Real quick: name the last time you saw a Hyundai involved in a car chase in a major motion picture.
Take your time.
Having trouble? OK, some clues:
The film I’m thinking about is not a low-budget space project of art. Or a student project, for that matter. It’s not even a B-movie project. It’s a full-blown Hollywood action blockbuster, I have a budget of 80 million and here I do it with Hollywood action which is a component of a series of 4 (or five) films, founded on a series of best-selling novels.
Before the chase, the film’s main character refers to the car and is therefore a vital plot device, which puts it in the fact that he and his friend are about to be located.
It is true; Its quite friendly and brave South Korean sedan is what is used through a super killer to track down another super killer, Jason Bourne, at the time of the show’s access, The Bourne Supremacy. Our Bourne fighter drives a Hyundai Sonata, a Gold, and he’s going to do the homework one way or another.
Believe it or not, that’s what I came up with when I tried the car you see here: the Hyundai Sonata 2.0T Sport 2018.
Power Game I’m pretty sure Mr. Assassin would have been very satisfied with what the 2018 Sonata offers under the hood. The strength of the 2.0 L turbocharged 4-cylinder is estimated at 245 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque, and although this is a little short compared to the newer Honda Accord (assuming we’re talking about this car’s 2.0 turbo style), the Sonata rushes brightly down the road. It is also more torque than the outgoing style produces. There is virtually no turbo-lag consistent with it: what little there becomes much more noticeable when you start with the full throttle, and you can perform the maximum daily driving manoeuvres without complaining. Whether on the road or in the city, strength was never something we needed more. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: the speed at which the car really feels is genuine to carry, and the same cannot be said of all medium sedans with 4-cylinder engines.
Although the strength figures do not show a massive jump compared to last year, the addition of an 8-speed automatic transmission, which replaces last year’s 6-speed transmission, will help you progress. Its closed gait allows for immediate acceleration, with reduced transit times. If you need to take all the credit out of the experience, you can pass the gears yourself through pallets fixed on the wheels.
If you want an even more personalized driving, you can choose between 4 driving modes: well, 3 and a half, Array Eco, Comfort and Sport are quite evident in your application, but the Array5 “Smart” mode is interesting. I say “.5” because it is not a driving mode, but a setting that learns your taste when driving and makes a decision about which mode, that is, which gasoline, weather and transmission settings you prefer, is the most productive for this taste. This is a new vision of total driving mode, and it is obligatory to wonder if more brands will stick to this path, getting rid of the desire of drivers to choose their own driving modes.
I? Well, I drive a “Sport” model, that’s how I kept it and it worked very well for me. He’s not too competitive in his shifting action, but he’s not clumsy either. Some might need a set of more intense configurations for something called ‘Sport’, but I wouldn’t. It is the right balance for what is necessarily a medium-sized sedan and for customers.
The language of Hyundai’s online page is pretty clear: although they claim it’s the “best Sonata of all time,” they soon point out that the exterior has been “updated” rather than “redesigned,” in an effort to curb the drop in sales. which began last year, as well as to compete with the Honda Accord and Toyota CamryArray any of the new logos for 2018.
Which is smart for us, because what they’ve done is fine. As is the case with those types of mid-cycle design soft drinks, the grille is the center of attention, and now adopts a larger, more aggressive opening and honeycomb finish. They call it a “cascade” grid, whatever that means.
As a general rule, the next step in the vehicle upgrade checklist is the design of the headlights, and the result is that the ’18 Sonata receives a new shape pair as well as LED headlights (which are classified as such in a cool text outside the bulb doors) and vertical DRL LED. Add a newly transformed hood and you’ll get a very agile and charming device that does well to move the Sonata along an evolutionary, if not revolutionary, path in the direction of flavor that can be seen from the front.
Not much replacement is seen from the back, however, the way the big letters “Sonata” cover the width of the trunk roof is a novelty for all Hyundai models and, for some reason, does not seem exaggerated or aggressive. They also dropped the license plate holder for a thicker overall effect, I don’t really see how much the difference makes. A type of adjustment for adjustment, it seems.
From the side, the main difference is the addition of new 18” wheels you see here. They look fine, but they would do well to at least offer a 19” option as the 18s look a little overwhelmed by the enlarged side panels. Alas, 18” is the best you can do, even on the Sport trim you see here.
The other major additions that are part of the 2018 update are in the generation decompose. Lane maintenance assistance, smooth traffic assistance, pedestrian detection, and adaptive headgentles (the pivot when turning the guide wheel) have been added popularly to the car you see here. There is also wireless charging, as long as your mobile device supports it.
As far as the implementation goes, Hyundai has mostly got it right. The infotainment graphics aren’t the most spectacular-looking things, but the screen is a good size and the interface is intuitive, providing a split-screen display if you so choose. I’m a big fan of that, and I like how easily you can switch between the split- and full-screen displays.
This year, the heated and cooled front seats (both on 3 levels), the heated rear seats, the heated guide wheel and the reminiscence of two settings for the driver’s seat. All of these are smart features, however, I was inspired by the operation of the seat temperature controls; the airflow and heat distribution are such that I never felt that my buttocks and my back were submerged. Could cooling be a little more aggressive? Maybe, but I know a lot of cars where I would have liked otherwise. Maybe I’m not a fan of refrigerated seats.
So is this the most productive Sonata to date? Why not? Not that this is a surprise; After all, if a style line doesn’t advance, there’s a problem. So, as Carroll Shelby would possibly say, the next one will be the most productive, as a rule.
With technological advances, the most tense stylus and the return of this wonderful turbocharged engine, the 2018 Sonata has the assets to evolve this sales trend in the other direction. The challenge is that when two of the major players in the midsize sedan market have new logo styles for the 2018 style year, you know Hyundai will have a lot of things to do.
However, this will be less difficult in the next car chase.