WITH a base price of $11,295, the 1998 Hyundai A

Friday. January 30, 1998 — North Shore News — 29

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scent is one of the least expensive cars in Canada, and comes with a standard five-year powertrain warranty.

Price makes Accent attractive

WITH a base price of
$11,295, the Hyundai
Accent is the cheapest
car sold in Canada —
if you don’t count the
$8,395 Lada Samara,
the Russian-built car
that hasn’t been able
to shake its reputation

for shoddy quality.
Though the South
Korean-buile Accent isn’t as
popular as the Toyota Tercel
or Honda Civic, it does have
the advantage of price: the
base Accent hatchback is
$1,200 less than a Tercel
and $2,700 less than a
Civic. That's a big differ-
ence ina class whe price is
the most important factor in
the purchasing decision.
For 3998, the Accent
gets a few minor styling

ntially
the same car as it was when
introduced in 1995.

Changes include a
restyled tront bumper with
the optional driving lights
positioned at the outside
edges of the bumper;
redesigned rear tailights and
wheel covers; and three new
available exterior colors,
Plum, Silver and Black. The
sedan has a redesigned
hoad, new halogen nead-
lights, and redesigned trunk-
lid.

The 1998 Accent is a
nimble, lightweight, fin-to-
drive small car with good
fuel economy, a fairly roomy,
well-designed interior, a
good-sized trunk, and a
warranty that’s better than
North American competitors
and equal to its Japane
competitors: a basic three

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vear/60,000 kilometre war-
ranty and a five
year/ 100,000 kilometre
powertrain warranty. The
five-year powertrain warran-
ty is significant — Ford,
c hrysler and GM don't
offer one, but most Japanese
cars, Volkswagen, and
Hyundai do.

Accents come in two
body styles: a two-door

Power package,
Am/Fm cassette

Dual A/C, 4 air bags.

hatchback and a tour-door
sedan. Both models have the
same wheelbase (94.5 in.)
and are about the same
length, so interior room is
about the same, For a small
car, the Accent is surprising-
ly roomy — front and rear
legroom and headroan are
adequate for average-sized
adults.

The interior is attractively
designed and the controls
are well-positioned, but I
found the seats too firm and
the quality of the sear fabric
is poor. Al] Accents come
without airbags, unless you
order them as an ($845)
option.

A significant difference
between the hatchback and
the sedan is that the hatch-

Alarm/keyless remote entry
Anti-lock braking system
(ABS}, Heated seat/mirror

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on the North Shore!

back has 50% more trunk
space (with the rear seat in
the up position). Phe hatch-
back also has a larger hate
opening for loading bulky
items.

Another difference
between the hatchback and
sedan is that the base hatch-

mes with a standard

one-piece fold-down rear
seatback bur the base sed.
does not. However, the
uplevel hatchback and
GIL. sedan both have a stan-

dard 60/40 split folding
rear seat, With one
folded down, it’s po
carry a long object on one
side and two rear passenge!
on the other.

For example, [ w:
to amaze my friends b

ble
fit-

ting a five-foot long tobog-
gan, three children and
myself in tre car on the way
to the toboggan run.

All Accerts come with a
1.5-litre four-cylinder
with 93 horsepower _
that’s plenty of power for 3
car that weighs only 983
kilogranss (2167 ibs.).

However, the engine is
noisy under acceleration, a
problem exacerbated by 3
lack of sound insulation
which contributes to body

se and
Still, at highway
cruising speeds on
paved road, the Accent is
quict cnough to carry on a
normal conversation.

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