1998 Hyundai Accent Coupe Si review from UK and Ireland

Rear bumper is easily scratched/marked when loading and unloading the boot.

Water gets inside the door panels causing the window guides to rust. This has caused the electric windows to be very slow.

The interior fan speed switch's illumination broke when removing the centre console panel.

Electric aerial seized up after getting bent. Low bushes/tree branches caused this.

The headlight switch stalk was faulty and needed replacing.

The bolt in the anti-roll linkage fell out. This caused a lot of rattling before I found out what it was.

The bolt attaching the clutch pedal spring sheared off. I had to rig it with a bent nail just to drive to the garage.

The car is very quick around town but lacks power on the motorway. It has been known to struggle past 85mph.

It's very noisy on the motorway.

The steering is very light and accurate.

This car is probably not suitable for inexperienced drivers, as understeer and oversteer is quite apparent on high speed cornering.

Seats can prove a little uncomfortable on a long journey.

The windscreen wiper settings are excellent.

There is not much in the way of internal storage.

Fuel economy is not great for a car with such a small engine.

Only having a small 42-litre fuel tank means having to fill up every 280 miles.