2018 Hyundai Sonata

2018 Hyundai Sonata

2018 Hyundai Sonata The redesigned 2018 Hyundai Sonata enters the marketplace with a brand new appearance from the the front, facet and rear way to a "cascading grill," a more assertive profile and an entirely new rear; showcasing a smooth and good-looking method with reimagined, slender rear lights.

"It's all approximately making an effect," said Chris Chapman, leader clothier, Hyundai North American Design Center. "We wanted to supply an interesting expressive vehicle to our customers and display the arena how passionate Hyundai is about design and craftsmanship. The objective turned into to make an impact, this layout offers the visual exhilaration and precise identity our clients accomplice with Sonata."

Created at Hyundai's California Design Studio with American aesthetic tastes in thoughts, the brand new Sonata is ambitious, daring and delightful. The 2018 Sonata made its North American debut on the 2017 New York International Auto Show.

ELEVATED ELEGANCE

Supplementing the bodywork, the 2018 Hyundai Sonata now lighting the way with LED daylight hours running lighting. When night falls, available LED headlamps with dynamic bending light illuminate the route and add to Sonata's already radiant posture. The same standout style continues in the rear with sharp taillight layout and enlarged Hyundai badge, which now cleverly houses the trunk release button. Chrome accents surround the daytime opening (DLO) and sparkling wheel designs cap off its new appearance.

Inside, the renewed center stack and instrument panel echo the outside's catching new seems. The trend contains right down to gauge dial layout and a robust three-spoke guidance wheel. Piano key buttons for audio and HVAC controls provide a premium appearance and contact.

"The moment the pen left the drafting paper I knew we had some thing special in this re-imagined Sonata," says Chapman, "Dynamic traces, sturdy portraits, and our new signature cascading grille come together in an athletic way."

BEAUTY BENEATH THE SKIN

The new Sonata has a polished chassis with improved journey and coping with. To acquire this feat, talented engineers multiplied the torsion bar stiffness within the guidance machine through 12 percent, which improves steerage response and sense in all situations. They then enhanced that development further with new steerage calibration, focusing on responsiveness and on-middle steerage experience. Previous rankings for journey, handling and NVH showed customers had been quite satisfied, so engineers just reset an already high bar.

In addition to those steerage modifications, the Sonata acquired an up to date rear suspension. The trailing palms are 21 percentage thicker, making them stiffer and better able to manage heavy suspension masses. New bushings paintings with the brand new suspension hands to permit for extra ride compliance and yet quicken response time to control all different wheel motions. The result is a communicative, nimble and comfy sedan.

For the top-of-the-line powertrain, there's even more. The 245 horsepower 2.0-liter turbocharged engine now consists of an 8-pace automatic transmission, which adds ratio variety at each the pinnacle and backside of output speeds. The 8-speed lets in for added thrust off-the-line and a quieter, greater gasoline-green sprint down the interstate. The 2.Zero-liter faster models roll on 18-inch wheels, now with Michelin tires.

COMPELLING COMFORT AND SAFETY

The 2018 Sonata capabilities a widespread seven-inch shade display audio touchscreen with each Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto® integration. Speaking of smartphones, driver and passenger alike can keep them charged without a plug using the to be had Qi trendy wireless charging pad. Sonata now adds a 2d row USB price port, a nod to cutting-edge related rear-seat passengers. Available navigation systems now come with a fowl's eye view function in addition to visitors flow and incident information, without ever having to pay a subscription for the service.

The Hyundai Sonata offers more protection capabilities in 2018. In addition to seven general airbags (dual the front, aspect, and curtain, as well as driving force's knee) and a battery of protection structures (VSM, ESC, TCS, ABS, EBD, BA, and TPMS) comes Blind Spot Detection (BSD) with Rear Cross-Traffic Alert (RCTA). The Sonata is the only Midsize vehicle sold with this safety generation as trendy system. Despite drivers spending a tiny quantity of time in reverse, one-zone of all accidents happen while a person is backing up. BSD with RCTA offers drivers peace of thoughts that the street at the back of them is obvious. Furthermore, there is also a new Lane Departure Warning device with an greater Lane Keep Assist function available.