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California98Civic · 08-27-2012, 04:09 PM

This thread started with my experience with gearing on a rented A/T Sonata, which cruised at 60mph at about 1700 rpms. But I want to add info on the Elantra, the cheaper 1.8L sister of the Sonata. Here are the 2013 specs: https://www.hyundaiusa.com/vehicles/...ications.aspx?

Look how much shorter the MT final drive is compared to the A/T! What a bummer. Is this why so many A/T versions of these cars are rated about the same or slightly better by the EPA?

Here are the specs for the 2013 Accent, which has the 1.6L and an MT standard, but they don't report the final drive ratio.

These Hyundais would make good candidates on the second hand market in a few years.

08-27-2012, 04:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Gearing for 2013 [u]Elantra[/u] and [u]Accent[/u] This thread started with my experience with gearing on a rented A/T Sonata, which cruised at 60mph at about 1700 rpms. But I want to add info on the Elantra, the cheaper 1.8L sister of the Sonata. Here are the 2013 specs: https://www.hyundaiusa.com/vehicles/...ications.aspx? Look how much shorter the MT final drive is compared to the A/T! What a bummer. Is this why so many A/T versions of these cars are rated about the same or slightly better by the EPA? Here are the specs for the 2013 Accent, which has the 1.6L and an MT standard, but they don't report the final drive ratio. These Hyundais would make good candidates on the second hand market in a few years. __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.