New Hyundai Avante car Price, feature and specifcation

Hyundai will soon launch the Avante Sedan in India to replace the phased out Elantra The Avante was displayed at the recently held Delhi Auto Expo 2008 (see pictures). The Avante would be launched with a 2 litre DOHC petrol engine and a 1.6 litre CRDi diesel engine and priced between Rs. 9-11 lakh. This pricing would pit the Avante against successful sedans like the Honda Civic,Toyota corolla, Skoda Octavia, and the Chevrolet Optra. The car looks rather bland when compared with the space age Civic, something which most customers are likely to do. The Avante's is a clean, grown-up shape, one that incorporates Hyundai Avante now standard re-curved shoulder line motif.
The car's modern looks translate into the interior, too. The Avante's cabin is very roomy, and exceptionally well put together. All the materials used feel top-notch and there's plenty of equipment.

The dashboard architecture is sleek and modern and all the controls and instruments feature soothing blue backlighting. You get twin front airbags and digital climate control, both pretty rare features in a Hyundai.
The four-speed automatic is very good, and goes about its business very unobtrusively, which is the way you want it to behave, ideally. If you need extra acceleration and give the accelerator a stiff poke, the gearbox smartly drops to the right gear in very responsive fashion.
How it Performs
The first thing you notice is how refined the Avante feels. There's very little wind and road noise intrusion, even at expressway speeds, and the ride is excellent. The Avante manages to smother road imperfections with surprising ease, and body control is pretty good.

The Avante's electric power steering does take a while to get used to, though. Normally, when you come out of a corner and you want to reduce the amount of steering lock that you've applied, the steering helps by offering up a degree of self-centring action. The Avante's steering comes off as extremely enthusiastic in this regard.

This means that you initially end up unwinding too much lock, which has knock-on effects. Basically, you end up having to continuously make steering corrections for the rest of the corner.