Hyundai Sonata News
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Although EPA gas-mileage ratings may or may not be achievable in real-world driving conditions, they're a good relative benchmark. They're also a very public encouragement to carmakers to make more fuel-efficient cars. Hyundai, whose new 2011 Elantra compact model is rated at 40 mpg highway for all sedan models (the Touring is a carryover from the previous generation), has now stepped up its challenge to other makers. Two months ago, the company began breaking out sales totals for every car it sold that got 40 mpg or better, starting with November sales figures. And it all but dared other...
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Why The 2011 Chevy Volt Won North American Car of the Year
Earlier this week the judges in the North American Car of the Year announced that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt had won the coveted NACOTY prize. At the press conference kicking off the start of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, the NACTOY team announced that the 50 or so automotive journalists representing a...
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Delayed A Month, Misses Tax Credit
The U.S. launch of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has slipped a month, just enough to preclude buyers from taking advantage of a $1,300 Federal tax credit that expires December 31. According to Hyundai, the first cars will now reach dealers in January or perhaps later, rather than in early or mid...
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Will Hyundai Hammer Honda In Fight For Greenest Carmaker Title?
For many years, Honda was routinely awarded the title of greenest carmaker in the U.S. market. But its most recent green cars have stumbled, and a dark-horse competitor is rising fast toward taking the coveted title, conferred every few years by the Union of Concerned Scientists. It's not Nissan...
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GreenCarReports Best Car To Buy 2011 Nominee: Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
For its first-ever hybrid-electric vehicle, Hyundai has blazed a new path. Not only does the 2011 Sonata Hybrid carry gas-mileage ratings better than its competition, but it neatly splits the difference between the indistinguishable-from-standard styling of the Toyota Camry and Ford Fusion hybrids...
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Battery Gets 10-Year/100K Mile Warranty
The new 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid already has a lot going for it--as evidenced by Marty Padgett's take on the car in our first drive report and John Voelcker's inclusion of the car in GreenCarReport's 2011 Best Car To Buy nominees. But the deal just got even sweeter: the battery pack in the Sonata...
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Five finalists were announced today for the 2011 Green Car of the Year Award, which will be presented next month at the 2010 Los Angeles Aut o Show. The five contenders span two plug-in cars, two hybrid-electric vehicles, and one high-efficiency subcompact gasoline car: 2011 Chevrolet Volt 2011 Ford Fiesta 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid 2011 Nissan Leaf The Nissan Leaf is a battery electric vehicle with a range of 60 to 120 miles from its lithium-ion battery pack. It's the first pure electric car to be sold in substantial numbers by a major automaker since the 1920s. The...
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Tax Credit: $1,300, One Month Only!
Like us, you may eagerly have been awaiting the arrival of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. You may even be planning to buy one. One of the reasons may be the tax credit for purchase of a hybrid vehicle that you can claim when you file your taxes. The 2011 Sonata Hybrid will qualify you for a credit...
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Hyundai Blueon Sets Path For Next Nissan Leaf Competitor
Hyundai is one of the fastest up and coming brands in the world and it is one that has been steadily continuing to make profits over the past couple years. The company has also had some great hits with the all-new for 2010 Hyundai Sonata and the Hyundai Genesis Sedan and Coupe. While rumors still...
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Five Questions: Michael Deitz, 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Product Manager
Hyundai is on a roll in general, and last week we published the first 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid drive report, by our colleague Marty Padgett. This very important model is the carmaker's first-ever hybrid to be sold in the U.S., but far from the last. In 2012, Hyundai plans an upcoming dedicated...
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: First Drive
We've told you many times about the upcoming 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid--delving into its cosmetic and technical changes in our live coverage from the 2010 New York auto show, discussing how it fits in the Sonata lineup in a New York preview, reporting live from Korea on the Sonata Hybrid's...
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: Cheaper Than A Prius?
If you're shopping for a hybrid vehicle, time is drawing to a close to take advantage of the Federal government's hybrid tax credits. But before those credits expire at the end of 2010, there's one new hybrid you'll want to add to your shopping list: the upcoming 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. It's...
