[Elantra Sport News]

Ever wondered what a Hyundai Elantra Cabriolet would look like? Theophilus Chin did and CarScoops has published his rendering of what it could look like.

The new Hyundai Elantra Sport is an already good looking sedan, remove two doors, a roof and you get a pretty decent looking Cabriolet. It could even give a few premium European droptops a run for their money.

We’ll probably never see an Elantra Sport Cabriolet, but if it did go into production we could see something similar to the rendering. Theophilus has kept the Elantra’s larger air intakes, horizontal LED DRLs, HID headlamps, and 18-inch alloy wheels. He’s even managed to shorten the two horizontal lines that runs along the Elantra’s side to perfectly fit the Cabriolet body.

The rear looks quite sporty too with a slightly reshaped roofline, diffuser, LED taillights, and some chrome-finished exhaust tips. One change we would have liked to see is for the exhaust pipes to be balanced on both sides. Maybe change the dual pipes to a quad or have one on either side instead of bunching them both on the right.

What does everyone think?

 

[KDMSpecial]

Looks great, actually like something you would expect from Audi, I guess we can say this is the poor mans S5? But if this was for real then you would have to get the top trim just to have those wheels, sporty aero, etc.

But there aren't any other car makers placing products in this segment, so that should say a lot about the odds of it happening. Hyundai is smarter than that.

 

[EazyG]

You could make a serious build out of that Elantra Sport convertible. Add a diffuser and skirt kit with some nice wheels and you're set on the exterior. As it is, I can't disagree as it is a good looking vehicle though.

If only that rendering made it to production...

 

[Neanderthal]

That looks great and given H/K willingness to go Out There, it would make an interesting build. The closest thing now is the Buick Cascada, at two tons a bit heftier. Per CD theMustang 'vert, BMW 228i, and Audi A3 are the only other cars in the class. I don't pay attention to convertibles, the Cascada is priced in the low 30s and I'd guess the Germans are too.

Sometimes a rental queen is a great way to go, it gets customers into your cars, often people who otherwise wouldn't be there.

 

[electra]

Convertibles look the best when they are two seaters, makes them look more compact and sleek. It's hard to pull off a four seater convertible and not have it look heavy.

 

[EazyG]

It definitely is hard, but I think certain vehicles can definitely hit it with some minor modification. Look at this S5, I don't think it's too bad at all.

 

[KDMSpecial]

Convertibles look the best when they are two seaters, makes them look more compact and sleek. It's hard to pull off a four seater convertible and not have it look heavy.

There are anomalies like this Lincoln but yes overall a vehicle originally designed as a 2 door and then given the convertible treatment is the way to go

 

[EazyG]

That's definitely iconic though. Long as a boat, super flat and boxy with hard edges. Anything with a body style like that can go low-hard top or drop-top. They definitely got it right back then.

 

[Dunham]

Back then they definitely knew how to make convertibles. Almost anything from that era was winning. I seen a Pontiac Parisienne the other day and oh boy was it gorgeous. It was a boat, but a gorgeous boat lol