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Hyundai Elantra MD (5th Generation)

20112016 · MD · sedan

The fifth-gen Elantra that put Hyundai on the map. Nu 1.8L MPI four (148 hp) at launch, later joined by the 2.0L Nu for the 2014 facelift. Won the 2012 North American Car of the Year award. Designed under the Fluidic Sculpture language that defined Hyundai's early-2010s aesthetic. Built in Montgomery, Alabama for US-market sedans.

Watch out: REAL ISSUE: The Nu 1.8L and 2.0L engines on later years share the Theta-family piston ring concerns; oil consumption complaints are well-documented on forums for high-mileage cars.

Full clubhouse — owner Garage Lineage, common problems, year-by-year notes, and product picks — is on the build list.

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