2020 Hyundai Sonata vs Toyota Camry XSE // Challenger Meets Champion

Thomas, where are we? I think we're in the Sonata like inside the Cost meter, yeah, well, what are we going to do? Oh wait, I have an idea, are we wetter? I win, I win, you know, that's why my mom doesn't believe. that we have real jobs you're watching fartole house I'm Thomas, I'm Jane, this is the

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Hyundai Sonata. Crossovers are like modern HBO writers, they destroy everything you've ever done. What I love most in this case are the midsize sedans, which is a shame because they are actually better than ever and today we want to see what happens when we consecutively compare the market leader, the Camry, which by the way, literally means crowns it with Hyundai's newest competitor, the all-new Sonata.

Recently, Hyundai sent us to Alabama, where we were able to see the production of the Sonatas, a meticulously organized operation that appears to employ most of the local town. We witnessed the journey of the

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s from the stamping of the body panels to the end. On its way to final quality control and since then we have been eager to test it at home and it is seen here in its top finish to match the Camrys xse with all the bells and whistles. Both cars have four cylinders and an 8 that are equally economical. -high speed transmission and they are around $35,000 Canadian and a little over $30,000 US so what you like can be fun and the Sonata can take the crown from the Toyotas and a special thanks to Forbes Toyota in Waterloo for lending us this 2020 Camry and if you're new to the throttle, we do car reviews, track testing and a lot of fuss, so subscribe, test yourself, the 2020 Camry, this is a naturally aspirated four-cylinder, unlike James's, which is turbocharged, which means the power is immediate and it's smooth and nice, in fact, here's a fun fact: my 2004 BMW with a six-cylinder engine with fancy variable valve timing, a bunch of other things that break down very often, it has less horsepower and torque than this four-cylinder or, more appropriately, a closer point of reference is that this one has more horsepower than the Toyota 86, its 2020 Sonata sports car, the newest kid on the block and this is the ultimate trim meaning its the best now this is a 1.6 liter turbo it comes in a 2.5 liter naturally aspirated engine like the Carl Thomas is however you can only get it in the base model or what you could call the preferred model, which doesn't have any of the amenities that this one has, so we thought that would be unfair, but don't think that puts the Camry at a disadvantage because this 1.6-liter turbo that is similar to the kona except it has a continuously variable valve timing is the weakest point of this car, I think because it's not very inspiring, it doesn't sound very good, 180 horsepower, which is However, it doesn't have much like 195 pound-feet of torque, which is actually more torque than the Camry has.

It's just one of those things where we drove the Kona and then we drove the electric Kona and the Evie motor took it to another level, this with a I think the e v motor would be the peak of the

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. You can get it in a v6, but for daily driving, honestly the 4 cylinder is all you need. It pulls very well, it's soft. I think the transmission gets a little lost in itself from time to time. although there are paddle shifters, you can select the gears manually if you want, okay, put it that way, okay, it doesn't really get in the way, it doesn't make you smile, but it just makes your life easier, whatever the environment. city, I have had absolutely no problems with the amount of power and there is a final line that has been released and is coming, if you need more power, you know it well, at Hyundai, they are online, which is supposed to be somewhere To the end.

It's actually a real bottom line, it has a performance improvement. I like when you see allergies or VW and you see the S line or online, they are just cosmetic changes, the final line for this actually gets more power, which is good because it doesn't sound like an N is coming, but the Camry really does. it does for me and almost with torque steer there and the reason we took it out today is because the handling is so nice it's well isolated from the road, there are no sudden movements of Whatever it is, probably the best part of this car is that it's easy to live with, it's quiet and smooth and in a front wheel drive family sedan that's what I want.

I don't want to hear the engine. I don't want to. feel the vibrations I want to be comfortable so I can go to work, so even though the car is isolated from the road and is very smooth, that doesn't mean it's numb, those are different things and on the wheels the steering is good. It weighs very well in the corners, gives you a positive impression of where your tires are pointing and that's it. I don't need any more or less, and in the city is where this car really shines, it is very easy to drive, in fact, I live in an apartment building and every time I get in a press car and no matter how nice it is I mean, I have to get between a wall and the door, don't tell the manufacturers that this car with its James Bond style button on the key allows me to drive.

I take the car out of the space so I can get in without damaging it and then, when I go to the highway, I have all the assistance and all the safety elements and all the blind spot detection. In fact I would even say that the head display screen is a little busy, there is a sport mode that only changes the shift points, as far as I can see it is not bad, there is normal and eco. I've been driving normally because that's what the Camry is, it's normal now. We first drove this on Louisiana roads and now we are driving it on some snowy Ontario roads and at night, which by the way has ambient lighting so we can see what it's really like and the ride is nice, not like that anymore.

