No Budget Reviews: 1999 Hyundai Lantra (Elantra) J2 1.6 Remo - Lloyd Vehicle Consulting

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-One 1999 Hyundai Lantra J2 1.6 Remo
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-No Fancy Outfits
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It is time for the newest instalment in that beloved cinematic automotive KZbin experience where we film practical cars that can be bought for less than £1,000 in a manner befitting of their inexpensive value! This may go horribly wrong (and frequently does)...
This time, as we test a 1999 Hyundai Lantra J2 1.6 Remo, we make unsubstantiated claims about its rarity, complain about its gearbox, get excited about its condition, moan about the lack of air conditioning (several times) and drone on about very little of any importance at all. Nothing untoward, then...
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[@teamJJontour]

Good Morning Sir! Although it's not the most exciting car ever built, you just have a feeling its never going to let you down regardless of it's age.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

It's in ridiculous good condition, sir, I can't really emphasise that enough.

[@stevesmith9351]

I bought this exact car on the strength of this good review, cheers dude 😊

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

That's absolutely no trouble at all, glad you found it useful! These are pretty rare cars these days.

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

My favourite era of Hyundai, mainly because my Grandad had a Accent of this era and the controls, switchgear, and the colour of the interior are all so familiar. A excellent review of a great looking Hyundai.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

The condition is ridiculously nice, sir. The Accent is similar inside, although this is a bit bigger. Thank you for watching again, Mr Watters!

[@mattw8332]

Lovely Lantra. The Hyundai TV adverts from the 1990s called these "the curvy car". Hyundais are for winners! 😉

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Yes, a curvy car, but sadly a very generic one when looked upon in its historic context.

[@jdnrotterdam2150]

Again a new exiting korean surprise! I also always thought that the sizes of Hyundai in the 90 wasn’t comparable with other brands. The 90s B-segment pony/Excel/accent wasn't anything like a Polo or fiesta or corsa. It was just bigger and a totally different vehicle . And the same with the Lantra it was the story in the C-segment. It wasn’t anything like a focus golf or astra. So maybe for allot of people it was hard to understand what class they drove. The Lantra you drove didn’t had a/c and the reason is ( i think) it’s. Because it had a sunroof.. my fathers 1995 mk1 facelift lantra glx also didn’t had a/c but it had a electric sunroof. But he had to choose between a electric sunroof or a/c. To stay under a sort of price range he couldn’t get them both. Maybe it was the same case with this one? I still can’t understand my father that he choose a sunroof instead of a/c in that time.. I can remember that we had this mk2 model but the pre-facelift as a loaner car when our 1995 mk1 facelift was to the garage for service . It had a 1.6 engine and my father thought it drove much better and faster than the 1.5 he had. And yes I thought that 2 but strangely i liked our mk1 more. Maybe because it was our car. Or maybe it was because my dad had a very nice special blue/green paint in it that changed color from different angles and a spoiler with a 3th braking light in it. Still the Hyundai was weird with it’s sizes compared with others brands. It was hard to see what segment it was. They changed that when the Lantra and the accent range stopped for the i10 i20 i30 models. Nowadays it’s no different anymore compared to others and now you can see the segment/class ver good. But i have more love for the early days of Hyundai

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Thank you, sir! Yes, Hyundai tried to straddle two market segments with many of their models in the 1990s. Having driven both J1 and J2 Lantras (actually two J1s), I know exactly what you mean about the J1s being more appealing although the J2 is technically a bit more advanced.

[@jdnrotterdam2150]

@@lloydvehicleconsulting indeed the j2 had airbags.. and maybe more other luxury things and hearing my dad’s experiences with the lantra’s it also drove better than the j1 . But what i have with the lantra i also have with the excel. I like the 1993 pony/excel more than the next more curvy model excel. Here in the Netherlands i never saw a J1 lantra with a/c but i do saw j2 lantra’s with a/c plus i still van find j2 lantra’s on the internet the j1 is disappeared

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

@@jdnrotterdam2150 , the J1 Lantras, are very, very rare over here. The very late ones did have a driver's airbag, as I have driven one with one! The J2 had more safety equipment from the start, but is a bit more common (still very rare, however). The J1s I have filmed never had air conditioning, but they were all GLS or GLSi models.

