What’s New for the 2025 Hyundai Elantra?

For the 2024 model year, Hyundai took an already decent Elantra sedan and made key improvements to its interior design, technology and safety features. After the refresh, Hyundai isn’t changing much for the 2025 Elantra, and besides updated pricing (which notably includes a lower base MSRP for the Elantra Hybrid), the automaker has only tweaked a few of its trim levels. Here’s everything you need to know if you’re stuck between buying a 2024 or 2025 Elantra.

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What’s New for 2025?

Aside from pricing, the only changes to the Elantra are to its trim levels. For 2025, the SEL Sport trim replaces the SEL and is added to the Elantra Hybrid’s lineup. Most of its features carry over from the previous SEL trim, including dual-zone automatic climate control and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto; however, it now shares the 8-inch infotainment display and 4.2-inch color driver’s information screen with the base Elantra SE. The SEL Sport features gloss-black side mirrors and a rear spoiler, 17-inch alloy wheels, a wireless phone charger, leather on the steering wheel and shift knob, aluminum pedals and a black headliner.

The Convenience Package (formerly a $1,750 upgrade for the SEL trim) also becomes its own trim level for the gas-only Elantra called SEL Convenience. It builds off of the SEL Sport’s amenities but adds the upgraded 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster and 10.25-inch infotainment screen, power moonroof, a 60/40-split, folding rear bench seat, heated front seats, heated side mirrors, an electronic parking brake, adaptive cruise control that can handle stop-and-go traffic, and forward collision avoidance with pedestrian, cyclist and junction turning detection. The SEL Convenience Package also adds Bluelink+ connected car services and satellite radio, which were previously standard on the SEL trim, but it does not include the SEL Sport’s aluminum pedals or the rear lip spoiler.

Trim Levels and Pricing

The 2025 Elantra’s pricing and trim-level breakdown is as follows. All 2025 prices include a $1,195 destination fee, an increase from $1,150 on 2024 models. Changes from the 2024 model year are noted in parentheses.

Elantra

• SE: $23,220 (up $445 from 2024)
• SEL Sport: $24,345 (down $380 from 2024 SEL trim)
• SEL Convenience: $26,920 (up $445 from 2024 SEL trim with Convenience Package)
• Limited: $27,870 (down $345)
• N-Line: $30,070 (up $455)

Elantra Hybrid

• Blue: $26,545 (down $855)
• SEL Sport: $28,520 (new for 2025)
• Limited: $30,895 (up $295)

Elantra N

• Manual transmission: $35,445 (up $595)
• Dual-clutch transmission: $36,945 (up $595)

All Elantra exteriors are available in Abyss Black or Intense Blue at no charge, or Ultimate Red as a $500 upgrade. Fluid Metal and Ecotronic Grey are also no-cost color options on all but the Elantra N. Non-N or N-Line Elantras and Elantra Hybrids can also choose from Amazon Gray at no cost or Serenity White as a $500 upgrade. Atlas White is a no-cost exterior color option for the Elantra N-Line and Elantra N. Cyber Gray and Performance Blue are exclusive to the Elantra N and add $500.

Powertrain Specs and MPG

All powertrain options carry over from 2024, and front-wheel drive is standard across the lineup. Standard on the non-hybrid Elantra is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine mated to a continuously variable automatic transmission; it’s good for 147 horsepower and 132 pounds-feet of torque. Stepping up to the Elantra N-Line swaps that out for a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine that outputs 201 hp and 195 pounds-feet of torque, all of which gets sent through a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.

The Elantra Hybrid doesn’t deliver as much horsepower as the base Elantra at 139 hp, but it matches the N-Line’s 195 pounds-feet of torque thanks to its hybrid system. It has a 1.6-liter four-cylinder, an electric motor and a battery pack and sends its power through a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.

The highest-performance variant is the Elantra N, which features a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that’s good for 276 hp and 289 pounds-feet of torque. This is the only Elantra variant to offer a choice of transmissions, as it’s available with either a six-speed manual or an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic. Additionally, the Elantra N has other performance features that let it make the most out of its extra power, including an electronic limited-slip differential, extra chassis bracing, an electronically controlled sport suspension, a variable-valve exhaust and larger disc brakes.

EPA-rated fuel economy varies by powertrain and sometimes trim. The most efficient one is the Elantra Hybrid Blue, which is rated at 51/58/54 mpg city/highway/combined; all other Elantra Hybrids get 49/52/50 mpg. Similar to the hybrid, the base SE trim is the most efficient non-hybrid Elantra, with 32/41/36 mpg; all other non-hybrid Elantras with the non-turbo 2.0-liter engine get 30/39/34 mpg. More power needs more fuel in the case of the Elantra N-Line, which is rated for 28/35/31 mpg. The Elantra N’s fuel economy depends on which transmission you select: The manual Elantra N gets 21/29/24 mpg, while the dual-clutch automatic variant gets a slightly worse 20/27/23 mpg.

Tech Features

The lower-end Elantra SE, Elantra SEL Sport and Elantra Hybrid Blue come with an 8-inch infotainment screen and a 4.2-inch digital driver’s information display. Strangely, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are only available with this smaller-screen setup, whereas upgrading to a higher trim with the 10.25-inch digital gauge display and 10.25-inch infotainment touchscreen only allows Apple CarPlay and Android Auto through a wired connection. A six-speaker audio system, Bluetooth, one standard USB and three USB-C ports, and a 12-volt power outlet also come standard.

In addition to the dual 10.25-inch screens, higher trims can get a wireless charging pad, proximity key, eight-speaker Bose audio system, satellite radio, Bluelink+ connected car services, dual-zone automatic climate control, heated outside mirrors, heated front seats, power-adjustable front seats with lumbar support, and a power moonroof.

Safety and Driver Assistance Features

The 2025 Elantra earned a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and features many other driver-assistance features that should help keep you from bumping into things. All Elantras come with forward collision warning with pedestrian detection, automatic emergency braking, blind spot warning, rear cross-traffic collision avoidance, lane departure warning and steering assist, lane-centering steering, safe exit warning and driver attention warning. The SEL Convenience and Limited trims of both the Elantra and Elantra Hybrid and the N-Line get adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go functionality, as well as an upgraded forward collision avoidance system that adds cyclist and junction turning detection. The Limited trims of the Elantra and Elantra Hybrid also get Hyundai’s semi-autonomous Highway Drive Assist system.

Should You Buy a 2024 or 2025 Hyundai Elantra?

With so little changing from the 2024 model year, the answer to this question is, “It depends.” The biggest change in price was the Elantra Hybrid Blue, so if you’re looking for a solid daily driver with stellar fuel economy, you may want to get the 2025 model with its new lower starting price. We already think it’s a great lower-priced alternative to the Honda Civic hybrid, so a lower starting price for 2025 just makes the Elantra Hybrid Blue even more attractive. It’s also hard to beat it on efficiency grounds once you’ve bought it, as only the Prius scores higher fuel-economy ratings out of all the non-plug-in hybrids on the market. Bonus: We scored even better mileage than the EPA’s rating in our real-world test of the 2024 Elantra Hybrid Limited.

Alternatively, you may want to look out for a 2024 model that meets your needs before jumping to a 2025 model, even on the trims where the starting price actually decreased. Why not look for a good deal on what’s essentially the same car?

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