More than just nice, it's just good, but that combined with the adaptive cruise on the highway makes it a really solid highway cruiser and when you change lanes, you turn basically the moment you hear the indicator, it shows you the camera view of your blind spot. on each gauge cluster depending on which way you're looking, and yet it keeps the kilometers per hour superimposed on the display, all Rebe, which I really like. However, I do have some issues with it and they are mainly within and us. We'll talk about that in a minute, if the Sonata can match the excellent driving position it has in visibility, comfort, RAI and smoothness in power delivery, then it's a very good contender because it has very modern technology, but What we're going to talk about to do now is go clean the cars because they are dirty and then we will talk about the style and compare the features of the interior, a really competent battery and nice even in the snow with the front. -all-wheel drive oh, I guess it's a testament to the winter tires, although they make a big difference obviously, yes, nice sweater, by the way, yes, yes, okay, so from all those Christmas presents you have than to use it, no, Sanada, what do you think I think it is?

Great from certain angles. I think they've made it really stylish and it looks a lot more sophisticated than the previous generation. The Sonata is a historically very boring Lincoln. It looks a bit like a catfish. Yes. I think a lot of that is because the hood hood extends all the way to the grille. I think it has more to do with the fact that there are these little things, those lights look great where they got the hood, but when they're off it looks a little like a roof rack. true, yes, like you could, but you can't fix it, oh it's not new, you know, the previous generation Sonata had it too.

This is a good-looking car, it's very bold, it was bold of them, so you're talking about bold. I touched Photoshop, yeah, and can you do Photoshop? No ok I turned it into a hatchback, yes I think it looks a lot better if you look at the current offering like that of a Lanford GT, yes the Sonata hatchback is the way to go ok, Alright. yes, Camry, what do you think? I think it looks like a camera, it's a Camry, that's my favorite Camry spec, yeah with the black roof and red seats, it sits like a stormtrooper, it's really cool to be a stormtrooper, of course I do. is.

Great to be a storm, you missed the shorts, yes, yes, you don't have a good one, but you look very good, although you are covered in plastic and stuff, let's look at the back, so this is the X SE version, it which means we have the black sport grille black lip spoiler 19 inch alloys some styling stuff basically we have this vent here that comes on all of them but I don't like it at all I don't care now that we've seen it on a Lamborghini Earth is unacceptable at the Aris, it's fine here. I assume this has a real exhaust tip, although that's actually what it is.

It has quad exhaust. Yes, which ones are really unnecessary? I guess because BMW can't even do it, but That's real, yeah, well these are real too and you know the back of this car is starting to lose me a little bit. These lights here look like a bit of a silly key, apart from the one that goes on the other side, which is a bit Lincoln II, but what? Forgive me, I really love the way you open the trunk, oh yeah, it's first of all, it's a fun game to play with your friends because no one knows how to open it, it's just this and it's a huge trunk, it's huge.

In fact, that's definitely one of the coolest hideaways. You can follow me to see this sweater a minute ago. You can't even close the trunk. They are in a different league. Yeah, you know what? The interiors are also different. Well, let's start with the camera. Okay, who would take the Camry first? Yes, that was hard. I like it here, although with the red theme, the red here and then the red on the screen there, it feels a little like you're in a hot topic. Because? I know what you mean, yes that's exactly it, yes I know it's okay, honestly the materials are okay, there's some cool stitching here, yes for 2020, we have ventilated seats, that's right, there is a package, this one doesn't He has it, he doesn't have it either.

I have a very important thing. I know what you're going to say. A heated steering wheel. A heated steering wheel. You know, it has a heated steering wheel. Not the Sonata, although it doesn't have it. the gauges look a little dated this looks a little dated the rest is fine the biggest problem at the moment is that there is amazement in the model ranges when they remake this it always happens it always happens so alright this is felt new a couple of years ago. now I don't really feel like no, I know and there is always someone who says: well this is not a fair comparison because in 2024 we will use exactly the new Camry, but it always happens that there is nothing we can do, it has a lot of things that still we have the wireless charging yes no we still have although this doesn't have the enhanced audio it has the ensuite bathroom or whatever you call it it's a good guy a little bit okay it gets the job done. fact the seats are very comfortable and there is plenty of head room yes the double sunroof yes screen without head up display no honestly this is a harmless interior it does exactly what it says on the box it is a Camry, this space, although there is a lot of space and now it has Android auto, there you have it, here we go.

I'd say welcome to the 21st century and moving into the future if it weren't for the overseas in-car gaming experience you may or may not have seen in that video. Turns out the car kit on this Camry was very flawed and the back seats are impulsive. Oh yes, it's the perfectly adequate Camry. Plenty of headroom, plenty of knee room. This doesn't look particularly good. There appears to be an omission of the heated seat. DPS seats in the Sonata the xse yeah, let's go over the oh yeah, you know call it the ultimate sonata, it's like being a head chef or a Waffle House, it's not the biggest, but I don't know about you, but getting in here.

It has master three mm when we enter the new master three yes, immediately yes, high quality, this is the two tone one, so this is camel and you are going to implement it like this. I would prefer it to be cream. I think the cream one looks more, but there is difficult to keep clean, yes exactly, but the sport version can be had with a gray interior with red piping which you haven't seen yet. I really sound like this ambient lighting strip right here, yeah, and that's really like Mercedes, the Camry has one, but this one. it's done better, everything here is done better, it's clear, stop like the master, it's not so noisy yes, yes, I love this steering wheel, it's very, very quiet.

