Hyundai Sonata

[Chevette 1,052]

So, how many of you lil' fellas have ever been sitting at home wondering "Hmm... Nothing to do... Let's browse the internet!" Well, fret not my fellow forum goers! Because we've all been down that path, and as you know, sometimes that path leads ya down some wild trails.

 

What does this all have to do with the topic title? Well, I'll tell ya you crazy lil' fella! *ruffles hair* The mighty Hyundai Sonata. Yes, that's right! The mighty HYUNDAI SONATA! It's pretty great. Don't believe me? Take my word for it anyways. It's fucking ridiculously awesome.

 

Why make a topic about this machine that is so wonderful yet overlooked by society? Simple, I want to know what you think about Hyundai Sonatas. Yes YOU! (don't fuck this up, i'm giving you a chance to prove yourself worthy in my eyes) If you like the Hyundai Sonata, throw down your opinion! If you don't like the Hyundai Sonata, throw down your opinion as well as long as you are prepared to defend yourself. Like really, anything about Hyundai Sonatas you feel the need to mention, go for it kid.

 

So, I bet you are asking yourself a few questions at this current moment in time... Not a problem, let me answer those puppies right up like the generous forum member I am with this easy & convenient FAQ section!

 

FAQ: What should I say about the mighty Hyundai Sonata?

Answer: Anything you like. Just make sure it's not stupid!

 

FAQ: I don't know anything about the Hyundai Sonata or any vehicles, why am I here?

Answer: Umm... Boo-boos, eh? Hmmm... I think you guys want that hospital... *points to Weenie Hut General*

 

FAQ: I feel like creating a heated debate over Hyundai Sonatas!
Answer: Awesome! Let's see it, just be able to back up what you are saying.

 

FAQ: I think the Hyundai Sonata is a inferior vehicle and believe a much more stereotypical vehicle such as a Mustang or a Camaro trumps the Sonata any day.

Answer: Not great. Pretty closed minded and vague. If you are going to say that, leave. Just leave. They aren't in the same category.

 

FAQ: What does a Hyundai Sonata even look like?

Answer: Scroll down and you'll see

 

FAQ: I am lead on to believe that my cousin has some type of venereal disease, what should I do?

Answer: Probably kill yourself.

 

FAQ: What makes the Hyundai Sonata so special that you felt so much inclined to write a topic on it?

Answer: Many things, if you scroll to the bottom, you'll find some information on the Sonata.

 

FAQ: What year did the Sonata first enter the market?

Answer: It started production in 1985 and assembled in Ulsan, Korea.

 

FAQ: I automatically hate this vehicle because it is not American.

Answer: Being that closed minded will get you nothing but a wheelbarrow full of dicks up your ass.

 

FAQ: You seem to know stuff about vehicles, Chevette. Why?

Answer: Because racecar.

 

FAQ: What is the most impressive thing about the Hyundai Sonata?

Answer: The Hyundai Sonata is 2014's "Best Midsize Car for the Money"

 

FAQ: Reading this glorious FAQ section makes me more open minded about vehicles! Thank you!

Answer: Awesome, that was the goal.

 

FAQ: Chevette, do you personally own a Hyundai Sonata?

Answer: Unfortunately, no. I'd like to have one laying around someday along with my other current vehicles and other vehicles I hope to own.

 

FAQ: If you don't own a Hyundai Sonata, then what do you drive?

Answer: I own and drive a 2010 BMW 135i (3.0L twin-turbo I6, 336 horse) a 2006 Pontiac GTO (6.0L LS2 V8, 400 horse) and a 1982 Chevrolet Silverado (5.7L 350cu-in V8, 355 horse). Yep, racecars.

 

FAQ: I love you.

Answer: Good, you should.

 

FAQ: Which generation of Hyundai Sonata do you like the most?
Answer: Probably generation 5 (2004-2010) but the new ones are sexy too. Fuck, all generations are pretty great...

 

FAQ: This is stupid.

Answer: So are 75% of the topics on this forum. You know who you are and what you post. This is automatically better because it has something called effort put into it.

 

 

Alright, so now that the FAQ's are out of the way, let's learn a little bit about the mighty Hyundai Sonata and it's significance on this forum! *kids scream in joy*

 

Okay folks to start off, the Hyundai Sonata is a full-sized sedan manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Company since 1985. The Sonata is currently still in production and is already approved for 2015 as well. The Sonata sits on a FF-layout which is simply front engine, front wheel drive. The Sonata has had many different engines over the many years it has been around and still currently has five engine options.

