Stellar CXL 2.0

[hdstellar]

Yes, Excels were called Pony in many European countries. But on some European markets they were also selling the old rear wheel drive Pony. That is at least the UK, the Netherlands, Greece and Spain. My interest in Hyundai begun in 1979, when I saw a Pony in the Netherlands. But it was not until 1991, Hyundai arrived in Sweden.

Well, maybe my Stellar is a 1986 then, since it has those headlights? I'm not sure the authorities got it right, when they registered the car with papers from Kuwait. Do you know any other way to determine what year the car is?

Did they ever sell Stellar or Pony in the United States?

[twospirits]

Well I can't find any info on the Stellar ever being sold in the States, but the Pony was as the Excel according to autoindex.org. and the sales data from Hyundai Corp.

TS out

[jaaribear]

well my best answer be its a 1986 stellar,
1985 stellars here had the HD symbol in the middle of the grill, the 1986 has the word Hyundai on the drivers side....
i notice one thing, that 1986 model doest had the flag style mirrors...
maybye a european difference?

[jaaribear]

yeah, no ponys/ stellars in usa...
hyundai came to canada first in 1983 with the pony / stellar then came hyundai in usa in 1985 with the 86 excel

[hdstellar]

Originally Posted by jaaribear

i notice one thing, that 1986 model doest had the flag style mirrors...
maybye a european difference?

Thank you both for you help.

What do you mean with flag style mirrors?

European models (as well as Korean) has much smaller bumpers than the Canadian and South American models.

[twospirits]

Originally Posted by hdstellar

Thank you both for you help.

What do you mean with flag style mirrors?

European models (as well as Korean) has much smaller bumpers than the Canadian and South American models.

I was going to ask the very same thing. What do you mean by that. Any pics?

TS out

[jaaribear]

Originally Posted by twospirits

I was going to ask the very same thing. What do you mean by that. Any pics?

TS out

so ts, did u see what i meant by flag style mirrors?
look at the beat up stellar in my pics and youll see

[hdstellar]

Thank you for the pictures, Jaari. Now I understand. I had never seen that kind of mirrors on a Stellar before.

[jaaribear]

Originally Posted by jaaribear

so ts, did u see what i meant by flag style mirrors?
look at the beat up stellar in my pics and youll see

same style as xg 350's mirrors

[jaaribear]

Originally Posted by hdstellar

Thank you for the pictures, Jaari. Now I understand. I had never seen that kind of mirrors on a Stellar before.

Hur länge har du ägt din bil 'stellar', och när köpte du den?

[hdstellar]

Originally Posted by jaaribear

Hur länge har du ägt din bil 'stellar', och när köpte du den?

Do you speak Swedish?

1999 ringde jag till bilregistret, för att se om det fanns någon Stellar, eller gammal Pony inregistrerad i Sverige. Bland de äldsta Hyundaierna fanns det några Excel, och en som saknade modellbeteckning. Så då kollade jag upp den bilens längd, bredd och vikt, och kom fram till att det borde vara en Stellar.

Därefter försökte jag ringa ägaren till den bilen ett flertal gånger. Men jag fick inte tag på henne förrän två år senare. Då frågade jag om de ville sälja bilen till mig, och det ville de faktiskt. Så jag köpte Sveriges enda Stellar 25 juni 2001.

Which means I have owned my Stellar for almost 4 years.

The first owners of my Stellar was a Swedish couple, who works in Kuwait. They bought the car new in Kuwait, and used it there for two years. Then they shipped it to Sweden, and was using it here every summer, when they were coming back for holiday. That is until I bought it from them.

/hdstellar

[jaaribear]

Originally Posted by hdstellar

Do you speak Swedish?

1999 ringde jag till bilregistret, för att se om det fanns någon Stellar, eller gammal Pony inregistrerad i Sverige. Bland de äldsta Hyundaierna fanns det några Excel, och en som saknade modellbeteckning. Så då kollade jag upp den bilens längd, bredd och vikt, och kom fram till att det borde vara en Stellar.

Därefter försökte jag ringa ägaren till den bilen ett flertal gånger. Men jag fick inte tag på henne förrän två år senare. Då frågade jag om de ville sälja bilen till mig, och det ville de faktiskt. Så jag köpte Sveriges enda Stellar 25 juni 2001.

Which means I have owned my Stellar for almost 4 years.

The first owners of my Stellar was a Swedish couple, who works in Kuwait. They bought the car new in Kuwait, and used it there for two years. Then they shipped it to Sweden, and was using it here every summer, when they were coming back for holiday. That is until I bought it from them.

/hdstellar

jaap,
I know a little bit
Id like to learn more,, i have a very good friend in Satiila Sweden =)
Im half finn/irish.
some day I want to come there to live, i love scandinavia...
lucky to find such car, must be in nice shape ??
do you have pics of your car?

[jaaribear]

im sick of the autoweek forums, so many nasty people there who cant accept the fact Hyundais moving up, and faster than any other maker concidering their short history.
im not going there any more, i laugh thinking why are you guys so millitant about it all.
like fords never made junk? well according to some no i guess

[jaaribear]

i mean 'they'

[hdstellar]

Originally Posted by jaaribear

jaap,
I know a little bit
Id like to learn more,, i have a very good friend in Satiila Sweden =)
Im half finn/irish.
some day I want to come there to live, i love scandinavia...
lucky to find such car, must be in nice shape ??
do you have pics of your car?

Yes, it is in pretty good shape. But I don't have any pictures of it. That is stupid, I only take pictures of the cars I want to sell. When I soon release it from it's winter brake, I'll have to find a camera, and take some pictures.

But it is pretty much identical with the light blue, and the white Stellar at the Russian wallpaper site. The color of my Stellar is Racing Red.

/hdstellar