The seventh generation of the Hyundai Sonata was launched in March 2014 as a 2015 model and it was designed with agility in mind but without giving up the comfort features.
The sweeping lines of the Sonata kept the same design cues from its smaller siblings such as the Elantra. In Europe, the Sonata wasn't available, but its twin brother iX40 was. The large sedan faced a new image with its large, cascading grille as it was named by its designer. It featured three horizontal lines that looked like they are flowing one on top of the other.
The new swept lines made the car look like it had a liquid body and it was hit with a strong, frontal, wind. The raked windshield started the curved line of the greenhouse. The ascending side-line ended-up on the rear taillights. On top of the trunk, a small lip was installed on some versions. The double twin exhausts in the rear might tell something about a performance car, but the Hyundai Sonata it wasn't. It just didn't fit the overall design.
Inside, there was room for five adults, but the rear mid passenger had to sit on top of a bulky center tunnel even though the car was front-wheel drive and it didn't have an all-wheel-drive version. The instrument cluster was a mix between round dials and a TFT display.
The standard transmission was a six-speed automatic with paddle shifters behind the steering wheels. It was available only with the four-pot engine and the top version offered 245 hp, which was not so impressive for a car of its size, not to mention that the sixth generation of the Sonata had mode power on its top version.
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