2020 Hyundai Sonata Review - They NAILED IT!

Welcome to Alabama, a little rainy and humid, behind me, here is the 8th generation Hyundai Sonata. That's right, this one is unlike any other Sonata you've ever seen. It's definitely the best Sonata, in my opinion,

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've ever owned. Let's find out more about him. The new. Sonata is built on an all-new third-generation platform. If you think it looks sleek and long, you're not wrong: the wheelbase is longer, the overhangs are shorter, which makes it look longer. Additionally, the hood and Shark tires are lower and the rake is up. The windshield has been increased by 64 millimeters, resulting in a very dynamic looking design and really looks like a rear-wheel drive 4-door coupe.

One of the most striking features is how the lights and chrome blend and float around the passenger compartment. They call this the ultimate dynamic suit. The front has such a clean look with a hood that flows directly into the grille without any broken lines. Front LEDs with our reflector style, while if you go for the top finish you get projector style LEDs. The rear also features a long continuous light bar that also emphasizes a dynamic appearance. Wheel sizes range from 17 to 18 inches and new to the Sonata is this bright yellow color that I love. Alright, this interior is nice, it's aerodynamic, it's elegant just like the exterior.

Now this is the definitive version. that's what we call it in Canada, which is the top model, it has leather seating surfaces, heated and ventilated seats in the front, heated seats in the rear, you get a standard heated steering wheel behind the wheel, you get an analog setup or on the At the top edge you get a digital dash. The nice thing about that digital dashboard on the top edge is that you have the blind view monitor, so when you signal left or right, the cameras in the side rearview mirrors give you a picture right in the center. a front screen in the middle, you get a ten point two and five inch infotainment screen, Apple Carplay, Android Auto, comes standard, anything below the top edge, you get an eight inch screen that still has a good size and look at these vents

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This made the vents very slim and sleek looking, but they had to work very hard because when you get a smaller opening trying to fit through the same amount of bug, you can get a lot of hissing and loud noises, you didn't experience that at all. It also has that dynamic last suit motif on the inside, in this satin finish. Take a look at the door handle or door grab area. Hidden, essentially, is a nice long armrest. Here the sporty and higher models have a large panoramic roof and the latter is also wireless. charging, but it is a fast charging system with a cooling fan so your devices don't overheat.

This new platform allows for easy entry and exit from the rear seats and also plenty of hip and head room, considering this type of appearance looks like a four-door coupe. You wouldn't think there was that much headroom, but there is a lot there and I think this is quite unusual. Look at the steering wheel, it's like a flat bottom steering wheel, except it has the round part put back in, which gives you a lot of grip. areas and yeah, and a nice metallic finish on the interior, you also have paddle shifters behind it, okay, here's a really cool new feature called smart remote parking assist.

We have seen a similar product from Hyundai alongside its flagship hydrogen vehicle, etc. What is it? Imagine this, so you have a really tight parking spot that you want to get in or out of, maybe you live in an apartment, although it has a concrete sign, so what you need to do is your car could be running or you can use the remote start there. Come on, start, we have a park out and park in button, so we want to get the vehicle out, for example, and you have to be pretty close to the vehicle, but we're going to press that button.

The lights turn on. I just heard the transmission activate. and now he is getting out of this predicament. Now, if something passes in front of it, the object, for example, or me, it stops anyway, if I take a step back, it will hook again and completely leave the place for me and for it. The opposite is if I want to get into a spot, I can line it up, so let's stop here, we'll press the opposite button here and now we're going to pull it in so there's that tight spot, well, there's the pole and perfect, boy.

Do we have a trip? There's nothing better for a test drive than taking the car basically as it leaves the factory in Alabama. Not now, most of the time you are not allowed to take any pictures when you continue. a factory tour I have a little something special here take a look at some of these images of this Hyundai factory hmm a o Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama is Hyundai's first plant in the United States and is responsible for building the elantris Santa Fe and for Por Of course, the Sonata we're driving today, this plant in Montgomery, Alabama, is huge.

