When it comes to popularity contests the Corolla Levin ZR and GLX are the Wills and Kate of the car world. The Corolla, a 5-door, front-wheel drive hatchback, is the biggest-selling car by quite a long way, eclipsing the Ford F-Series, Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Beetle with (probably) more than 40 million units sold by the time you read this, versus around 36, 27 and 24 million for the others, respectively.
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We have a mixture of fond and, well, less-than-fond memories with MGs, from the 
Onto the good: it has a willing engine that pulls strongly given its fairly low power and torque figures: 91kW and 156Nm. This is transmitted to forward motion by a four-speed automatic and it gives you the right kind of engine noise when you need to put your foot down. Fuel economy is pretty good at 6.4l/100km and you can get a diesel variant which sips a frugal 4.4l/100km.
The driving experience is very confidence-inspiring. This is a cheap compact car and it’s not a sports car, but there wasn’t one time that I felt that the Hyundai was underperforming. Despite only having steering wheel height adjustment the driving position was immediately comfortable. Visibility, as mentioned above, is not brilliant to the rear (the headrest for the centre seat obscures some of the view, as does the small rear window), but forward visibility is excellent and it is easy to position on the road.
From the outside I was fooled and walked past the rear of the Accent thinking it was an i30 such are the similarities. Gone are the frumpy, boring lines of the previous Accent. They’ve been replaced by strong lines that flow from the front fog lights across the shoulder line and around to the boot, and down near the sills there’s a line that arcs up and around to the rear bumper. It’s all coherent.
This Elite model comes with leatherette seats and keyless entry/start. There are three LCDs for the stereo, trip computer and climate control. While these could be a little nicer, you have to consider the overall low cost of the car and the fact that the overall interior design is pleasant and comfortable.
Open the boot of this hatchback and you’ll see a nice deep floor giving plenty of room. The boot contains Hyundai’s default safety kit (fire extinguisher, first aid kit and safety vest). Boot capacity is 370 litres.
The engine has been completely redesigned. Reductions in friction and weight, modifications to the cooling system to reduce resistance, better fuel atomization in the injectors, electrically operated sequential valve timing (S-TV) – these are the things that people that belong to car clubs talk about while standing around the open engine bay. But most of voluminous amount of private buyers of the Mazda3 (because it is the second-best selling compact car behind the Corolla) will want to simply spend less time queuing to pay for fuel, and subsequently ‘up-sizing’ their purchase with chocolate bars that are two for the price of one. The very fact that the Mazda requires fewer trips to the gas station could influence the 
Launching in November, the GM Holden designed and built Cruze hatch maintains the same safety standards set by the Series II Cruze sedan, which went on sale here earlier this year.
Focus and VW Golf is no easy task, so how can the Cerato hatch expect to hold its own? By implementing the same strengths that run throughout the entire Kia range, distinctive design, high equipment levels and aggressive pricing. Car and SUV spent some seat time in the new Cerato hatch LX to see if its got what it takes.