Looks same as old Elantra just grill & boot change. my father had one. 1.8 petrol auto. he sold got the new model i30 petrol auto. i drove the elantra a lot & had to drive it from Sydney back here to deliver to new owner. only thing i don't like id the rear window seems to collect dust & there is no windscreen whipper . so sometimes hard to see through rear view mirror. this was reason my father sold it & got the new i30. he looked at a new mazda latest model but got better deall with i30, he likes the i30 rear view monitor built into the dash ( i don't use it when i drive his car. i'm sure this new elantra would perform same as the i30, but my fathers new i30 feels like it performs slightly better than the elantra, i think his new i30 auto trans could be different ? as it feels like it has more response off the mark. but both use same amount of fuel. he never resets his trip computer & it's always reading around 9L /100K ( only drives in sydney traffic ) doing same type of driving with my old FD CRDi 6 speed manual i was averaging 5.2 to 5.5 L/100k but diesel lot better pulling up hills!!