Fantastic, cool looking car
Nothing yet!!
Seats are worn.
Fantastic little car!! Very fast off the mark at traffic lights gutsy up hills as well. Easy to park even though it doesn't have power steering.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 5th April, 2003
A lot of performance for little money
In 138000km my Excel Sprint has needed one new battery at 125000km. Nothing else has ever gone wrong with this car. It has never been in to a dealer for warranty repairs. It has only received routine maintenance such as oil and filter changes and new rubber. it is still on original brakes, suspension and exhaust. These items have shown relatively little wear to date. There is not even one rattle or squeak to be heard in the entire car.
My car cost $13990 Australian dollars drive away no more to pay in September 1997. Thus it has no power steering or air conditioning. It was bought as a second car so the lack of these creature comforts has never been a bother. It performs extremely well and with the 5 speed manual gearbox is very economical to run. I regularly achieve 600km from each tank of petrol.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 8th October, 2002
A very cheap to run performer
Nothing yet.
It's the best small car on the road. I love my Excel - very cheap to run, looks good and is very nice to drive.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 25th June, 2001
A cheap rattler
Clutch replaced twice.
Oil leak.
Rattles.
Gears are very "clunky"
I would never buy another Hyundai or recommend one to anyone else.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 23rd June, 2001
A new clutch so soon? Burnt out first and second gear? Maybe you did too many burnouts... It's a small Hyundai not a V8 supercar mate!
I bought my 1997 excel gx 2 years ago 2nd hand. The 3rd week I owned it the gear box needed reconditioning. 6 months later the clutch went and the gear box needed redoing again due to half a job being done the 1st time. 3 months later the slave cylinder went. 6 months later it was the alternator, radiator timing belt etc. It looks as though the clutch and or gearbox needs redoing again 19 months later. I certainly will never be buying another hyundai.
A great car all round and at a very cheap price
The car has really had very few problems for a budget car of this price.
There was a slight vibration in the steering at speeds above 100km/hour, and this was found to be mainly due to a warped wheel rim.
Also there are one or two slight rattles that have appeared very recently.
The car has never let me down and still feels like it has a lot more life left in it.
It seems that people sometimes forget that these cars are budget cars and as such are built to a price. Therefore they should not expect the build quality of a much more expensive car like an Audi A4 for instance.
But this being said, these are great little cars. They have heaps of power, are really cheap to run and fuel efficient, the seats are really comfortable and you don't get tired on long trips like other small cars.
For its size the car has an enormous carrying capacity. I can only speak for my car, but I have found it to be very reliable and well built for the price. My major criticism of these cars is the lack of accessories on the base model cars and the less than precise gear change.
The car handles very well and I have taken my car on dirt, snow, 4WD roads and twice across the Nullabor Plain and it has not let me down. I can also out accelerate other cars with larger engines at the traffic lights.
I think a lot of people that criticize these cars don't treat them very well and hence they break down on them due to mistreatment.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 7th June, 2001
Great performance in the first year!
At 30K kms I replaced the condenser fan motor.
At 34K kms replaced the airconditioning evaporator.
Replaced rear wheel bearings.
Head lights busted.
Corrosion everywhere!!!
Suspension not so good (Well, what do you expect on a cheap car!)
Even though I have replaced so much parts in the second year of ownership, I would still say that I had enjoyed and had fun driving it.
I hope that Hyundai make a better version of this model.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 22nd July, 2000
Hey Ron,
Have you ever heard of people saying 3 grand instead of 3 thousands? Well it's the same here. This guy wrote 30K kms AND 34K kms. That letter "K" after the number 30 and 34 means thousands. So, don't think that he is giving you some "Very inaccurate report" as you would say. He is only using a SLANG way of saying thousands of kilometers. OK?
So just to rephrase it for you what he meant:
At 30,000 kms HE replaced the condenser fan motor.
At 34,000 kms HE replaced the air-conditioning evaporator.
I hope my comment helped.
Neb.
6th Dec 2003, 16:58
Do you have a stock standard petrol tank or any modifications? In my Excel I'm usually getting about 400Km around town and the very most I've ever got out of it was 550Km straight highway driving at a constant 100Km an hour. This was from running premium unleaded and using a 5 speed manual. A reliable and reasonably quick car.