An automobile created for those who have outgrown the Accent and Elantra but have discovered to understand the core values of Hyundai – reliable and affordable cars for the masses – the Sonata shows how little the Koreans view the principles of sleek car design, mainly in the over-application of bright work and many body swage lines a lot of.

Car designers make reference to chrome are jewellery, and in the case from the Sonata the Impression is very a market stall selling costume bright-ware in down-town Seoul.

Ignore that, and also you realise that buyers obtain a large amount of car for very little money; this is also true from the 2.7 V6, which provides big car performance for the cost of a mid-range Vectra.