We had the opportunity to take a brief tour to see different stages on the lines. This plant also makes some engines for the nearby Kia plant. Hmm, it provides a huge economic advantage. benefit to the area, whether it's the suppliers or the more than 3,000 full-time employees, yes, so it's as fresh as it gets: this new Hyundai Sonata platform is built on a very, very rigid and strong chassis and a couple of plants of different energy. At this point, right now you have the base 2.5-liter naturally aspirated engine that makes 191 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque and then you have the turbocharged 1.6-liter, it's a twin-scroll turbo that we have here and it has the first in the world.

CV VD system, what does that mean for continuously variable valve duration? So what's the benefit? Well of course you change valve duration all the time depending on how you drive in the conditions and the benefits are huge, firstly better efficiency, better fuel economy and of course better performance, better in every way , so this engine generates one hundred and eighty horsepower but 195 pound-feet of torque and the best thing is that the torque comes at 1500 rpm and you really realize that we are barely driving. the city right now, we're actually in Block C, we're on the way to New Orleans from Alabama and you just put your foot down a little bit and you can feel that torque and on the highway we did a lot.

Highway driving is also really very satisfying to have that torque which is class leading by the way now talking about class leading another thing they have worked very hard on is NVH noise, vibration and harshness so they are class leading and idling , leaders in their class in driving. quiet even though on some of these very, very rough roads, we've noticed a lot of construction on these roads and then it goes on for miles and miles and miles some of this construction, no matter what engine you drive it with. an 8-speed automatic transmission and this is the first Hyundai sedan to have a drive-by-wire, let's say shift-by-wire so you have the transmission selectors as buttons on the center console.

This doesn't have adaptive suspension, but the suspension does. quite taut, it's not too elastic at all and if you change the driving modes, we go into sport which automatically changes the shift points of the transmission, makes the steering a little different, which I'm a fan of because I find in normal, the Steering is a little light for me, but guess what, if you switch to custom, you can change it however you want, so if you want a sport mode with easy steering or a normal mode with hard steering, you can do that too. An intelligent mode that is somewhat adaptive, adjusts the steering, transmission and engine mapping according to your driving style.

The best thing about this 1.6-liter turbocharged engine is that it uses regular fuel. How cool is that, especially for a turbocharged engine I mentioned. which we were on the latter, but we also had the opportunity to drive the sport model, both with 1.6 liter turbocharged engine, the 2.5 just hasn't been produced yet, it will come later, probably like this week or next when they are manufacturing. at the factory, these are some of the first products that we can drive, so ultimately, of course, the same engine is pretty much the same, other than you get all the technology and all the amenities that you have, the navigation It does have that bigger screen and it also has that front screen, but I didn't mention that it has a new 12-speaker Bose system.

All Sonatas come standard with Hyundai Intelligent Sense, so you get a number of advanced safety features, such as forward collision warning. lane departure its blind spot monitoring system of course the latter has that blind spot display monitor we also mentioned the Sonata also has LFA and HD ape so lane following assist and lane assist highway driving, and man, does it ever run well? I drove a section of highway on the way to New Orleans and for about a hundred K I barely touched the wheel. It's so good that it uses the cameras to follow the car in front of you, as well as the radar.

It's great for stop-and-go traffic, but. when you had a wide open space it would last for minutes and minutes and minutes without requiring any kind of intervention and it was solid it was just locked on target which is why the last few vehicles Hyundai has released have been huge successes in my opinion you have that . Big new palisade, that huge SUV, you've got the electric cone and curve. Well, I think with this new Sonata they hit it out of the park again and I think they really have to because this category is very competitive and even though everyone seems to be going.

As for SUVs, people still buy mid-size vehicles and the competition is fierce, like the Honda Accord, the new Mazda 6, the Toyota Camry, of course, and these are just a few names. Hyundai is trying to create a more exclusive premium product and they have succeeded with this Sonata, the only thing the Sonata is not available with is all-wheel drive, which some of the competitors do have; However, this new Sonata will be coming out with a hybrid very soon, as well as a high-performance version that I really can. Don't wait to drive it from New Orleans, thanks for watching and if you haven't subscribed hit the subscribe button because I really enjoy making good quality content for you guys, if you enjoy it hit the subscribe button because it allows me to create more content.

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