regfootball

you may be pleasantly surprised with the overall ride and drive and the improved refinement, power, interior, and handling!

excellent feature article. price and warranty may turn out to be crucial in this class but in reality i don't think if you like one of the two I am not so sure you will like the other. I actually think in this case with the product seeming at this point to be fairly equal, it may just come down to styling / design / attitude and brand image. i think many on this site also already would call the new Rio more appealing than the Accent.

Nissan mailed it in with the Versa although i am sure they prob designed it more for the Renault fans or something.

car and driver gave the T&C very high marks in the recent minivan comparo. sounds like they stopped just short of giving it the win vs. the odyssey.

A Buick Regal might be my current fave. Non pretentious entry luxury, solid build, GM or Ford, nice size.....only wish is the improved turbo that is on the horizon.

not saying there is the same design here......but for some reason this rio interior triggered this in my memory. I actually think this Rio interior has some VW interior aura going on.....

lol! i want sharks with frickin laser beams on them

Sweden might actually find it a good idea to have Saab and Volvo co-owned and then try to differentiate their products, and then seek new markets to expand to. Rich Whitey is still fairly stuck on German cars though. I did park next to a new S60 this evening. Sharp car, but the Swedes just can't overcome the whole German thing unless they really hunker down and get some of their own brand equity back.

the Reno? lol....i think 6 people owned those....j/k my take on the Rio is I hate to admit its not too bad. do pop cans have thicker metal though? here's the dagger.....the Koreans are equipped to turn out these cars dirt cheap yet still make big bucks and Chevy has to struggle to build the competitor and more than likely will not make much dinero on the Sonic. Hyundai Kia just keeps making the cars in the cheaper price classes better and down the road we go even further......... it is much better looking than the Accent and the Forte looks about 5-7 years old compared to this even. I do see some tiny Mazda3 hints in this Rio too. New Versa is pretty bad. I had high hopes for Nissan to improve it but they regressed huge stylistically. I hope the new Versa is not junky anymore to drive at least.

I appreciate Hyundai spreading their brand theme to all its cars now, but i think the no/nada, elantra, and this ...all begin to look a bit TOO much the same and familiar......methinks the hyundai design staff is going to need to come up with a new look sooner rather than later. SONIC IMHO nicer to look at.

Manual is only a 5 speed. Boooooooooo. Interior was mailed in.

not as nice as it should have been. big time blown opportunity.

some resemblence in the side to the saturn opel astra 3 door last gen.

petite mal hyundai. looks alright, brand consistency.

door locks again on the dash......jeez...... the interior does not look lavish in the pics but this is GM photography...... the styling of this all new bu is already GM familiar. totally will it blend in next to the grand prixs and bonnevilles of days gone by. fog lights adding drag on the eco....... i wish i got a royalty for each one of those steering wheels GM puts on one of their cars I'd be a rich man.

um, the hybrid seems to have some similarities to eAssist? ................. on the turbo my understanding is that its all wheel drive + 6 speed manual + around 300hp.............

A 300S AWD v6 would suit me nicely

i haven't been in or drove Brooklyn Decker and Jennifer Lawrence but at least i think its alright to speculate about preferences based on photos............ truth is even a lot of us who frequent these car sites, rarely see more than photos and spec sheets and even when you do see one often its just one passing on the road. product appeal has to be generated that way before anyone even has a chance to get inside......... and anyways most GM fans are generally accepting of GM's driving manners etc so it's really not 100% premature to ask for a preliminary fave...........there are enough photos now to provide decent enough fodder for comparsion

i thought BMW's calling card was the velvety inherent smoothness of their inline 6's........ what the hell, we'll just make cheap as sht fours like everyone else who buys our overpriced stuff!

for now for me the tiniest of advantage to the Regal due mainly to its more teutonic interior and overall attitude.

self explanatory

the new front is yuck. why not something a little more aggressive and bottom breather? 2.0 ecoboost is a great idea. 3.5 has nuts. they were supposed to make it look better, not worse.

where is the visual sizzle? they made it worse, as a 2 time ex SHO owner I am very disappointed with the visuals here. the new front is yuck and WHY does this car have chrome?

glad you mentioned the Kia. those doors do sound a bit hollow and hints as corners cut on the rest of the vehicle. regal, every detail suggests solid build.

new taurus is so large and heavy. i hope the malibu is more responsive and lean. someone mentioned passat. that 2012 passat looks ridiculous compared to this new malibu.