[@jdnrotterdam2150]

@@lloydvehicleconsulting the only j1 i saw on the internet with a/c was in america. The j2 i saw allot with a/c. There is an internet side where you can look at a cars history by the license plate. Most cars from the 90s. Are exported to eastern europe or africa. Specially Korean and japnese cars. We still saw allot of 80s and 90s and beginning 00’s european cars over here. But the asian cars from that time are almost all exported. You can look back until 2000. If a car was still on the Dutch road in 2000 you can look it back . Our j1 lantra was exported in 2003. And our 1998 mazda 626 exported in 2007 “. Sadly i can’t find anything about our 1991 mazda 626’s history. Than means that it is or totaled or exported before 2000

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

@@jdnrotterdam2150 , yes, I remember coming across the same phenomenon when I lived in France about twenty years ago. The older Japanese cars in particular were highly prized for export to Africa in particular.

[@robs_garage0278]

i always love those Hyundai j2 elantra's very simple to work on n all :)

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Thank you ever so much indeed for watching! Very rare indeed these days.

[@llewellyn56]

I worked for Hyundai in the 90s. Cape Town South Africa in Tiger Valley Those cars very strong. We’ll build. The J1 completely different to the J2. We had a J2 modified only for the track. At that time the fastest Hyundai at Killarney Race Track.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Yes, they probably weren't bad at all, just not the most interesting car I have driven in this 1.6 version. The owner has actually swapped this for a Triumph 1300! You are right, no engineering in common between the J1 and J2. I have driven two J1s as well...

[@ST-ur7oh]

The facelift made this car hideous looking. All I remember is the thin grey plastic, horrible gear change, lack of front head room and an underlining feeling that the R&D budget was tight. The launch version is much nicer. But for what it is in a moment of time it’s nice to see this and a reflection of how far modern Hyundai has came today.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

It's a bit of a museum piece, really. I wouldn't call it hideous, but I do remember the pre-facelift ones, and I understand what you mean. The bigger problem was the really notchy gearbox, which despite its low mileage, really was not very nice at all.

[@xxrs2009]

My neighbour had an mk1 estate with the 1.9 Peugeot diesel engine, about 15 years ago. It had a really high mileage. She liked it because of the curvy shapes, reminded her of the 2cv she once had.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

We appreciate the discussion about the J2 Estate, sir, but I am afraid that we don't talk about diesels on this channel....

[@Grimwriggler]

they were sold here in Spain mainly with the XUD d engine. slow but still many running around today with high milage

[@xxrs2009]

@@Grimwriggler Don't doub that, good diesel engines.

[@tobeycat2007]

That does look good, liked both of mine, first was a 96 1.6 GLSi auto estate had late 90s, sold due to fuel usage, few years later got a low mileage 1.6 GLSi saloon. Neither had aircon but were good reliable cars. Been long time since I last saw one on the road, suspect not many left now, very few good as that one is.

[@johnedwards3198]

Oh the luxury, my experience of a 2000 W Hyundai Accent 1.3i was pure poverty but it was my first car so represented great value for money and freedom. It also never failed an MOT under my care or its next owner until it eventually succumb to its rust

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

These are extremely rare cars now, this one aside. I haven't seen a J2 Lantra in years. The 1.6 was the most economical of them all in this country, as they didn't sell the forbidden fuel ones over here. Thank you for watching, sir!

[@johnedwards3198]

Oh sir we do like a nice silver 90's and 00's Silver Hyundai on this channel! *Rubs hands with Glee*

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Glad you enjoyed it, sir! This car is in ridiculously nice condition.

[@johnedwards3198]

@@lloydvehicleconsulting it is both luxurious and limited in spec at the same time. Quite the upgrade from my poverty spec Accent but same silver paintwork and trademark cheap grey plastics with the wonky indicator layout. Pure nostalgic delight for me sir

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

@@johnedwards3198 , yes, sir, good old 1990s grey Korean plastics! Seems rather quaint now.

