2015 Hyundai Sonata

The South Korean manufacturers are often overlooked when it comes to mid sized sedans, but Hyundai and it's sister company KIA do a pretty good job at it.
The new 2015 Hyundai Sonata will be challenging the new Accord and Camry head on. The difference between them is the value you get for the money, let me explain.
Nice standard features include Advanced Smart Cruise Control, Blind Spot Detection, Lane Departure Warning System, hands free Smart Trunk, driver knee airbag, modern LED lighting, emergency stop signal, electronic parking brake and heated rear seats.
Most if not all of these features are often extras or not available in their Japanese competition, if you want to call them that because all of these cars built for the North American market are built in the US (including the Sonata). Which is pretty funny because the American manufacturers are starting to build some of their vehicles in Mexico, South Korea and believe it or not Italy.
Now back to the 2015 Sonata, looks pretty nice probably not as sporty looking as it's sister car the Kia Optima.






The Sonata has grown nearly 1.4 inches in length and is almost 1.2 inches in width and the cabin has become more spacious and luxurious than it's predecessor.
"To help improve ride and handling performance, significant changes were made to the front and rear suspension resulting in enhanced responsiveness, handling and stability. In addition, steering feel has been further enhanced with the development of the Motor Driven Power Steering (MDPS) resulting in a larger data processing unit, increased logic control cycle and motor control speed and greater steering column rigidity."
Three engines are available for the 2015 Hyundai Sonata in the Korean market, a 2.0-liter CVVL (166 hp, 148 lb-ft of torque), 2.4-liter GDi (198 hp, 184 lb-ft of torque) and a 2.0-liter LPi (149 hp, 143 lb-ft of torque), mated to a six-speed manual transmission or a six-speed automatic transmission.
Here in North America the base engine will probably be the 2.4-liter GDi (198 hp, 184 lb-ft of torque) with an optional engine in the 2.0T (274 hp, 269 lb-ft of torque).

More pictures and the full article can be found on AutoGuide.com by following this link: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/03/2015-hyundai-sonata-makes-korean-debut.html