By Lauren Leazenby
The Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has been redesigned by 2020, bringing new generation, and more mpg, to its midsize sedan.
Related: Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 2020 Test: Most Productive
The Sonata Hybrid drives like a gasoline car in terms of sleek gearing adjustments and strong acceleration, but offers much higher fuel consumption. Not to be outdone by rivals like the Honda Accord Hybrid or Toyota Camry Hybrid, it has an optional feature on the most sensitive: a sunroof or sunroof, but a sunroof that charges the car’s 12-volt battery and high-voltage hybrid battery. The most sensitive Limited model also adds a sumptuous air and a number of safety and convenience technologies.
Mike Hanley’s review tells you everything you want to know about this hybrid, just click on the related link above. To see the quick list of seven reasons why we like the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid (as well as 4 hotspots), read on:
The fundamental Hyundai Sonata Hybrid model, the Blue equipment level, gets 50/54/52 mpg in city/highway/combined according to the EPA; SEL and Limited versions get 47 mpg combined. Both are a big step ahead of the normal Sonata, which gets 31-32 mpg combined.
The hybrid works through a 192 horsepower electric gas transmission that feels as sensitive and resilient as a non-hybrid transmission. The throttle reaction is fast and the transition from electric motor to gasoline engine is smooth.
The Institute of Road Safety Insurance has seen the Sonata 2020 as an option for greater protection, although this value applies only to the limited final level, whose headlights have been rated as intelligent (on an imaginable note, intelligent, acceptable, marginal or bad). The headlights of the reduced versions were considered marginal. In all the IHS crash tests, the Sonata scored well. The car’s head-on collision alert and automatic braking formula, a popular feature, were classified as superior (on a imaginable, complex or basic top).
Several active protection features are standard, adding an adaptive cruiser with Stop and Go function, a blind spot warning with rear cross-traffic alert and a driving force sleepiness monitor. Roadside assistance, an optional feature, is helping the car stay focused on its lane at an explained speed or distance of the car in front of it. A 360-degree camera system, automatic rear braking and a blind spot monitor that shows you on the virtual dashboard what’s in your left or right blind spot when you use the flasher.
Hyundai uses a traditional six-speed automatic transmission on the Sonata Hybrid, unlike automakers who opt for a frequently variable transmission in their hybrid transmissions. The result is the familiar feel of a transparent change at top speed, as in an ordinary gasoline sedan.
The suspension adjustment is firm, but this does not affect driving quality; in fact, it’s helping the hybrid perform quick turns with agility. Body roll is also minimal.
Because fuel costs are low, demand for low-fuel hybrids is also low, so it’s the best time to buy while costs go down. If you’re thinking of buying a hybrid vehicle to upgrade the fuel charger in your garage, you’ll probably get a little more for this change on those days.
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Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are on the Sonata Hybrid. Apple CarPlay responds, but does not occupy the entire 10.2-inch multimedia screen of the limited version.
We would have ruled out Hyundai’s remote smart parking assistant as a component of previous smartphone problems, as the February Super Bowl’s highly promoted option formula only works with Android smartphones… unless it’s not even available on the Sonata Hybrid (at least for now).
If the guide seems responsive and accurate, it has enough feedback from the driver’s side.
This may not be a problem or something decisive depending on your preference, but there is also no transparent, even optional, sunroof in the Sonata Hybrid.
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