[@stevieboyNI]

Very exceptionally unexceptional sir. I do like these early Hyundai reviews. Within ten years of this car they had merged with Kia and slowly started their world domination..

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Well sir, we will see if we can get some more of these early Kias and Hyundais on the channel, they are very, very different companies (or one company, I suppose) today.

[@adam3842]

Got one it's a bit rough but they go like a rocket

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

These aren't exactly common, are they? The 1.8 and 2.0 versions would certainly be a bit quicker than this, I don't think the 1.6 was particularly fast. Thank you very much indeed for watching!

[@zzhughesd]

It’s been like. 6-9 years since seen a Elantra

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Not many around, sir, from what I understand.

[@markonmotoring]

I rather liked these in period, they looked very modern at the time with those curves. I dint remember that grill though.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

The grille was only on the facelifted ones, sir, a lot of people prefer the pre-facelift cars, I think.

[@adzadeanyoutube]

I have the estate, and it has aircon. :)

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I could have done with air conditioning on the day I filmed this, I can assure you!

[@trabali5168]

great condition for year!

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

It is indeed, sir!

[@richardhowlett9424]

Very special car , pre facelift Lantras looked better , in my view , I would have been all over it had it been at the FoTU , where it could easily have been a winner.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

It's technically not quite eligible for the Concours De L'Ordinaire yet, but it won't be long before it is, sir.

[@seancooke7332]

The Korean goes from strength to strength. Like the Peugeot 306 of the time the Lantra is a very good car. Peugeot Pros; ride, handling, long distance comfort. XS and GTI class leading hot hatches. Attractive and practical estates. Peugeot Cons; noisy engines. Doors sound tinny on closing, some very flimsy interior fittings and lack of equipment on all but top models. Bland styling. Hyundai Pros; reliability, great warranty. Value for money. Great fit and finish with solid build quality. Very smooth and quiet engines, nice gearchange. Colour coded bumpers and mirrors and Power steering standard across the range. Attractive and practical estates. Hyundai Cons; Steering, handling and comfort adequate. Indicator and wiper stalks odd but only at first. Depreciation above average. Bland styling.

[@ST-ur7oh]

Peugeot 306 bland styling. What? Are you smoking mushrooms?

[@seancooke7332]

@@ST-ur7oh when it was released it was bland, as was everything else except maybe the Rover R8 or the Fiat Tipo. I do agree that the New Peugeot 306 was a gorgeous face lift that actually looked better than the 307 that replaced it.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Sir, that gearchange in the Lantra was pretty bad, to be honest, despite having about 20,000 miles on the clock. Both the owner and I agree about that. The fit and finish doesn't really feel that good... The equipment levels, however, were quite high for the price. The driving position isn't the best, either, with very limited headroom for some reason. I was left feeling strangely disconnected from this car, I admire it far more as a piece of automotive history than as something enjoyable to drive, as does the owner, I think.

[@themrhtc8757]

What s the oil consumption for this?

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Hopefully not very much, as otherwise the engine would have an oil leak.

[@themrhtc8757]

@@lloydvehicleconsulting sorry, I meant fuel consumption. Not oil. How many miles or km per liter?

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

@@themrhtc8757 , I am afraid that I work in mpg, so I wouldn't know how to translate that into litres per 100 km...

[@themrhtc8757]

@@lloydvehicleconsulting go on with saying the MPG 🤗 I will then translate it. Thank you.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

@@themrhtc8757 , probably around 35 mpg, but it's really difficult to say as there are so many variables.

[@jasejj]

If that was sold for under a grand in the current market someone got the bargain of the year, that thing probably has another ten years left in it (if you can get the parts). Does look a bit "ugly American '90s car" at the front though, but who cares.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Yes, I think it was bought for a bit more than that, but the condition is absolutely crazy. The look is a bit generic, but, as you say, it really doesn't matter!

[@roygardiner2229]

That car is too bland for my taste. You can't win 'em all.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I think both its owner and I sort of agree about that, sir.

[@nickyboy.]

9th

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Much better today, sir!