We�ve occasionally stumbled across prototype vehicles in parking lots or traffic, but we�ve never had one fall into our laps before. This 2012 Hyundai Elantra prototype, however, did just that. We were tending to business in the office when the forthcoming four-door literally parked right beneath our window.
We conveniently chose to take our lunch break at that exact moment, and meandered down to have a look for ourselves. Admittedly, there�s little mystery surrounding the new subcompact sedan since it�s already been launched in Korea, but this was our first close encounter with the new Elantra here in the U.S.
Hyundai is on a serious roll with the Sonata. It started out with the redesigned 2011 Sonata and its very capable standard power plant � a 198-horsepower, direct-injected 2.4-liter engine � and it escalated at last month�s New York auto show with the unveiling of the 274-hp Sonata 2.0T and the lithium-polymer battery-equipped Sonata Hybrid.
So what�s Hyundai�s next move? Well, sources close to the company have suggested it will be the Sonata Coupe. When you look at the fast roofline of the sedan, it�s as if the coupe body style is meant to be � and we have no doubt Hyundai picked the final design for the Sonata with this in mind.
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