Hyundai Sonata News
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The 2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid looks better than the Toyota Camry, but it’s not as smooth.
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2025 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid costs $32,150, gets 47 mpg combinedThe Hyundai Sonata Hybrid gets a small price bump for 2025.
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2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid makes more of regenerative brakingThe 2024 Sonata Hybrid will continue with a 2.0-liter inline-4 engine as part of its hybrid system, but it will now feature an adjustable regenerative braking mode aimed at increasing efficiency.
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2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: Prices rise significantly, and so does mpgThe new Sonata Hybrid costs more than the outgoing version, and more than its rivals.
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Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid lease deal is the best now on any PHEVThe lowest lease price on a plug-in hybrid is good for a limited time and mostly limited to California.
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First drive review: 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is a high-mpg sun-seekerThe 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid might be the best-positioned high-mileage machine for American exurb commuters and vast, open parking lots.
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Hyundai has greatly improved the fuel efficiency of the 2020 Sonata Hybrid versus previous years. But the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid will not exist.
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2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid adds solar roof, challenges Camry Hybrid at 52 mpgThe latest hybrid midsize sedan makes an efficiency leap of up to 10 mpg above the outgoing version—and now ties the Camry Hybrid.
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Faster shifts could make 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid more funA system called Active Shift Control in the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid could help improve shift quality while improving acceleration and fuel efficiency.
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2018 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid price drops by $1,350The 2018 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid may cost car shoppers less, the company announced last week. The price drop on base models will save buyers $1,350 on 2018 models, which should help the car attract more customers. It comes in the same two trim levels as before. Base models will start at...
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Hyundai cuts $500 off Sonata Hybrid priceHyundai drops prices on refreshed Sonata Hybrid models, and adds features
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2018 Honda Accord Hybrid rated by EPA at 47 mpg combinedThe EPA has now released the fuel-efficiency ratings for the 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid, and they came in 1 mpg below the combined number the company had hoped to reach. At a drive event last fall, Honda said it hoped the redesigned Accord Hybrid could manage the same fuel-efficiency ratings as last...
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As they say: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. The first Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, launched for 2011, wasn't one of the better examples of the class for drivability. But Hyundai has updated its mid-size hybrid three times since then, with each generation getting markedly better. DON'T MISS: 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid debuts in Chicago The company also launched an updated Sonata Plug-In Hybrid as well, though there's not one here on the floor in Chicago. The single-motor hybrid powertrain hasn't changed much, with a combined output of 193 horsepower for the hybrid and...
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2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid released at Chicago auto showWhat the auto industry calls a "mid-cycle refresh" can range from indistinguishable to very evident. The 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid falls into the latter category, with new front and rear styling, changes to the interior and dashboard, and numerous added safety and connectivity features. The hybrid...
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Hyundai Ioniq, Sonata plug-in hybrids available anywhere in U.S.Both of Hyundai's plug-in hybrids are available nationwide.
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Green Car Reports 2016 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid And Plug-In HybridHyundai is widely viewed as one of the most aggressive car companies in the world. In global industry terms, it's relatively young, having designed and sold its first car only in 1975. But the South Korean company has ambitious plans, including many on the green-car front; it wants to have the...
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Three Hybrids On Ward's '10 Best Engines' List For 2016The Chevrolet Volt, Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid, and Toyota Prius powertrains make Ward's 2016 "10 Best Engines" list.
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42-MPG Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Sedans Added To Hertz Rental FleetThe 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is now available to rent from Hertz.
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The 2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco is the Korean maker's most fuel-efficient mid-size sedan that doesn't use a hybrid powertrain. And it highlights the two parallel paths that automakers are taking as they work to boost gas mileage ratings to meet steadily rising corporate average fuel economy rules. The Sonata Eco uses a smaller gasoline engine, a different transmission, and some other modifications to deliver the highest ratings of any non-hybrid Sonata. DON'T MISS: 2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco: Quick Drive Of Higher-Gas Mileage Small Turbo Four Unlike the conventional gasoline Sonata, with its...
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2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid And Plug-In Hybrid First DriveWhat if you could fully restore your charge in a plug-in hybrid, on the fly, just by driving? It’s a feature that’s unparalleled in mass-market plug-in hybrids—that in the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid you can enter not the charge-sustaining mode that some models have, but a...
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2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid And Plug-In Hybrid VideoHyundai launched its new 2015 Sonata mid-size sedan last year, but the Hybrid model carried over unchanged. Now, at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show Hyundai has taken the wraps off its second-generation Sonata Hybrid, and it’s adding a plug-in hybrid model to the mix. ALSO SEE: 2016 Hyundai Sonata...
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2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid & Plug-In Hybrid Debut At 2015 Detroit Auto ShowThe redesigned 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and new Sonata Plug-In Hybrid roll into the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.
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Detroit Auto Show Preview: New Green Production CarsHere are the significant green-car debuts we expect to see at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.
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New Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Unveiled In Korea; U.S. Sales In 2016?The new Hyundai Sonata Hybrid makes its debut.
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