A few days after Hyundai unveiled the new Hyundai Accent/Verna in Beijing,  Hyundai has revealed its next generation Elantra/Avante at the Busan Motor Show in South Korea. Like the smaller Accent, the Elantra has picked up the "fluidic sculpture" styling cues of its big brother the 2011 Hyundai Sonata. By virtue of its larger size, the Elantra retains more of the glossy profile of the Sonata and doesn't look as stocky as the Hyundai Accent.

Like the Hyundai Sonata, the new Elantra gets a direct injected inline-four, but in this case a 1.6-liter. For the Hyundai Elantra the GDI 1.6 generates 138 horsepower and 123 pound-feet of torque. In combination with a fuel efficient and new six-speed automatic transmission, the Elantra should get about 10 percent better fuel economy.

The Avante will go on sale in South Korea in the second half of this year and we'd expect to see it in Chicago with Elantra badges early in 2011. No word yet on whether we will get a hybrid version of the new Elantra.

Preview video of the new 2011 Hyundai Elantra introduced at the 2010 Busan Motor show in Korea as the Avante.