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Only a mother could love that face.
What’s with the snout? I’m hoping the current baroque and over-sized styling trends pass before I need to replace my car.
There’s very little coming onto the road right now that I have any interest in owning.
Are people really so blind as to think this is handsome? What happened to restrained tension? If this is the future– I’ll live in the past.
Things like this automobile(and Lady GaGa) are why people in their 80’s welcome death, and drive Buicks.
LULZ
Lol! Funny!
It would appear that distinguishing the hybrid from the regular Sonata was, by far, the top priority. The turbo four sounds promising, though, except no manual.
Agreed. Although they might bring the hybrid design to the turbo and the base model after this year, depending on how polarizing that look is. The lack of a manual is not all that surprising. At least not anymore.
One word: Ugh!
I think the the thing that ruins the car for me is the minuscule greenhouse, as is the fashion these days. It looks like an extreme version of an Ed Roth Mercury special from the early 50s.
It’s like the mutant love child of the new Sonata and a second-gen Chrysler Concorde.
Meet the new Hyundais!
Ugly… Bugly… and Fugly…
Hyundai’s come a long way, and I believe that with the right combination of aggressive price, over-advertised warranty, and sheer-non-Honda-non-Toyota-ness, it might fight its way to a bigger share of the midsize-sedan class.
The hybrid definitely takes its big-mouth-bass grill seriously, although that big black strip (for front-mount license plates) may prove to be a worse eyesore than the Audi/VW ones.
Just when you thought Infiniti had the fugly market locked up.
I think the turbo is by far the uglier one, but agree the greenhouses on many models are getting too slim. I used to like the Sonata
Well, the Mazda megamouth shark look is catching on.
OTOH 274 HP and 22/34 MPG in a 4-banger throws the glove down for the competition, this trumps Toyota’s and Honda’s V6s both in MPG and power.
The big difference is that most people like the looks of the new Mazdas. If nothing else, the Mazdas look playful and happy, this thing looks like it wants to eat your children.
The numbers for the Sonata turbo look good on paper, lets see how they hold up in real world testing. Although Hyundai has certain strengths, cutting edge powertrain development has never been one of them. I won’t discount the possibility entirely, but something is odd if Hyundai was able to accomplish something before Ford, Honda, or Toyota.
I won’t discount the possibility entirely, but something is odd if Hyundai was able to accomplish something before Ford, Honda, or Toyota.
I’m not surprised at all. Compare the culture of Hyundai vs. the other three companies and it shouldn’t be surprising. Hyundai is in attack mode while the other guys had the snooze control engaged.
Hyundai has been focused on improving their cars while Honda was off playing with lightweight jets, Ford was buying other car companies, and Toyota was figuring out ways of making their cars cheaper.
Hyundai has been focused on improving their cars while Honda was off playing with lightweight jets, Ford was buying other car companies, and Toyota was figuring out ways of making their cars cheaper.
Ouch. He said it.
“Ouch. He said it.”
No, actually he only said a smart alec comment.
Hyundai has no experience on cutting edge powertrain development, reliability long term could very well be anyone’s guess.
I wouldn’t give Mazda credit for that look, since Mazda ripped off the oversized “smiling grill” from Peugeot.
Also, Hyundai had been utilizing the oversized hexagonal grill on their concepts since 2006.
http://www.supercarnews.net/hyundai/picture/2006-hyundai-hed-2-genus-concept-scn-net-057-16657/
The grill on the Sonata hybrid would look better w/o the secondary grill w/ the chrome accent and if the oversized hexagonal grill lost its lower third.
269 ft. lbs of torque with that mileage looks addictive too. Then again it is FWD, so maybe not. Now to get that motor in a Genesis coupe instead of that under tuned 2.0T…
As for the looks of the hybrid model, hey, it’s a hybrid! It’s supposed to look weird!
Hyundai is looking like the Honda of my generation. Especially since my generation can afford them during/right out of high school/during college…
All this car needs now is those bumper intakes from the Scion XB!
As an owner of Honda stock, I have to admit that the new Hyundai/Kia scares me. These guys really have their acts together. No longer is the Sonata almost as good as the Accord, but for $3K less money. It’s better.
Hyundai seems to be test-marketing different faces for the Sonata. The rest of the car is quite stunning in person, but it needs a visage that doesn’t resemble some sort of large sea mammal.
This cars design is simply over wrought, not “stunning” or “beautiful”.
The front on the hybrid actually makes things worse than the normal model. It’s simply hideous, a clear rip off from Ford’s “Kinetic Design” design language that Hyundai has renamed “Fluid Sculpture”.
@rockit
Actually, one could say that many of Ford’s recent designs look like Hyundai concepts from 2006.
http://www.supercarnews.net/hyundai/picture/2006-hyundai-hed-2-genus-concept-scn-net-062-16660/
http://www.supercarnews.net/hyundai/picture/2006-hyundai-hed-3-arnejs-concept-scn-net-6682-19643/
Seems that lots of cries of “UGLY!!” are expressed here and other sites, against any vehicle that is streamlined, curvaceous, and aerodynamic rather than blocky and angular. I remember said same in the 80’s with the Taurus and Sable.
Such designs always catch my eye.
I love the way the door handles are situated on the sheet metal ridge, thus lower on the front door, higher on the rear door. The hybrid’s big mouth bass look of the hybrid is not as appealing or original as the turbo’s grill and headlight juxtapositioning.
Hyundai is clearly on a roll.
A cheap copy of a Chanel suit is a cheap copy of a Chanel suit is a cheap copy of a Chanel suit.
@iNeon
You would have a point if a luxury auto already in existence looked like the Sonata hybrid.
Considering that many think the Mercedes F800 looks like the Sonata – I guess that makes the Mercedes a Chanel copy of something from Target.
I like the way they look. The hybrid is a little different, but isn’t that a good thing?
The turbo 4 is awesome, more power and mpg than the competition. Plus the lighter weight ought to translate into at least some better handling.
Here’s hoping the ugly drives down resale. I would love to pick up a 2.0T on the cheap slightly used
The new Sonata looks pretty good. But what’s with this monster grille?
The monster grille is a way to highlight the (impressive) hybrid tech hidden beneath. The look is certainly a bit over the top but it’s a plausible strategy for highlighting the car’s green credentials without building a dedicated model. Compare this to the Lincoln MKZ, rolled out earlier in the day. There was a palpable moan of disappointment in the crowd as people realized the car would use the exact mechanical package of the Fusion hybrid, with no unique styling cues at all.
In person the Sonata is more comfortable than a Mazda 6, and it exudes much more style than the Camry, Accord, or Fusion. EPA projections put this one ahead of the Camry and about the same, overall, as the Fusion. Hyundai has done a commendable job controlling curb weight. The competition should be scared.
Does the hybrid have a musical horn that plays ‘Give me back that Filet-o-Fish…’?
This might get me lynched here, but I like the big-mouth look of the hybrid better than the droopy front of the non-hybrid (though that’s not REALLY bad either).