Images: Hyundai XD.I Elantra (2000-03)
Released in August 2000, the Hyundai XD Series I (XD.I) Elantra was available as a five-door hatchback or four-door sedan. Manufactured in Ulsan, South Korea, the front-wheel drive Elantra was available with either a 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol engine (for GL variants) or a 2.0-litre unit (GLS variants). In 2003, the range was expanded with the introduction of a GLS Elite variant… Read full Hyundai XD Elantra review
Images: Hyundai XD.II Elantra (2003-06)
Released in October 2003, the Hyundai XD Series II (XD.II) Elantra introduced new 2.0-litre G4GC ‘Beta II’ petrol engines with continuously variable intake valve timing (CVVT) which provided improved fuel economy and low-rev torque. The Hyundai XD.II Elantra could be identified by its new trapezoidal grille (matt black on liftback and chrome-edged on sedan), reshaped headlights and bonnet, full-width lower air dam, ‘jewel-effect’ tail-light lenses and reshaped tail lights for sedan models. Inside, there was a revised dashboard, new vertical-vane air vents, cloth trim and an Australian-made VDO instrument cluster.
