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So after months of driving cars and watching reviews on YouTube, I wanted the Elantra Sport. I've posted here and followed the community since I really liked the car. Unfortunately, after months of trying to both find one at a dealership and trying to buy one,i had to give up. I went to 3 different dealerships that had one, but the experience was ridiculous. The dealership in Daytona Beach was charging a $2500 markup for limited availability and had ugly rain guards and stripes on it for another $1000 so the sticker was $29,900. They also hit me at $3k under bluebook for my Prius. I tried Vero Beach and they had $6000 in markup saying it was the only Sport in a 300 mile radius. The sticker was just shy of $33k. I gave up and went to my dealership in town and tried to locate one. They found one but the manager didn't want to get it and they kept trying to sell me a Sonata sport or a Veloster.
So. I was playing around on Jalopnik and read an article about ridiculous deals on Ford Fiesta STs. I went to Bozard Ford and I bought a 2017 black Fiesta ST with 34 miles on the odo for $16k even. Ive been driving it for about 6 weeks and have 3000 on the odo. My wife just bought a 2017 Hyundai Tucson limited ultimate a couple of weeks ago.
I love Hyundai, they have nice cars. I love my wife's Tuscon. It gets over 30 mpg and it's really comfortable and has tons of features. I really loved the Elantra sport, too.
Soo. The Fiesta ST is a ridiculously fun car. It is smaller than the Elantra and weighs under 2700 lbs. It has 197 hp and 214 lb-ft torque when over boost kicks in. It feels like driving a go cart. The back seat and trunk space is a joke compared to the Elantra, though. The thing is almost clownishly small but it is a great car. I like the handling and the steering is more direct feeling than the Elantra sport but the steering wheel is thin feeling compared to the Elantra. The Elantra makes amazing off the line torque whereas the Fiesta doesn't hit it's sweet spot until about 4000 rpm but it pulls like a train until 6500 rpm. I think the Elantra had a more progressive feeling clutch but the shifter feels a little quicker in the Fiesta. The Elantra feels much nicer as an overall daily driver with more features and comfort. The Fiesta is small, has no storage, you can't have a drink in the cup holder without banging into it while shifting and you can't get basic options like a backup camera even in the highest trim. However, you can throw the Fiesta into a curve at triple digit speed without drama and it has torque vectoring to sort out the front during spirited driving. I still feel pangs of jealousy whenever my wife asked me to drive her Tuscon since it's like an overgrown Elantra, though.
One thing that really does stand out is the insane aftermarket for the Fiesta ST. Want a tuner? There are like 20 companies with a tune. You can use an accessport and buy a tune for $50-100. Intake? Choose one of 15 companies with one. Turbo upgrade? We have 13 to choose from...the list goes on and it's almost overwhelming. I'm still trying to get my head around which direction I want to go in when I start to mod.
I do hope to stick around here too, I love the Elantra sport and feel it's the beginning of a new chapter in Hyundai as they continue to build awesome cars. I think there are great people here on the forum and the guys at Tork and Sxth are awesome too. If anyone has comments or questions of how Ford and Hyundai compare, I'll give my say in it as well.
So. I was playing around on Jalopnik and read an article about ridiculous deals on Ford Fiesta STs. I went to Bozard Ford and I bought a 2017 black Fiesta ST with 34 miles on the odo for $16k even. Ive been driving it for about 6 weeks and have 3000 on the odo. My wife just bought a 2017 Hyundai Tucson limited ultimate a couple of weeks ago.
I love Hyundai, they have nice cars. I love my wife's Tuscon. It gets over 30 mpg and it's really comfortable and has tons of features. I really loved the Elantra sport, too.
Soo. The Fiesta ST is a ridiculously fun car. It is smaller than the Elantra and weighs under 2700 lbs. It has 197 hp and 214 lb-ft torque when over boost kicks in. It feels like driving a go cart. The back seat and trunk space is a joke compared to the Elantra, though. The thing is almost clownishly small but it is a great car. I like the handling and the steering is more direct feeling than the Elantra sport but the steering wheel is thin feeling compared to the Elantra. The Elantra makes amazing off the line torque whereas the Fiesta doesn't hit it's sweet spot until about 4000 rpm but it pulls like a train until 6500 rpm. I think the Elantra had a more progressive feeling clutch but the shifter feels a little quicker in the Fiesta. The Elantra feels much nicer as an overall daily driver with more features and comfort. The Fiesta is small, has no storage, you can't have a drink in the cup holder without banging into it while shifting and you can't get basic options like a backup camera even in the highest trim. However, you can throw the Fiesta into a curve at triple digit speed without drama and it has torque vectoring to sort out the front during spirited driving. I still feel pangs of jealousy whenever my wife asked me to drive her Tuscon since it's like an overgrown Elantra, though.
One thing that really does stand out is the insane aftermarket for the Fiesta ST. Want a tuner? There are like 20 companies with a tune. You can use an accessport and buy a tune for $50-100. Intake? Choose one of 15 companies with one. Turbo upgrade? We have 13 to choose from...the list goes on and it's almost overwhelming. I'm still trying to get my head around which direction I want to go in when I start to mod.
I do hope to stick around here too, I love the Elantra sport and feel it's the beginning of a new chapter in Hyundai as they continue to build awesome cars. I think there are great people here on the forum and the guys at Tork and Sxth are awesome too. If anyone has comments or questions of how Ford and Hyundai compare, I'll give my say in it as well.
Sure hope not. Cocoa and Melbourne Hyundai Dealerships have never let me down. Good luck on your Fiesta