 

FAQ: Wait a second, are you just copying this shit from the internet, because anyone can do that!

Answer: Nah, brah. I actually know about the Sonata. Some things I may be double checking, but I have a very good understanding on the vehicle's features and how a internal combustion engine operates.

 

Sorry, but I knew that someone was thinking that. Anyways, the Sonata hits home for many buyers in a wide range of categories. We're talking style, fuel economy, stylish interior and power to boot. I bet you are thinking "Power? HA! In a Hyundai? That's unheard of!" Well sir and or madam, you couldn't be more wrong. With Hyundai's 2.0 liter inline four cylinder turbo slamming out a respectable 274 horsepower and 269 foot-pounds of torque, it's not hard for this vehicle to get up and go.

 

Yeah, I know. Mustangs and Camaros are throwing much more horsies down to the ground than 274, but let's be honest. This is a everyday, family vehicle that give the power to get up and go along with the safety and reliability of a Hyundai. You see what I mean? For a vehicle that can throw down in luxury, style, looks, performance, and emissions, the Sonata hits home. I mean, shit guys. The new Sonata has a manual transmission option, what more could one ask for at this point in this category of vehicle?!

 

With great reviews from reputable websites such as Edmunds, Kelley Blue Book, Motor Trend, and Consumer Guide the Sonata really just seems like a great choice in a automobile of it's class. I'll give it to Hyundai on this one, they've done good.

 

Sure I could sit here and preach about the Sonata for many more paragraphs, but then how could other lovely forum members contribute to this wondrous topic? That's right, they couldn't! So I'll park our conversation here and throw in a few Sonata pictures.

 

 

 

 

It's 10/10 pretty great. 

 

Buy the fuck out of one right now. Or else...

https://www.hyundaiusa.com/sonata/comparison.aspx

 

 

HYUNNDYE SOONATU

Edited March 29, 2014 by Chevette

[Guest]

 

 

I'd say that a Hyundai Sonata's beauty couldn't even be rivaled with Aphrodite herself. I enjoy googling them in my spare time just so I know such a glorious being exists. 420/69 pretty great. SO IN CONCLUSION...

 

[Sweet Pen 1,348]

Everyone loves a vehicle from Hyundai.



My dad now wants a Sonata. 

[Something Floaty 1,334]

I don't know what this is all about, but my 1984 Volvo 240 was the greatest car in the history of ever. I'd kill to have one again.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

That car aint g for shit yo. like a straight up honky mobile mayn. Gotta go yo ass a fly ass maybach! dem shits always be makin dem uho's mirin yo gains fo sho nyyghuh. Liek dey even got songs bout dat maybach music mayn. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Issz4hAqmno

Like dats some fly ass shiet nyyguh. aint no honky hundai gunna go yo ass fly liek dat man. 

[Chevette 1,052]

I don't know what this is all about, but my 1984 Volvo 240 was the greatest car in the history of ever. I'd kill to have one again.

 

I can dig it. I the 84' Volvo is a pretty great looking vehicle, I can totally feel it mister krabs. I'm sure the reliability aspect was also existent on this vehicle considering many Volvos have a tendency to be great running automobiles. I can say a Volvo 200 series wagon would be pretty nifty, even the turbo one would be equally as great.

That car aint g for shit yo. like a straight up honky mobile mayn. Gotta go yo ass a fly ass maybach! dem shits always be makin dem uho's mirin yo gains fo sho nyyghuh. Liek dey even got songs bout dat maybach music mayn. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Issz4hAqmno

Like dats some fly ass shiet nyyguh. aint no honky hundai gunna go yo ass fly liek dat man. 

 

Interesting...

 

 

 

FAQ: This is stupid. Answer: So are 75% of the topics on this forum. You know who you are and what you post.

 

Replace the word "topics" with "posts" in the above quote and it is then applicable to the current situation at hand.

[GhostPony750 959]

o_O

 

That car doesn't even look good. It's a boring everyday car, that I see everyday... The mainstream today's boring designs. Awful design.

[N.W. 3,619]

You know, I prefer European cars to be honest.

European > Asian > American

 

I really like those German auto manufactures, Mercedes Benz,Audi,BMW,MAN

 

 

I mean, those classics...

Other mentions

Lander Rover

Kamaz

 

 

Not a man of Italian sports cars.

[Chevette 1,052]

You know, I prefer European cars to be honest.

European > Asian > American

 

I really like those German auto manufactures, Mercedes Benz,Audi,BMW,MAN

 

 

I mean, those classics...

Other mentions

Lander Rover

Kamaz

 

 

Not a man of Italian sports cars.

