifics.


I can say that Accents (Excels) and Elantras have been reasonably reliable
cars in the United States, with the Accents seeming to have more automatic
transmission problems. Look for model year 1995 or newer on the
Accent/Excel and 1996 or newer on the Elantra. Before that, there were
major transmission and other problems frequently with these vehicles.
Significant quality improvements seem to have been made again with the
introduction of the 2000 Accent and 2001 Elantra.

Dates given are for major model year changes in the U.S. Other areas of
the world may have experienced these changes a model year earlier.

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On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:36:44 -0500, "hyundaitech"
<notpublic@not.public.com> wrote:

>Lantra and Elantra are the same vehicle. To my knowledge, only one name or
>the other is used in any one market.
>
>Not knowing much about the engines and fuel management packages in these
>vehicles in Australia, I don't have much to offer in the way of specifics.
>
>
>I can say that Accents (Excels) and Elantras have been reasonably reliable
>cars in the United States, with the Accents seeming to have more automatic
>transmission problems. Look for model year 1995 or newer on the
>Accent/Excel and 1996 or newer on the Elantra. Before that, there were
>major transmission and other problems frequently with these vehicles.
>Significant quality improvements seem to have been made again with the
>introduction of the 2000 Accent and 2001 Elantra.
>
>Dates given are for major model year changes in the U.S. Other areas of
>the world may have experienced these changes a model year earlier.

I'd second that but point out you will need to go to an aftermarket
radio to get a decent CD player. Early models were tape, later do not
handle mp3. You really should consider a standard transmission unless
you are doing mostly city driving. Cheaper to buy, drive, and
maintain plus itputs you more in tune with what tthe car is doing.