Description: Sub-Compact Sedan
Base MSRP Range: $12,455 - $13,305
Invoice Price Range: $11,708 - $12,507
Where built: South Korea

Hyundai's car for the economy class is new from tires to top in the format of a sub-compact four-door sedan laced with segment-leading standard safety features. The gear includes an anti-lock brake system (ABS) with electronic brake force distribution (EBD), four-wheel disc brakes, and dual frontal plus seat-mounted air bags for front riders and curtain-style air bags tucked in the ceiling for all four outboard seats.

Accent for 2006 grows up -- it measures several inches longer than the previous version and three inches taller, which adds inches of legroom and headroom to a five-place cabin. The single trim -- a well-equipped GLS -- comes with a 172-watt AM/FM/CD audio system, 60/40 split fold-down rear seatback and a tilting steering wheel.

Power stems from Hyundai's new 1.6-liter four-in-line engine scored to 110 hp with a standard five-speed manual transmission or optional four-speed automatic.

Hyundai, largest car company in South Korea, invests in North America with its new Alabama assembly plant, a technology and engineering center in Michigan, research and design studios in California plus a test track in the Mojave Desert. As a result, many of the vehicles in Hyundai's extensive lineup for 2006 skew directly toward the American market -- such as Sonata, a mid-size sedan with V6 power that comes together at the Alabama plant. Azera pops up as Hyundai's elegant new flagship sedan for the USA, and Accent, smallest car in Hyundai's fleet, rolls out in a new design with segment-leading standard safety systems aboard.