Image gallery: 2016 Hyundai Elantra

An all-new car gets us excited. There is the freshness to it as well as new engines to experience. Well, Hyundai recently launched the new Elantra. It is built on a modified platform of the older vehicle and promises to be a car which will deliver both on the driving pleasure as well as features front. While you can read all about the new Elantra and its drive experience here, we have compiled a comprehensive image gallery of this car. Gone are the bulges that made the older car. The new Hyundai Elantra has now toned down on the curves. It looks far more sophisticated too. In our opinion, the car also is the best Elantra iteration till date. Scroll down to see what we are talking about

The new Hyundai Elantra has toned down on the bulges that characterised the earlier car

The car looks elegant now

The wider grille is part of Hyundai's new design language

The Elantra is best viewed from this angle. Those headlamps, new alloys as well as the coupe-ish rear look elegant

Those gun metal alloys make this new-generation car look better

The split tail lamps, integrated spoiler and the black diffuser all blend in nicely with Hyundai's new design theme

The interiors have been thoroughly updated over the older car. There are new gadgets too

The seats are leatherette while the dashboard gets an aluminium outline to it

The steering wheel now has cruise control, Bluetooth calling, voice command as well as audio controls

The 8-inch touchscreen system has navigation, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, along with display for the music system

You can switch off traction control

The instrument cluster looks similar to the one on the new Elite i20 but is more detailed here

Dual zone climate control is carried forward from the older car but now gets a sync function that matches the cabin temperature on the driver as well as passenger side

There is a choice of 6-speed manual as well as automatic gearboxes. Notice the Eco/Power mode button on the right side

The Elantra still doesn't get rain sensing wipers

There however are auto headlamps on offer

The adjustable arm rest gets a USB charging port underneath

The front seats also get ventilation function, again carried over from the outgoing car

Another new feature is the inclusion of an electric sunroof

The top-end Elantra boasts six airbags

The rear seat space isn't compromised even with the sloping roofline

Hyundai offers a cooled glovebox on the new Elantra

Arkamys sound system lets you select the perfect notes for the song that is being played

Projector fog lamps are also a new inclusion in the Elantra

So is the shark fin antenna