 

I try and like a little bit of everything really and attempt to appreciate the vehicles for every aspect (looks, mechanical, practicality & reliability) Sure people dog down looks of a vehicle first before reading into the said vehicle any further, but that's kinda what this topic is about. Taking something average and overlooked and getting folks to dig deeper.

 

I can understand your preferences because I own a BMW and I definitely enjoy everything about it, and I agree that German built cars are very solid vehicles. I'm not one to single one vehicle out without research though.

 

I can feel it mister krabs

[Yamato 1,348]

Ah, yes... The noble Hyundai Sonata... Old tales tell of the day that Siddhartha Gautama encountered a Sonata on one of his journeys. Siddhartha, upon seeing such beauty, immediately broke down and cried for three days without yield. It is said that this incident is what inspired him to begin teaching the values that would eventually become the basis for Buddhism. It is foretold that one day this Sonata shall return once more to spread its message of peace and love to all the peoples of the Earth, and that on this day, all those who have been previously awoken to the Sonata's excellency shall rise into a higher plane of being.

 

The Sonata is indeed a powerful, moving marvel of automotive art, one without equal...

[Chevette 1,052]

o_O

 

That car doesn't even look good. It's a boring everyday car, that I see everyday... The mainstream today's boring designs. Awful design.

 

Well, looks are indeed a preference. Not everyone can dig the looks of a 1983 Chevrolet Citation, but I feel it's a decent looking vehicle, just a very poor in the mechanical aspect. My point from this is, there are two sides to the fence when it comes to everything. Especially automobiles. The Sonata may not have the looks you prefer as a consumer, but my point wasn't if people liked the looks of it, because anyone can throw that out there. 

 

The design may be supposedly "mainstream" but my point of the topic was to relay the mechanical aspects, reliability, economical features and other factual information that has to do with the Hyundai Sonata's structural integrity. Opinions on the design are really indifferent to any of this.

[man dude man 555]

Anything safe and gas efficent is a go in my opinion. Cars just aren't that interesting to me. Like what am I supposed to say, "beatiful death shuttle GM factory robots created, I wonder how much money they spent crashing them into brick walls with test dummies in them". I just have to be honest, I have been hit by three cars in my life, and been in 2 car accidents, and I have had family die in car accidents, and another be put in the hospital in intensive care and had to wear a halo for months, close to a year. I mean people idolize leased cars that they don't even truly own, and they funnel money to a credit lord until they actually do own it, times away from now. I am against industrial life completly haha, so people would disagree with a lot of my opinions anyways.

[Chevette 1,052]

Anything safe and gas efficent is a go in my opinion. Cars just aren't that interesting to me. Like what am I supposed to say, "beatiful death shuttle GM factory robots created, I wonder how much money they spent crashing them into brick walls with test dummies in them". I just have to be honest, I have been hit by three cars in my life, and been in 2 car accidents, and I have had family die in car accidents, and another be put in the hospital in intensive care and had to wear a halo for months, close to a year. I mean people idolize leased cars that they don't even truly own, and they funnel money to a credit lord until they actually do own it, times away from now. I am against industrial life completly haha, so people would disagree with a lot of my opinions anyways.

 

I can understand what you are saying, some things just don't hit home for certain people. I'm perfectly down with folks who don't care that much for vehicles, but I'll just throw my input in to your situation a little.

 

I can see from what you wrote that you have all around have had multiple terrible experiences with automobiles. To be fair toward the vehicles, (I know that may sound silly) but sometimes the folks who are behind the wheel are the ones that are deadly. The vehicles aren't the one going around on a rampage n' whatnot. It's not the gun who pulls the trigger.

As for the whole money wasted on crashing the vehicles into a wall, well you said yourself you are a advocate of safety in vehicles and in order to accomplish this task, the manufacturers must comply with these specific regulations even if it seems like a waste. 

 

As for leasing, I mean not everyone does this. Some people take pride in their vehicle for the pure enjoyment it brings. I mean, everyone has quirks like that and it'd be unfair to condemn the whole designation over how a handful of people go about purchasing their automobiles.

Granted not everyone puts the respect and care into their vehicle as it deserves, which really makes vehicles look bad on a certain level. Take Honda Civics for example (in comparison, of course) The owners of these vehicles usually abuse the crap out of them by doing half-asses performance modifications to squeeze what little horsepower they can out of them. In result, this gives the vehicle itself a bad name, yet the vehicle isn't really bad whatsoever. I mean hell, anything that can go through the hell of a un-informed supposed "gearhead" teenager unplugging the coolant temperature sensor in a grasping attempt to gain power by tricking the PCM into pouring more fuel into the cylinder due to the PCM thinking the vehicle is running cold (which in response, adds more fuel to attempt to warm the vehicle up). 

