Carscoops spies caught Hyundai Celesta prototype testing in Europe that was introduced in (and for) China at last November’s Guangzhou Auto Show
with sales scheduled to start this March.
Hyundai’s European arm headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Germany, is
either performing some final tests on the Chinese-market Celesta before launch,
or they’re making changes to their low-cost compact sedan to sell it in other
markets, though we highly doubt Europe would be included in those.
The Chinese-built
2017 Celesta may have a modern-looking skin on the outside, but underneath the
sheet-metal, it carries the bones of the fourth generation Hyundai Elantra /
Avante that was produced for Western markets from 2006 to 2010.
In China, the 4,510 mm long, 1,765 mm wide and 1,470 mm tall Celesta keeps the outgoing
model’s 1.6-liter naturally aspirated four with 123hp, but replaces the older
4-speed auto and 5-speed manual gearboxes with newer 6-speed manual and
automatic transmissions.
Prices haven’t been confirmed yet, but they’re
believed to hover around the same levels as the current model in the People’s
Republic starting from about 100,000 Yuan (US$ 15,000 / € 13,500).
Source : Carscoops
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