Elantra vs VIOS vs City

hello
i'm a soon-to-be a first time buyer and have scaled down my choice to
those 3. the reasons are, in my country they are about us$24,000, and
spare parts are relatively cheap and easy to get.

chevy and european cars spare parts are hard to get here, and expensive
too, so i excluded them.

any feedback on those 3 models?

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:15:48 -0700, zzzxtreme wrote:
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> hello
> i'm a soon-to-be a first time buyer and have scaled down my choice to
> those 3. the reasons are, in my country they are about us$24,000, and
> spare parts are relatively cheap and easy to get.
>
> chevy and european cars spare parts are hard to get here, and expensive
> too, so i excluded them.
>
> any feedback on those 3 models?[/color]

THe first one's a Hyundai, what's a VIOS?
The City is a Honda. If you're telling me you're considering paying
$24,000 for a Hyundai, DON'T! I'd picka Toyota first, Honda second.

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:36:21 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:[color=blue]
>On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:15:48 -0700, zzzxtreme wrote:
>[color=green]
>> hello
>> i'm a soon-to-be a first time buyer and have scaled down my choice to
>> those 3. the reasons are, in my country they are about us$24,000, and
>> spare parts are relatively cheap and easy to get.
>>
>> chevy and european cars spare parts are hard to get here, and expensive
>> too, so i excluded them.
>>
>> any feedback on those 3 models?[/color]
>
>THe first one's a Hyundai, what's a VIOS?
>The City is a Honda. If you're telling me you're considering paying
>$24,000 for a Hyundai, DON'T! I'd picka Toyota first, Honda second.[/color]

Hey, Hachi! The Clue Phone is ringing, and it's for you... This
gentleman (or lady, they didn't really say) as it goes, "is not in
Kansas anymore." ;-P

Somewhere in South-East Asia, I'm guessing. The traceroute on
202.179.125.153 headed towards Singapore, then made a right turn at
Myanmar before it faded out. I could dig and find out who owns it,
but I don't feel like wasting the effort.

And there are many other clues - for openers we don't specify {us$}
in casual conversation, Chevrolet parts are stupid easy to buy in the
US... And due to exchange rates, difficult shipping, safety and
equipment requirements on the cars, import duties, and taxes, the
price of a car can double by the time it arrives in some countries.

Now to answer the OP's questions as best I can - the US version of
the Hyundai Elantra has been pretty good from what I've heard - but
realize that we get the fuel injected models with catalytic converters
and all the emissions control equipment, fancy sound systems, power
windows and seats...

.. In the third world they might still be shipping carbureted cars
with no catalytic converters that can be run on leaded gasoline or
alcohol blends, if that's all you have available. And Diesel engines
are much more prevalent. Sometimes they recycle the same model name
on a completely different chassis.

Which makes comparisons difficult. You really need to specify where
you live, and get feedback from other people in the region.

--<< Bruce >>--

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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:38:35 +0000, Bruce L. Bergman wrote:
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> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:36:21 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:[color=green]
>>On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:15:48 -0700, zzzxtreme wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> hello
>>> i'm a soon-to-be a first time buyer and have scaled down my choice to
>>> those 3. the reasons are, in my country they are about us$24,000, and
>>> spare parts are relatively cheap and easy to get.
>>>
>>> chevy and european cars spare parts are hard to get here, and expensive
>>> too, so i excluded them.
>>>
>>> any feedback on those 3 models?[/color]
>>
>>THe first one's a Hyundai, what's a VIOS?
>>The City is a Honda. If you're telling me you're considering paying
>>$24,000 for a Hyundai, DON'T! I'd picka Toyota first, Honda second.[/color]
>
> Hey, Hachi! The Clue Phone is ringing, and it's for you... This
> gentleman (or lady, they didn't really say) as it goes, "is not in
> Kansas anymore." ;-P[/color]

I appreciate your concern, but I had guessed the OP was not in the US...I
had figured NZ or AUK, myself!

But, dollars are dollars, are they not? Whether AUS$$, or NZ$$ or US$$,
the comparison was $24,000. *I* sure wouldn't pay the same for a Hyundai
as a Toyota or a Honda.

Clue 2: The City is not a US car. They were thinking of selling them in
Canada, but I don't think it ever made it. The City is kept in the JDM,
Aus, NZ, and the Pacifi Rim as a rule.

3; What's a VIOS????

[url]http://auto.sohu.com/piclib/yiqi/yiqitoyota/vios/big/yiqitoyotavios003.jpg[/url]

My guess is it's Asia's version of the Corolla, but a LOT nicer looking!

Buy the Vios.

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>
> Somewhere in South-East Asia, I'm guessing. The traceroute on
> 202.179.125.153 headed towards Singapore, then made a right turn at
> Myanmar before it faded out. I could dig and find out who owns it,
> but I don't feel like wasting the effort.
>
> And there are many other clues - for openers we don't specify {us$}
> in casual conversation, Chevrolet parts are stupid easy to buy in the
> US... And due to exchange rates, difficult shipping, safety and
> equipment requirements on the cars, import duties, and taxes, the
> price of a car can double by the time it arrives in some countries.
>
> Now to answer the OP's questions as best I can - the US version of
> the Hyundai Elantra has been pretty good from what I've heard - but
> realize that we get the fuel injected models with catalytic converters
> and all the emissions control equipment, fancy sound systems, power
> windows and seats...
>
> . In the third world they might still be shipping carbureted cars
> with no catalytic converters that can be run on leaded gasoline or
> alcohol blends, if that's all you have available. And Diesel engines
> are much more prevalent. Sometimes they recycle the same model name
> on a completely different chassis.
>
> Which makes comparisons difficult. You really need to specify where
> you live, and get feedback from other people in the region.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--[/color]

hi there. im actually from kuala lumpur, malaysia

vios is quite new economical version of corolla. here the corolla is a
1.8L petrol VVTI engine, whereas the VIOS is a 1.5L VVTI.the corolla is
about US$26,000. my bad, the VIOS is actually around
US$23,000.the actual specs can be found at [url]www.vios.com.my[/url]


the Hyundai Elantra is a 1.8L petrol, bigger interior.also about
US$23,000.

the Honda City is a 1.5L petrol VTEC engine.also about US$23,000.specs
here : [url]http://honda.net.my/newcity/main02.htm[/url]

i can't find the local website for elantra, but its almost the same
with this one

[url]http://www.hyundai.com.au/elantra_detail.asp[/url]

except that the US$23,000 includes all the optional package like
leater,aircond,arm rest etc... the difference is its a 1.8L.