Performance Tested - 2015 Hyundai Sonata Long-Term Road Test

Comments

• gslippy Member Posts: 514

  January 2015

  Seems quite good enough for my needs.

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• emajor Member Posts: 332

  January 2015

  Relative to the 2012 Camry LE Edmunds track tested, this Sonata is:
  
  A tenth slower to 60
  Two tenths slower to the 1/4
  A foot shorter in braking distance
  Nearly identical in described steering feel (numb) and slalom performance (better than you'd think for a soft cruiser)
  
  It's a Camry LE with a different badge. We've seen this before. We told you to get the Eco!!!

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• chol92594 Member Posts: 208

  January 2015

  It's not the most exciting family sedan out there, but for most buyers, I think it fits the bill well enough. 0-60 in 8.2 isn't blazingly fast, but it's adequately quick for most people.

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• bankerdanny Member Posts: 1,021

  January 2015

  I would go so far as to say that the 0-60 is more than adequate for pretty much everyone that would be interested in buying this version of the Sonata or the 4 cyl Camry or Accord.

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• ebeaudoin Member Posts: 509

  January 2015

  Really interested to hear how the "sport touchscreen audio display" and "sport automatic headlight control" shape the driving experience.
  
  

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• legacygt Member Posts: 599

  January 2015

  What's sad is that this car isn't selling all that well relative to when the previous Sonata was introduced and it seems to be a much better car in just about every way. (It's probably even better looking, if less striking.)

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• clownstrike Member Posts: 82

  January 2015

  And approx $2-$3k cheaper for the same equipment! That's the point. Not that you can buy a similar car to a Camry, but to find out whether the Sonata is a true Camry alternative for less. This long term test is important in revealing whether Hyundai has really arrived as a top Japanese alternative, or whether it is still a sad impersonator.

  emajor said:

  Relative to the 2012 Camry LE Edmunds track tested, this Sonata is:
  
  A tenth slower to 60
  Two tenths slower to the 1/4
  A foot shorter in braking distance
  Nearly identical in described steering feel (numb) and slalom performance (better than you'd think for a soft cruiser)
  
  It's a Camry LE with a different badge. We've seen this before. We told you to get the Eco!!!

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