2011 Hyundai Sonata: Looking Sharp

I would say it definitley has a 2009 lexus ES look to it. it still looks nice though

A snoozer of a Camry/ES copy....a cure for insomnia.

Wow that is a striking car, what the ES should have look like.

'Excited about a Hyundai'... who are these people???

and a Malibu interior.

Could this be the interior center stack?



001

This is the center stack. Go to YFlove.net and you'll see more spy shots of the interior.

Exterior looks strikingly good.. If that is the interior that 001 says - it should be good enough - coz its simple and good - rather than the genesis kinda stack - which has a gazillion buttons .. Hyundai seems to be going places with the designs off-late.. No comments about the quality 'yet' ;-)

A Lexus ES at a Hyundai Price. Sounds like they may hit a really big mark against Toyota and Honda.

I'm curious about that seated human icon in the dash stack. Looks interesting. The exterior rendering looks like pure speculation. There is good and not so good about. I'm thinking Hyundai may come out strong with this car though. Light years better than the original late 80's Sonata.

Hope to see more soon. Is Hyundai replacing the Azera btw?

Hey blaniac, are you in school for design yet?

Hyundai is not replacing the Azera. Once the Genesis becomes a luxury brand in 2012, the Azera will act as Hyundai's flagship and be redesigned for the 2012 MY.

Im going to the Cleveland Institute of Art starting in September. Are you looking towards designing?

Thats all I wanted to do and did growing up! I have thousands of car drawings/designs I have done from 9 years old until now (still dont know why I hang on to them)! I do it for sport now. Man, that was my passion!!! Im 25 now and somehow I ended up as an Underwriter for Allstate life insurance. I guess its not too late for me but anyways...

Good luck and stay on your sh*t dude. Hope you go far/succeed in what you want to pursue!

Sick man! Yeah ive been drawing cars since i was in the 6th grade. And designing cars is my passion as well. What company was your niche?

Lately Ive been doing Cadillac's. Growing up, I had my own (imaginary of course) company called "Loiid" (pronounced Lloyd, dont ask me why!) and other than my own, I did anything American.

Dont feel embarrassed. i used to design my own company too ahaha mine was called Taos.

it was pretty cool.

Keep on bruh. "Taos" may see the light of day. Hell, Taos and Loiid both! We might even collaborate on some things. I still design for my own car company because I believe in the dream!

Yeah man i would love to do a collaboration! We could be the next super power of the auto industry. Taos and Loiid. Taos could be the sporty luxo brand and loiid can work both ways as a premium luxo brand or a scion like entry brand.

Dont give up hope either dude. keep designing, u never know what will happen.

that looks like the eject button :)

I bet you think the words "idiot" and "opinion" are related. Go away.

Nice!

you seem to know your stuff. Where do you find all of this Hyundai infromation?

Like the ES or the mazda 6....what? How do you even put those cars in the same sentence?

Am I the only person who thinks this looks horrific and yes a lot like the ES i.e also horrific. I generally like Hyundai designs although I don't like the last Elantra (it looks disjointed to me). And no I am not an Asian hater like most on this site.

'Hyundai'... 'Elegance'... LOL!

I do not see any Lexus ES at all in this. Maybe Mazda 6 and Chevy Malibu, but this would be borderline radical for a Lexus design. Wheels are too small, but overall yet another good-looking alternative for the segment.

I know of Hyundai-blog.

And the last i heard Hyundai was considering a luxo brand. But maybe they just recently changed it.

But i use YFlove for new pics of the sonata, hyundai-blog.com, thecarblogger.net, and other general car websites.

Hyundai really is adding alot more to theyre name arent they? The will have the accent, elantra, elantra touring, tiburon/veloster, sonata, sonata touring/cuv, genesis coupe, azera, genesis sedan, portico, tucson, santa fe, and the sonata Hybrid in 2012. thats 13 vehicles for a MY, thats alot. but i like it. They hae something for everyone.

I also read somewhere that Hyundai was THINKING about possibly making the sonata into a convertible also, like the solora. But i havent heard of anything like that as of late so i think that idea has been squashed .

So the sonata is going to debut next month? Which auto show?

Looks like crap.

you're giving crap a bad name! i would rather have crap for dinner than a Hyundai for driving.

ahhhh you dont know how happy you just made me.

I cant wait to see them all!

Is the 24/7 plan also at Kia as well? Whats their story?

Nice! theyre really doing something.

How do you think the Next Gen Azera will look? With Hyundai's new design language, it HAS to be elegant.

You said it!

I was talking so much about myself I forgot to ask about this separate Genesis thing. So Genesis will become a "brand" instead of coupe and sedan in the near future?

Thats interesting! I didnt know this. I hope their prices dont change. They are really shaking up the industry with their "great product+value" approach. Especially with these hard times for people.

comparing Hyundai Genesis to BMW M... your statement ridiculous, blasphemous, obscene, vulgar, and perverse.

