subject: Fuel Economy Is The Name Of The Game With The 2010 Hyundai Accent [print this page] The Hyundai Accent is Hyundai's entry level model, and is also the lowest priced car offered for sale in the United States. The only engine available in the Accent is a 1.6L 4 cylinder engine. The horsepower rating for this engine as stated by the manufacturer is one hundred ten horsepower at six thousand revolutions per minute. Torque output, also given by the manufacture, is one hundred six pound feet of torque at four thousand five hundred revolutions per minute. The engine is a dual overhead cam layout with multiport fuel injection. The engine can be optioned with either a five speed manual transmission or a four speed automatic transmission.
The engine returns fuel economy of twenty-eight miles per gallon in city driving and thirty-four miles per gallon on the highway. The engine deliver its power through the front wheels of the vehicle. The Accent accelerates from zero to sixty in nine and five-tenths seconds, and covers the quarter mile in seventeen and two-tenths seconds at a speed of eighty-one miles per hour. The standard equipment list on the Accent is impressive; air conditioning, power front disc brakes, an AM/FM stereo with a compact disc player, and a rear window defroster. Maximum seating in the Accent is for five adults;towing is not recommended in this car. Standard safety features on the Accent include child door locks, rear curtain airbags, side airbags, and airbags for both the driver and passenger. The Hyundai Accent received five star ratings in driver and passenger frontal crash testing, four star ratings for front side and rollover crash testing, and a three star crash rating for rear side crash testing.
