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Hyundai Excel

🇰🇷 South Korea ·1987–2001· hatchback / sedan

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12 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 1991-1994 Hyundai Excel (X2) LS 5-door hatchback 03: OSX· Public domain
  2. 2. 1989 Hyundai Excel GL 3-dr, front left: Mr.choppers· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. 1989 Hyundai Excel GL Front Left: SealyPhoto· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. 1990 Hyundai Excel (X2) GS 3-door hatchback: Jeremy from Sydney, Australia· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. 1991-1994 Hyundai Excel (X2) LS 5-door hatchback 04: OSX· Public domain
  6. 6. 1991-1994 Hyundai Excel (X2) LS sedan 02: OSX· Public domain
  7. 7. 1991-1994 Hyundai Excel (X2) LS sedan 03: OSX· Public domain
  8. 8. 1993 Hyundai Excel (X2) Sprint 3-door hatchback (2015-11-13) 01: OSX· Public domain
  9. 9. 1993 Hyundai Excel (X2) Sprint 3-door hatchback (2015-11-13) 02: OSX· Public domain
  10. 10. 1994-1997 Hyundai Excel (X3) LX sedan (2010-07-13) 01: OSX· Public domain
  11. 11. Hyundai Excel (US) (8038131673): InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
  12. 12. Abandoned Hyundai Excel (6331020083): FotoSleuth· CC BY 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Hyundai Excel, photo 1 of 12
1/12 OSX· Public domain

base stats

  • power 87 hptop version
  • efficiency 175 g CO₂/kmcleanest version
  • popularity 335 in NL#910 most common
  • weight 1,026 kgaverage, ready to drive

Bars compare against all cars: 600 hp, 0 g CO₂, 400k registrations, €150k.

what the fuel types mean

  • petrol Cheapest to buy, simple, but fuel is expensive in NL.

spec sheet

built
1987–2001
body
hatchback, sedan
engine
1.3 L–1.5 L
cylinders
4
turbo
no
power
71–87 hp
drive
front-wheel drive
gearbox
automatic, manual
seats
5
doors
3
weight
1,026 kg
fuel use
7.4 L/100 km
CO₂
175 g/km
US rating
24–28 mpg
EV range
—
US size class
Subcompact Cars
avg new price NL
—

Ranges cover every version ever sold. Blank means the sources don't say.

🇳🇱 on Dutch roads

335 are registered in the Netherlands today, #910 of all models. Most common build year: 1999 (81 cars).

19902001

Cars still registered, by year of first registration (RDW).

names it's registered under (9)
  • Excel 170
  • Excel 1.3 LS 41
  • Excel 1.3 GS 31
  • Excel 1.3 24
  • Excel 1.5 GS 22
  • Excel 1.5 18
  • Excel GLS U9 17
  • Excel 1.5I GLS E2 6
  • Excel 1.5 LS 6

🇺🇸 US versions (27)

Every version the EPA tested, model years 1987–1994. mpg is combined; L/100 km converted.

yearversionenginegearboxdrivefuelmpgL/100
1994Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdFWDRegular278.7
1994Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 5-spdFWDRegular278.7
1993Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdFWDRegular269.0
1993Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular278.7
1993Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 5-spdFWDRegular288.4
1992Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 3-spdFWDRegular269.0
1992Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular288.4
1992Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdFWDRegular269.0
1992Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular278.7
1992Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 5-spdFWDRegular288.4
1991Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 3-spdFWDRegular269.0
1991Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular288.4
1991Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdFWDRegular269.0
1991Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular278.7
1991Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 5-spdFWDRegular288.4
1990Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdFWDRegular269.0
1990Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular278.7
1990Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 5-spdFWDRegular288.4
1989Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 3-spdFWDRegular269.0
1989Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular269.0
1989Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 5-spdFWDRegular288.4
1988Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 3-spdFWDRegular269.0
1988Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 4-spdFWDRegular269.0
1988Excel1.5 L 4 cylManual 5-spdFWDRegular288.4
1987Excel1.5 L 4 cylAutomatic 3-spdFWDRegular249.8

Sources: RDW open data, fueleconomy.gov.Updated 2026-10-24.

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