Sure that comparison may have been a little in depth, but ya know. I feel like it gets the point across. I mean it's totally okay to not agree with things but I'm just tossing in my sense on the subject.

 

I feel the more informed I am on something, the more legitimacy I have to either like or dislike it, ya know. Not really a shot at anyone particularly, just how I go about explaining things.

[Lisa 5,553]

 

 

Looks like a pretty nice car tho.

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

When I first noticed a Sonata it was the fourth generation. Hyundai Sonata is a good neat looking car, a good buy especially considering it's a family car. They also have five years warranty.

[Wolfstanus 116]

I'll stick to driving a Chrysler product (jeep)

 

They tend to you know drive in snow and don't require roads. They also survive impacts better

 

I had a landrover... 03 freelander. It had serious problems. It ate the throttle body and some how broke the intake too among other problems. Sold it for a jeep and never looked back

Edited March 29, 2014 by Wolfstanus

[GhostPony750 959]

@@Chevette,

Oh okay. (That Citation looks like an Escort MKIII, lovely.)

 

Well, my family has one, and it's a mess. The taillights keep burning, we are constantly changing the parts... but it went through the 60k miles, which is nice.

 

Even the Mustang is more reliable. (Well, except for the tires, we are quite unlucky with the metal shits everywhere) We even went into a car crash, huge one (Ya know, corolla 2007 caused it), and we came out of it.... not even a scratch. A very wtf moment in my life. It smashed on the rear bumper so hard that I thought everything was ripped off here. I'm the only one who got injured tho. o_O

 

 

 

[Cirrus. 1,089]

To me the Hyundai Sonata = Washing Machine.

By that I mean I just don't think it's anything special. To be fair there are really no sedans out now that I really have any interest in.

 

I have 2001 Pontiac Bonneville I mainly use for winter (we have salt and BAD POTHOLES here in Michigan) and I love pretty much everything about it except the back lights, it's beige color, and that it doesn't have a compass or thermometer. It's in great shape except for the rear suspension due to this extreme winter's potholes of death. I plan on keeping it until it's dead. I probably will never buy a BRAND NEW sedan because I just see the newer ones as appliances- they all just seem rather boring to me. I don't think they are bad cars or anything.

 

I do care about performance / sports cars. Last year I just bought my first BRAND NEW car. A 2013 Camaro- just the V6 base model with a manual transmission and LOVE it so far. I think it looks sharp and its 323HP is more than enough for my use at this point in time. I also get 22MPG in the city and have gotten 34 MPG on highway trips; and that's not driving like a grandpa either.

 

Edited March 30, 2014 by steve88

[CMQuickfireTK 751]

Trucks are better... I can go onto the dirt with those at least lol.

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

Ah, yes. The Hyundai Sonata. I have one. Took this picture after having the bumper replaced in the wake of... "the incident."



It's a 2012, and I don't have the fog lights. Fog lights have never seemed to do me much good in any vehicle I've driven, so the extra cost hasn't seemed worth it to me.

Thinking about trading it in towards the cost of a 2014 at the end of the year when they're on clearance for the 2015s.

[Hangman 320]

Hyundais are junk. Here is my car:

[Shanks 10,816]

Eh Hyundai's are alright, I am in the process of getting my drivers license right now and once I do this sexy number is going to be mine.

 

 

 

It is a 1994 Lexus LS400, my Mom got it at auction many years ago and it has been her car for quite a while until my brother bought her a new car. She then gave it to my aunt's boyfriend who knows a lot about cars, it has seen a bit of wear and tear so he is getting it tuned up with a new alternator and a few other important fixes.

[CMQuickfireTK 751]

oh were we sharing vehicles we're driving?

 

Currently Driving a Civic

 

 

soon I'll be driving

 

 

not the exact vehicles pictured, but Very similar at least.

Edited March 30, 2014 by CMQuickfireTK

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

Yeah Hyundai’s make some pretty decent cars these days, even Kia do to considering the past Korean cars had all been a sea of dreariness. Funnily enough since we’re on MLP forums of all places, Hyundai did make a model called a Pony once, which I just wanted to point out. I think it got replaced by the Accent which my Grandpa had.

 

If I wanted a large family car I’d still have the Mazda 6 though over a Sonata though, not even sure Sonatas are sold in the UK. 

[Hangman 320]

My mom drives a Mazda 6. It is an incredibly reliable car.