Hyundai Sonata 2018 Test Drive

Hyundai Sonata

Hyundai Sonata was old model from the Korean giants Hyundai. Hyundai decide to return back to Sonata not the old one that we knew but to the new Seventh generation Sonata after popularity failed to dump Hyundai Sedan i40 to the market. The Seventh generation Sonata was developed in California USA and with the eye focus into the market segment of North America customers; also Seventh Sonata was sold for 3 years in USA, China and Korea.People's Experience about the Hyundai  7th generation of Sonata 2017

Hyundai Sonata The interior

• The spacious interior looks organic.


• Finishing materials are inexpensive, but high-quality, but the assembly is neat.


• Screen multimedia system - touch, eight-inch.


• The buttons below it are arranged according to the "floors": the first ones are responsible for the climate, on the second - for the music with navigation. Conveniently.


• The driver's seat is remarkable, perhaps only in the lumbar support, which allows you to ride comfortably.


• The passenger does not have such a thing and he suffers: the back quickly swells, you have to play the angle of the backrest.


• Places on the second row - with a margin, the floor is almost even: you can not straighten your legs completely, but you can easily change their position. The lack of space here is only one - in height. A low roof slope presses a person above 180 cm on the top of the head, and it is impossible to tilt the sofa to compensate for this.

Hyundai Sonata The Engine 

• In Russia Sonata has a choice of two atmospheric engines - 2.0 (150 hp) and 2.4 (188 hp) - in pair only with a six-speed "automatic". I experienced both.


• Motor 2.4 (188 hp) liked more. He is more than two-liter, not only at the start, but in the entire working range. Overtaking is not a problem. True, this unit is noisier.

The Steering, Breaks and Tires

• Manages the Sonata predictably - accurately reacts to the commands of the steering wheel, slightly heeling. On the broken road sedan flies, as if on sails, does not swing and does not allow breakdowns of amplitude-dependent shock absorbers of ASD, laid to all versions, except the base one (so it was with the old Sonata). But excellent smoothness of the course can not be called.


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  Questions to the suspension arise on a good asphalt: Hyundai shakes on every little thing that's got under the wheel! Stones, joints - everything is felt, including vibrations on the handlebars. And if the car with the engine 2.0 and 17-inch tires, these adversities are tolerable, then Sonata 2.4 on 18-inch tires trembles to discomfort.


• Evaluation of noise insulation depends on the place in the car. The main source is the rumble of tires. However, from the front he pierces less than on the back sofa. Nexen tires that go "in the base" to two-liter sedans, while noticeably more vociferous tires Kumho, put versions with motor 2.4.

The D class compared with other car brands

• In the Russian D-class, the new Sonata fits for us. A spacious car with an interesting design, good equipment - and an attractive price . Overthrow the sedan Toyota Camry all this, of course, will not work, but to compete with the Soplatform Optima, Mazda 6 and, say, Mondeo will turn out exactly.


• Hyundai Sonata with the engine 2.0 costs from 1 245 000 rubles, and with the engine 2.4 - from 1 595 000. And to the top version for 100 thousand it is possible to add a package of High-Tech with 18-inch wheels, a panoramic roof, system of tracking for blind zones , the memory of the settings of the driver's seat and the electric blind on the rear window.


• Kia Optima is cheaper only with "mechanics" - from 1,189,900 rubles, and in a similar c Hyundai configuration with "automatic" it is almost 65 thousand rubles more expensive. Mazda6 ? This is a minimum of 1 324 000 per version 2.0 (150 hp). And the Mondeo 2.5 (149 hp) with the "automatic" is 1 350 000 rubles. Therefore, if you choose the price, there are no options other than Sonata in this class.

Rodion Baranov from Russia

 

The USA Features & Specifications for the Hyundai  Seventh generation of Sonata 2018:

1. PRICING/PACKAGES

Pricing	SE	Eco	SEL	Sport	Limited	Sport 2.0T	Limited 2.0T
Starting MSRP	$22,050	$22,650	$23,700	$25,200	$27,400	$27,600	$32,450