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The car experts at TheCarConnection.com have driven the 2009 Hyundai Sonata and have compiled this road test and review from a wide range of respected automotive Web sites. This review also compares the 2009 Hyundai Sonata with other vehicles in its class, to give you the best information and to help you make a great purchasing decision.
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| Road Test |
The 2009 Hyundai Sonata may be one of the less well-known vehicles in its mid-size sedan class, but it’s not for lack of trying. Hyundai’s endowed the four-door with a pleasing style, great interior room and the traditional choice of four- and six-cylinder engines. This year, they’ve only made the Sonata better by fitting a brand-new interior and a new four-cylinder engine, and by adding some high-tech features high on the shopping lists for today’s family sedan buyers.
Let’s start with styling. The 2009 Sonata gets a light touch-up on its front and rear ends. It’s essentially the same as the previous version, and that’s welcome. The Sonata’s a handsome sedan with some strong character lines but mostly, a generically good-looking shape. Inside lies real change: the Sonata gains a new interior this year, and it’s beautifully rendered in soft-touch plastics on most of the surfaces you’ll touch on a regular basis. The matte-paint finish reminds TheCarConnection.com’s test drivers of Lexus--and of Hyundai’s much more expensive Genesis sedan. A broad band of metallic-finish plastic gives the dash elegant wings, and the high-mounted radio and climate controls are visible and easy to use. A few hard finishes live in places you’ll hardly see or use. It’s state of the art in a class with some classy cars.
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- Vastly improved interior
- Handsome exterior styling
- Smooth new four-cylinder engine
- Great warranty
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| Negative Points |
- Seats feel somewhat flat
- Bluetooth integration a little quirky
- Steering feels less precise than competition
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