Driven: Hyundai Elantra X20 CVVT

Click on all images to enlargeKorean automotive brands have alway played the value-card for their competitive existence. The new Elanta 2.0 CVVT - from Kah Bintang - is no exception. Targeted at the Nissan Sylphy, Honda Civic, Mitsubishi Lancer GT and Toyota Corolla Altis' C-segment, this CKD Hyundai at RM93,888 is just a few grand more than a B-segment Toyota Vios 1.5S or the Suzuki SX4 Sedan.

Test Review: Hyundai Elantra X20 CVVT

The Hyundai Elantra X20 CVVT has just been tested recently as part of the ongoing NST-Maybank CBT COTY 2008 judging. It's quite a good drive than most of us would expect it to be. At RM93,888 it's almost the price of a decent-specced Japanese (Thai-sourced) B-segment 1.5L sedan. Read all about it here soon ;)

New Hyundai Elantra X20 for RM93,888

Kah Bintang, one of the two Hyundai passenger cars distributors in Malaysia, is offering the new 2008 Hyundai Elantra X20 CVVT for RM93,888 (on-the-road with insurance). Seeing a couple of these new Hyundais on the road over Chinese New Year recently, it makes me wonder what the ‘X’ prefix was all about. The slanty badge looked pretty much after-market, even more so an after-thought! On the