Hyundai Accent; good value?

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Sat 24 Aug 2002 17:51
Hyundai Accent; good value? - j_james
Hi,

Just wondering what people thought of the (old-style) Accent? I was looking around for cars around the 1000-1500 mark, and the vehicles from the bigger firms (Nissan, VW, Ford etc) were all quite old, you'd be talking a K or L reg which is getting on a bit now.

However with the Accent I saw some 96 Ns and even Ps for around 900-1100 quid, and these cars look quite good on paper. Quite nippy, cheap and a decent reliability record, and a lot newer than the other brands due to the depreciation these cars suffer. They don't look that bad either. None of the ones I saw appeared to have any rust at all or any obvious engine problems, which is more than can be said for a couple of the Escorts!!!

Are these cars any good? They seem a bargain to me, with the Mitsubishi-derived engines and so on, but is there anything I need to look out for or be aware of?
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Sat 24 Aug 2002 20:23
Hyundai Accent; good value? - Vansboy
Had to buy a couple of these for our best van customer,they are very pleased with them.
Excelent value for money,.
If you can afford £2000 check out an ex motability car at auction.This should buy 99 S or T one owner sub 25000 miler in nice condition.
Mark
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Sat 24 Aug 2002 21:23
Hyundai Accent; good value? - j_james
Interesting, thanks for that Mark. I must go and have a look at a few auctions to see the sort of deals I can get round here. A low-mileage ex-Mobility newish car for 2 grand certainly sounds very tempting!!!

I assume at this sort of age some sort of warranty would be given, even at auction?
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Sun 25 Aug 2002 02:07
Hyundai Accent; good value? - dave18
My Mum had a 97R 1.3 auto.
Reasonable car inside and to look at (for the money); I guess the buyer got a good deal for £2000.
However it wasn't that cheap to service. It was slow unless thrashed mercilessly and returned 25mpg when I was in it. (My Pug 309 does 35 mpg.) I test drove a manual version when looking for a replacement for my Polo and the 309 was far better to drive despite being a much older design of car.
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