If you go back a few years ago, if you ask what brand you would choose when buying a car, I think the vast majority of people's answer is the joint venture brand, after all, in terms of product quality control and brand awareness, the joint venture brand occupies a certain advantage. However, with the passage of time, more and more young consumers have gradually become the mainstream of the market, and the joint venture brands that have always given people a relatively old image are gradually at a disadvantage in terms of sales, and even some joint venture brands have faced the dilemma of withdrawing from the Chinese market in terms of their own size, just like Beijing Hyundai.
Speaking of Beijing Hyundai, everyone must be no stranger, and Korean cars have always been more in place for the aesthetics of domestic consumers, but perhaps they are too confident, soon Beijing Hyundai tasted the bitter fruit on the body of the tenth generation Sonata, looking at the declining sales of the tenth generation Sonata, which is also making Beijing Hyundai's already not wealthy family even worse, so in order to change this situation, Beijing Hyundai started anew, and finally launched the improved eleventh generation Sonata some time ago.
Here we will mainly take the all-new Sonata 2.0T N Line with the Sport Package as an example. In terms of exterior design, the new Sonata abandons the design language of the tenth generation of Sonata, which has been complained about before, but in some details, it still inherits the design of the old model, in terms of the front grille, the new car adopts a hexagonal design language, and the grid structure is also relatively compact, so the advantage of this design is to improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the vehicle. At the same time, in terms of daytime running lights, the new Sonata also uses an LED through light strip to connect, which is also guaranteed in terms of aesthetics after lighting.
In terms of sideways, in order to enhance the sportiness of the vehicle, the new Sonata adopts a large slip-back roof design, and the coupe design style of long front overhang and short rear overhang is still more pleasing to young consumers, and at the same time, in terms of waist line design, the new car also adopts a split design language, and the wheel hub also uses red brake calipers, and the shape of the wheel hub is more simple, coupled with the exhaust layout of the tail four out, it is not difficult to see that in terms of exterior design, Beijing Hyundai has learned the lessons of the previous old model。
In terms of interior design, the new Sonata also has a sense of sportiness, first of all, in terms of seats, it adopts an integrated sports style seat, of course, the ordinary version of the model is still the traditional seat design, and the new car also applies red stitching treatment throughout the car, so that the texture of the car is better, plus the design of dual 12.3-inch display screens, the performance of scientific and technological texture is also in line with the mainstream of the current era. In addition, the all-new Sonata has also been upgraded for NVH attributes, adding thicker acoustic insulation foam to the chassis and door panels of the vehicle, which can effectively isolate road noise and tire noise, so as to ensure the quietness of the driver and passengers in the car.
In addition, in terms of ride space, the new Sonata also performs well, its length is close to 5 meters, reaching 4.945 meters, and the wheelbase is also reaching 2.875 meters, according to my height of 1.75 meters, for example, when sitting in the back row, the legroom has a little more than two fists, and the headroom is just enough for a punch. Therefore, in terms of space, the new Sonata also performs better.
Finally, in terms of power, the all-new Sonata currently has six models on sale, three of which are 1.5T models and the other three are 2.0T models, which are our protagonists this time. Compared with the old model, the new car not only replaces the gearbox with an 8AT gearbox, but also the power output of the 2.0T model is more powerful than before, with a maximum horsepower of 250Ps, coupled with the existence of sports mode, in terms of handling, the new Sonata also has a good performance.
Conclusion
The emergence of the new Sonata is definitely a "fierce general" for the entire joint venture camp The existence of the level, because its starting price is 139,800 yuan, and even the starting price after the rights and interests has dropped to 122,800 yuan (including 3,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan for the purchase of the car and 10,000 yuan for the replacement subsidy rights), and its own positioning is a medium-sized sedan, and at the same time, in addition to the price is gratifying, in terms of handling, due to the replacement of the 8AT gearbox, it has also been improved compared with the old model, coupled with a more comprehensive functional configuration, as far as the family is concerned, the new Sonata is still more suitable.