New Car Review of the 2005 Hyundai Accent Compact Hatchback Coupe and Sedan

Description: Compact Hatchback Coupe and Sedan
Base MSRP Range: $9,999 - $11,649
Invoice Price Range: $9,499 - $10,950
Where built: South Korea

Hyundai's smallest car for the economy club forges a passenger compartment with generous headroom for front riders and respectable legroom in the rear.

This year, the variations include a three-door hatchback and four-door sedan with three trims and all versions packing side-impact air bags as standard safety gear plus anti-lock brakes (ABS). The hatch trims out as Accent GLS and sporty GT, with the sedan cast strictly as GLS. Accent GT has a sport suspension, front fog lamps and body color rocker moldings on the body, and the cabin fixed with a leather-wrapped steering wheel and white-face gauge package.

All Accents pull from Hyundai's 1.6-liter dual-cam 4-cylinder engine, which achieves 104-hp plus fuel economy numbers as high as 35 mpg.