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The 2013 Hyundai Accent

2013 Hyundai Accent GLS here

Starting at $13,749
This one $18,949

1.6L 4-cyl./ 6-spd automatic, providing with Power/torque: 138 hp/ 123 lb.-ft.

Short review: loved the lack of dashboard screen; the interior is ergonomic; and it’s a sporty ride that handles the same.

Favourite line:

This is a sub-compact, not a wizard car.

HAcomeon. Wizard car.

My point is: for what it sets out to do, and at what price, the Accent does it well; any more, and you may want too much.

Read the full review on Autonet.ca

 

The Anatomy of a Car’s Name

Read it online on Autonet.ca.

Favourite line:

“Trim” is another word for features, finishings and options. To say a vehicle is “fully loaded” is to say the car has the highest trim level.

Piece together a vehicle’s name like this: 

All-new > Year > Root Name > Size > Engine > Trim > Drivetrain 

All-new 2013 Santa Fe XL 3.3L GDI V6 Limited AWD

I used morphology, ha!

Morphology – the identification, analysis and description of the structure of a language’s linguistics units.

Linguistics class paid off.  For the first time. Ever.

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Off to California with Hyundai

I’m flying out early Monday morning to San Diego, to test Hyundai’s all-new 7-seater Santa Fe.

Remember I had a Santa Fe a couple weeks ago? It was to give myself a benchmark.

That’s their 2 rows-of-seats SUV, which AJAC awarded the best of the year (one of the higest honours in Canada).

No screen, nice.

They’ve extended the length, and added in another row of seats to make it a 7-passenger people mover, and with Hyundai’s only V6 SUV engine.

I’ll be staying beneath that red roof, and will hopefully get to drive across that awesome bridge.

I land mid-afternoon, and then will be 3 hours behind you.

Hope your week gets off to a strong start, TTYS!

xo Keri

 

UPDATE: Got to drive over the bridge.

 

About Matte Paint Jobs

Matte paint is en vogue right now. Looks great, but it’s high maintenance because it’s a porous paint.

But it does broadcast the driver has a disposable income, to both purchase and maintain it.

Read it online here.

 Favourite line:

The car can only be washed by hand ,… and never again can the car be run through an automatic wash.

Below is BMW’s ‘Frozen’ paint.

So pretty, no touching.

Very few manufacturers offer a matte paint option. Mercedes also does a beautiful job.

And so does Hyundai!

The only manufacturer to offer a matte paint on a non-luxury car.

Available on the Veloster for $800-ish; that’s thousands less than the ones you see above.

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