New Hyundai Sonata

**dubbed** · 18-09-2009, 01:38 PM

I said about five or so years ago that Hyundai was lifting up their game. Our family bought a new Sonata in 1997 - the interior was great and had more features than anything in its price range.

Well have a look at the new one. I'm sure you can see the similarities with another car on the road. Even the author mentions what I was thinking. Very nice interior:

http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2009...unveiled-16723

Oh, and the Sonata we had fell to bits after a few years haha.

**The_Hawk** · 18-09-2009, 02:01 PM

We bought an Elantra new in 2001 and it was pretty good. At 105kW for a 2.0L it was the most powerful in it's class. It drove pretty damn well and while it was clearly not a top shelf finish it was quite good, even with a baby to deal with.

I will admit we had the top of the range so had all the extra's… although there really wasn't a lot outside of the power windows, alloy wheels and body kit. Speaking of body kit, it was amazingly low for a stock car, used to scrape on all sorts of things.

After 5 years we sold it for 20% of it's purchase price

When all is said and done, your probably better off spending the same cash on a second hand vehicle from a better stable

**Mr Messy** · 18-09-2009, 02:15 PM

That's ugly IMO. Sorta harks back to the baaad old days of the Hyundai coupe.

Were I shopping in that sector, I'd be buying a second hand Mazda6. They so purdy.

I don't know what it is about Hyundai. They are building better cars now (Genesis, i30) but I just couldn't buy one. Its irrational, but I loathe the thought of a Hyundai just as much as I covet 911s.

**woosh73** · 18-09-2009, 02:47 PM

the new 2010 tiburon will be coming out in a rwd turbo 4 or v6 , apparently it was initially aimed at the japanese and amercian drift scene and english , should be interesting when it hits australia. The styling doesn't look at that bad and with hyundai it should be pretty price competitive.

**maca** · 18-09-2009, 02:49 PM

I like it.. Although it's got way too many styling attributes from other cars (those mentioned in the artice plus many more)..

**madglf3** · 18-09-2009, 04:15 PM

It might be an ok car, but I can't ever see myself giving money to a company that blatantly rips off other manufacturers styles (these manufacturers often have arrived at these style cues after generations of their model ranges). I agree with Aaron, I'd probably just buy an older second hand car from another maker.