After an early preview from Hyundai South Korea, Hyundai’s U.S. department has revealed the vital particulars and way more photos of the redesigned 2024 Sonata. It is a fairly substantial replace with each a redesigned exterior and inside, but additionally some powertrain adjustments together with newly accessible all-wheel drive.
Exterior adjustments are stored to the entrance and rear. Principally each piece of sheetmetal and plastic forward of the A-pillars has been modified not directly. One skinny, broad daytime working mild bar spans the nostril, and the useful headlights have been tucked away into the brand new, bigger grilles. It is a putting look, although we’ll miss the slick illuminated trim on the outdated automotive that blended the headlights into the chrome strips alongside every flank. The tail is extra modestly modified, however tweaks embody the trunk lid and accompanying taillights which have develop into a easy bar to match the entrance, and it is related to stylized black trim. The rear bumper has element adjustments, too. The Sonata N Line will get barely extra aggressive entrance grilles and rear bumper trim in comparison with the opposite trim ranges.
As for the within, the dashboard has been utterly redone. A pair of 12.3-inch screens for devices and infotainment are housed in a curved monolith atop the sprint. Beneath is the full-width air vent design that is develop into so standard these days. There’s even a brand new three-spoke steering wheel with the normal Hyundai badge changed by the 4 sq. pixels of the Ioniq fashions. Additionally showing from the Ioniq automobiles is the column-mounted shifter. For the Sonata Hybrid, it will get steering wheel paddles to regulate regenerative braking energy.
Past the styling adjustments, one of many large useful updates is the addition of all-wheel drive for the primary time on the Sonata. Sure Kia K5 fashions have been already accessible with it, and it continues the pattern of automakers including all-wheel drive to its current sedans. It is going to be accessible solely with the naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four-cylinder, which is in any other case a carry-over engine. Additionally returning are the two.0-liter four-cylinder hybrid and turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder for the N Line. Absent appears to be the turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder. It was all the time a little bit of an odd possibility, because it traded a little bit of horsepower for a bit extra torque in comparison with the two.5-liter engine, although we discovered it to be nice.
And naturally, there are extra extensively accessible options. Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto can be found on each model of the Sonata, and it could actually now settle for over-the-air updates. Extra options on provide embody a 12-inch head-up show, Bose 12-speaker sound system, Digital Key 2 (for utilizing a cellphone as a key) and even an influence trunk lid.
The 2024 Sonata will likely be accessible this winter, simply in time to check out that new all-wheel drive. Pricing hasn’t been introduced however must be just like the present mannequin, which begins round $26,500.
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