An excellent, simple, and fun hatchback.
The Elantra GT N-line is a wonderful vehicle. It is available with a fizzy, fun four cylinder and a well-engineered manual transmission. With the manual, the options list is very short, and the vehicle doesn't have many modern features or conveniences. That being said, it is exactly the vehicle I was looking for. Enough convenience to make it easy to use and modern, but not so much that it is overdone. The turbo makes for fun acceleration, and coupled with the excellent suspension, manual transmission, direct steering, and standard sport tires, this is a very fun, reasonable, economical hatchback. Not quite on the level of a hot hatch, but certainly a warm hatch.
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