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The 2011 Hyundai Sonata has been a huge sales hit for the Korean car company, outpacing the Chevrolet Malibu and Nissan Altima in recent months. The news could get better for Hyundai later this year, as the new sedan gets a greener version that could hit a class-best fuel economy target. Hyundai's American CEO John Krafcik said this morning that the Sonata Hybrid could earn a 40-mpg highway fuel economy rating by the time the sedan gets its final EPA certification. "We're working on final calibration...and the fuel economy estimates could come in a little better than before," Krafcik said...
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Hyundai Plans Prius-Fighter Hybrid Hatchback, Lithium Battery
The hybrid wars look like they're heating up, with aggressive challenger Hyundai planning a dedicated hybrid that takes direct aim at the iconic Toyota Prius. The company is "studying" a unique hybrid vehicle, one that shares no body panels with an existing model, according to Miles Johnson...
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Green Car Roundup: Best & Worst of the 2010 New York Auto Show
Well, it's done. The public are streaming in, and the two media preview days of the 2010 New York Auto Show are over. It wasn't a hugely significant show, but clearly the apocalyptic meltdown that automakers were experiencing last year has lifted. Sales are starting to come back, slowly, and while...
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2010 New York Auto Show: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, At Last
For a few years, the only full hybrid sedan sold in the U.S. was the Toyota Camry Hybrid. Then came the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, which won North American Car of the Year and upped the ante considerably. Now Hyundai has raised the bar again. Its 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, available this fall, is...
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2010 New York Auto Show Preview: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Teaser
The 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid will offer a greener take on Hyundai's excellent new sedan.
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2010 Geneva Motor Show: Hyundai i-Flow Diesel Hybrid Concept
The 2010 Geneva Motor Show is over, but we realized that we missed out on covering one significant vehicle: Hyundai's i-flow diesel hybrid concept. While the first gasoline hybrid was the 1997 Toyota Prius, only this year will French maker Peugeot introduce the world's first production hybrid with...
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Nearly a year and a half ago we learned about an upcoming hybrid Hyundai Sonata. Last summer the vehicle was seen testing in Death Valley, but Hyundai has kept most information about the vehicle under wraps. Now, it is finally ready for its reveal at the New York Auto Show this April. The Hyundai Sonata hybrid will make its official debut in New York. According to Hyundai's North American product planning chief Scott Margason, the hybrid Sonata will go on sale in the fall of 2011. Margason left out all of the important info about the vehicle so there is still very little known at this...
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2010 New York Auto Show Preview: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
Right now, if you want a midsize sedan that's also a hybrid, you have exactly two choices: the 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid, or the new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. That's about to change. Six weeks hence, at the 2010 New York Auto Show, Hyundai will take the wraps off its 2011 Sonata Hybrid. The...
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Kia Previews Plug-In Hybrid Concept To Debut at Chicago Show
With the 2010 Detroit Auto Show behind us, we're fast coming up on the Chicago Auto Show, which starts February 10. Now we've gotten our first teaser image, for the Kia Ray concept car that will be unveiled in the spacious precincts of McCormack Hall. Kia says the Ray is meant to demonstrate how...
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2010 Detroit Auto Show: Hyundai Blue-Will Plug-In Hybrid Concept
We somehow omitted one hybrid concept until now in our 2010 Detroit Auto Show coverage; it's the Hyundai Blue-Will four-door sports sedan, which is unusual in both name and looks. Some loved it, some loathed it, but we're as interested in its plug-in hybrid powertrain as in the rather nervous...
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2010 Detroit Auto Show: New Engines for 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe
This is one we're late on posting, but it's significant nonetheless. During the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, Hyundai released details of running updates to its 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe midsize crossover utility vehicle--which is on sale, basically, now. The big news is that Hyundai has replaced both...
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Update: Green Cars at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show
Next month's North American International Auto Show in Detroit promises to be greener than ever before. That's a recognition that more fuel-efficient and smaller cars are a permanent part of the U.S. automotive landscape, but it's also desperation to fill space in a show that's losing exhibitors...
John Voelcker