2007 Hyundai Accent Road Test
August 5, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
How it handles
This isn’t a driver’s car, I’d be happy to buy this as a day to day car, but if you’re looking for a car with some soul, looks elsewhere. But if the budget is tight, for the money, it’s hard to look past the Accent as an affordable, reliable, and well packaged vehicle.
The important thing is ride comfort and although it can get a little bouncy on old roads, the Accent doesn’t suffer from a harsh ride. Going around roundabouts, there is some noticeable body roll, but that’s the price you pay for a soft and comfortable ride.
The point is, if you’re buying an Accent, you shouldn’t care all to much about how it handles, you won’t be driving it hard around bends or taking it up a mountain at reasonable pace, but in case you do, as I did, you would be happy to know that while its not the best handling small car, it does hold its own.
For everyday driving and cornering, the Accent is well above average and certainly provides adequate handling and ride comfort.
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Yeah I have to agree, the older version was nicer looking. My grandma has the older 2003 model (she bought it new 3-4 years ago) and it really is a great car. It doesn’t have much power, but for A-B it is not bad. She’s never had a thing go wrong with it, and you would mistake it for new on the inside and out.
My parents want me to buy it from her but for the reasons you stated above about the new model (cornering/handling) I’m not interested. But for people who don’t want to “drive” their car, it’s very good.
Wow talk about going down hill… that looks very Korean in its styling
It’s korean isn’t it!?
That gearstick is a throwback to 1968.
Bought one simply because it is affordable and we were working on a tight budget. The radio is horrific (at times it sounds like Rice Krispies when you pour milk on it) and we met another owner at a filling station the other day who had the same complaints.
Rex & Reggie
bought one this week. base model which was quite good. standard with electric mirrors, windows etc. sold a 2006 holden omega because of gas guzzling concerns and so far I love it. Nippy,very economical which is the big bonus and looks arent everything. Off tomorrow for 17in alloys. should look good. so far I am very pleased.
^^^You sold a VE Commodre Omega for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gas mileage and just 3 miles distance commute to work was the reason I bought one. It’s a cute car and going from a V-8 engine to this with gas going past $4.21 this week, it makes sense.
Its shaped like a watermelon, the Kia Rio version looks far better.
Do they make washing machines and cement mixers as well.
man i bought this car n had it for a year. it is great, faster than alot of cars that think they r good on gas, n cornering, come on i can go on a ramp going almost 75mph n still have control, n wit the mods that came out it is awesome, btw beats a mustang in both acceleration n top speed n gas!
I have a 2003 5 door Hatch auto. I have to say it does handle well and is quite perky to drive. I am now going for a Yaris however this time around. Had one problem with the accent and it was a crank timing chip on the last day of the warrantee. Waiting to see if Hyundai honors it or it will cost me 240.00 to fix it.
Duck Says:
April 12th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
^^^You sold a VE Commodre Omega for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
……Sounds smart to me.
Is Accent just discontinued by Hyundai in Australia?