2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring To Launch After Sedan
Hyundai‘s Elantra Touring station wagon will still be offered once the Elantra sedan is replaced here in the United States. In fact, we’ll even see a new Touring sometime after the sedan launches.
But the staggered introductions wont take place on the usual schedule, which often sees a new variant launch within 12 months of the main model. Because the Touring is actually based on the Hyundai i30, a European market small wagon, American consumers will have to wait for the i30 to get a re-design, something that is supposed to happen at some point in 2011.
While Hyundai CEO John Krafcik said that there would be greater integration of the i30 and the Elantra sedan, no timetable was given. The i30 has been around since 2007, so it might be due for a refresh sooner, rather than later, and with the leap in quality represented by the Elantra, it’s going to need one lest in look stale.
[Source: Autoblog]
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