I also hate the staircase, well, I said, well, it's heated, look, I have some, that's the cruise. control, but yeah, that's where the heat goes, okay though, you haven't been on one for a while, but hunger has made you forget everything, okay, yeah, but yeah, so the problem I have with the heated steering wheel I mentioned before is while the leather is wonderfully warm yes this metal insert doesn't heat up so it's not necessary no this morning I came in it was minus 13 degrees I was freezing good it's cold for a while yes it's me for an oversight the four spoke I know it's controversial I love it, I like the design visually,It definitely has cooled seats and it also has ventilation.

Yes, yes, in an incredible group of indicators. Yes, the digital gauge cluster takes you right into the future. Love it and wait while you change modes. Yes, it's epic. animations okay, yeah, you never use sport mode anyway, although listen, the Sonata is a dish that is better served, economical, okay, perfectly okay, okay, watery, emotional, red, look at it, that's anger outside, yeah, okay, look at this, this is amazing, it's so much better than the camera and you. Do you know what a big screen I'm so used to? the only cars we've driven with screens this big in BMW, yeah I use gesture controls in BMW, yeah I've been using Waze and stuff like that, yeah, but to change the music I ran the game and nothing happens, I thought it was like that. just your signature dance move.

I really think that tells me that I use the BMW self because I like doing this, yeah, well this is, honestly, they knocked it out of the park, yeah, as the end of the story, but again they have the advantage of being in older years. new, yes, it's a couple of years, really, if you look at the Camry abroad today they will be able to match this, they may not be very good and this is the Bose sound system, which is actually good, it's just good, It's just good, you know what? which didn't impress us much at the top end, yeah, once you get to the 30 grand level, perfectly, perfectly fine, back seat, yeah, okay, so yeah, right off the bat, this window doesn't go down all the way.

There's room for your arm and at the front the window is double glazed for added peace of mind oh really yes, what is the Camry? It does not happen. Oh, it definitely is. Lucky for you, just class stuff. Yes, they look better, this looks better, it looks good, it's more sophisticated here, yes, we do. we have two-way heated seats and we have a USB, these look much better in terms of spaciousness, it's not that different, there is an indentation for our heads, yes, I think it's still not a big difference, right?, it's very, very similar in terms of space. the case, yes, and we also have the double sunroof, yes, that's good, I would say the seats in the back of the camera are a little nicer, they are a little hot Samba dog, that's not true, well , I would say that is true. eh, well, obviously we're going to have to fight, let's fight to the death, you want someone who uses this weapon to kill you, okay, I put the Sonata in sport mode, the dashboard changes, it's really cool and I'm changing with the paddles the March.

The changes are not very inspiring and neither is the engine, in fact, immediately the first thing I noticed is that the Camry with its naturally aspirated four-cylinder is a nicer, smoother and more predictable engine. Well, 2020 Camry, do you have it? well as i remember well that's not fair about the v6 last time, yes this sounds like a forged effort, then so does the Sonata which has so much power to go around, the sonars are the same, it really all comes together It comes down almost to style preferences and the interior is fine. Until the moment of concluding, which of these would you choose?

Honestly, it's a tough decision because the cars are very similar and for you, it might actually depend on which one you like better or which one has a little feature that makes a difference. such as the heated steering wheel, but steering wheels in general aside, I'd probably choose the Sonata just because it feels a little more futuristic. I feel like you'll get a few more years out of it before you start looking at the new cars to come. get out and go, oh that's got everything the new gauge cluster has this has all the stuff this is going to look great for at least a couple of years and it's got really good interior quality and that's where you spend the time most of the time.

I think overall the Camry drives better and also if you're talking about things that drive better you have to include the Accord. It drives very, very well. I really am a big fan of both cars, as much as one can be. four cylinder midsize sedan and I think the Camry feels more solid but the Sonata is actually more playful and in the weather it's because it's the turbo or it just feels lighter to drive and also all the funky technology is really fun and The dashboard is amazing in the Sonata because even though it feels more solid, it takes life a little more seriously and I think the Sonata with its original design and turbocharged engine is a little more fun the longer I lived with the Sonata, But I liked it.

The road noise and power differences from the Camry were indistinguishable enough to allow the Sonata's strengths to shine through its technology because, for everything you can experience on a dealer lot, the Hyundai takes the advantage of its futuristic interior to the feeling of spaciousness, ergonomics and yes. Of course, the remote parking party trick: the Camry is a great benchmark, even more so with the silky smooth v6, a superior engine to the two engines in the cars we tested today and in its incoming all-wheel drive form. total that could improve it. up a notch yet, especially since we've now learned that the Oval Drive version will have a heated steering wheel in North America, but until then we're very impressed with Hyundai's latest thank you to see, in case you haven't noticed we're filming in the car. crib which is where we restore our cars for the winter and that's it, we're going to say if you follow us on Instagram I'll post it, forget about 15,000 fun, post a picture of me with my first car and you want to see there was something. more than I swear there is something else it was like who knows someone with YouTube