The 2017 Hyundai Elantra entered the stage at the LA Auto Show, representing the latest design evolution of the brand’s top selling model. With new styling inside and out, new features, and powertrains, Hyundai plans to keep it that way.

Like its big brother Sonata, the Hyundai Elantra gets a healthy dose of new design work that brings a more squared off and formal appearance than the Fluidic Sculpture we have seen in past generations. The panel edges are straighter, the lines more deliberate, and the forms more angular.

While the chassis platform isn’t all-new, the exterior sheetmetal and greenhouse upper structures are, giving it a fresh look all around. As is, the 2017 Hyundai Elantra shares the wheelbase and height of the outgoing model, but grows slightly wider by measure.

The hexagonal grille and trapezoidal headlights mimic those of the larger Sonata, and the fascia gets new stacked LED daytime running lights on upper trims. The rear flanks gain a more angular presentation as well, with new tail lights and raised rear deck.

Its cabin also draws inspiration for the more upright and formal design of the latest Sonata sedan. The dash in-fact almost looks like a perfectly scaled down version with its cockpit oriented shape. It’s a stark contrast to the flowing and swooping lines of before.

Hyundai says it features soft touch materials on key touch points which is the rage these days, but still expect to find hard tap tap plastics about as this still remains a bargain basement sedan. Instruments, switches and infotainment gear get a substantial upgrade though in both standard form and in what’s optional.

These include new display and touchscreen audio systems which offer all the latest connectivity and application flexibilities including Android Auto along with next-generation BlueLink from Hyundai. And of course, there’s more USB ports.

Other keynotes are new seat foams made from earth friendly soybean oil compounds, which can be had with both cloth and leather. Driver memory will now be available for power adjustments, which Hyundai says is a segment first.

Powering the 2017 Elantra are two new engines, starting with a 2.0 liter Atkinson Cycle four-cylinder which offers 147 horsepower. Available with either a six-speed manual or automatic transmission and will be rated at up to 38 mpg highway.

An optional 1.4 liter turbocharged engine is new, and will come with the ECO model. Smaller and less powerful this engine is meant for high mpg. With 128 horsepower coming through a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, Hyundai says you can expect up to 35 mpg combined.

Suspension has been refined here and there with new bushings and revised strut mounting geometry, all of which they say brings enhanced driving dynamics. That’s the term automakers use, which is often hard to quantify. But it should be quieter and more refined.

A stiffer chassis structure comes by way of high strength steel, which Hyundai expects to earn it a five-star government safety rating. With added crash-prevention options, they also believe the new Elantra will earn an IIHS Top Safety Pick + honor.

The 2017 Elantra will arrive in January and will be built in both Montgomery, Alabama and in Ulsan, South Korea.