Are you people serious? All of this conversation about a Hyundai??? Someone is actually excited? Who cares? It's a stinkin' Hyundai, and i just hope that i don't end up stuck with one!

This is not Hyundai 1989.

Check the date on the bottom right hand corner of your screen. It should read 2009.

I'm old school. I have values. I don't care what the date is, right will always be right and wrong will always be wrong. I will never want a Hyundai. I will never marry a dude. Society can slide as far into the toilet as you like, i just won't be going along with it.

What does my sexual preference have anything to do with cars? Im assuming you are talking about me stating what I was back a time ago...

No, I didn't see your earlier post, I have no idea what you are, I'm guessing now that I don't want to know.

I didn't intend to get into a discussion about sexual preferences, let's not veer off into distasteful and innapropriate things.

these are just major trends that I'm noticing now: people liking hyundais, the spread of aethism, and dudes trying to marry each other. To each his own, but I will have nothing to do with these things.

it seems that my opinion is becoming more unpopular in the world, but that does not matter to me - it is a sick, sad world. I was making a general statement to illustrate this point. It was unrelated to anything that you may have said earlier, this post is in fact the first time i recall seeing your name at all.

Im not going there with you. What if I said, "The first time I saw the name "pushrod" I thought "American"?

Mind you, I still respect you (and others on the 'spies') I just find your comments (on this post) intriguing...

"these are just major trends that I'm noticing now: people liking hyundais, the spread of aethism, and dudes trying to marry each other. To each his own, but I will have nothing to do with these things. it seems that my opinion is becoming more unpopular in the world, but that does not matter to me - it is a sick, sad world. I was making a general statement to illustrate this point."

WTF?!?!? What are you talking about!?!? I hope most will get my point. Like I said, I STILL respect you and EVERYONES opinion when it comes to cars because Im a car guy and that will NEVER change.

WHAT??? That's very offensive and racist. Saying that blacks are the Hyundais of people is extremely insulting to blacks.

That is the most ignorant comment I have ever heard.

Don't mind HyundaiSmoke. He's just mad because America Has a Black President. LOL!!

We're talking cars. Why bring up race? But since you did, your half-baked analogy is way off. Hyundai is a manufacturer from Korea that hasn't been even building cars for 50 years... You can't compare black people to a car brand - black people are more like the wheel, without which no car would exist. the black man is the original man.

Science tells us that all humans descend from a common Black ancestor. The Bible tells us that the first man was created in God's image. From this, you should infer that God is black, and that if you are not black, then you have somehow mutated from the creator's original design.

See, I can spout offensive crackpot theories tenuously rooted in unrelated facts too! How does it feel to be on the other side?

Noah's son Ham... I believe that comes from the Klan's interpretation of the Bible. They have no need for science and archaeology, so that's probably why they can ignore the fact that the first humans were black.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

It's one good lookin' car and like it or not it beats the pants off alot of other makes for style, value and quality. Unfortunately some folks haven't looked beyond the 80's when it comes to their opinion of Hyundai's. Remember folks used to laugh at Datsun / Honda / Toyota when they first appeared on our shores...look whose laughing now!

I like the idea of the character line flowing from the front wheel and through the door handles. I think it suggests the idea of harnessing power, similar to how old cars would have the front wheel-arch flow down into the running board. One thing I don't like about the character line, here, is that it makes the front fender look large and bulbous.

How about it looks like a 1972 Ford Maverick, only worse :-(

How about you suffocate yourself in a garage, like a tarnished executive.

WTF is up with every positive comment on here getting deboosted?!

Huu76 and PushRod27 have been busy.

Damn, it's crazy how people are so intimidated by Hyundai that they have to go out of their way to track down threads like this to deboost all the comments. Man, how stupid.

Just go wax your Bimmer or Chevy and shut up.

Will this company ever come up with original ideas. Either way the Hyundai/Genesis should do well against its competition of Honda, Nissan, Toyota, etc.

It looks like the Mazda 6, also disappointing really...

I'm black too, but i don't feel the need to talk about it on car websites. The reason why many people are hating Obama right now is because of the immature gloating of many black people like you. The President is black. And white. It's over, let's move on. Let's not talk about race anymore.

Obama's election makes it obvious to me that we have entered the time that if you are good enough and dedicated enough, with some luck, you can achieve anything in America, regardless of your race. If negroes remain focused on the same old obsolescent racial politics, then there will be a white backlash, more division, we will move backwards, and this progress will be wasted.

Let's kill the black and white talk. Let's talk about making America great for Americans. Otherwise, everyone loses.

Yea, let's get back to Red car/Blue car talk!

;)

001

Looks like a nice car. four wheels, engine in the front, starts, stops. 100000 mile warranty. decent fuel economy, not sure how this can be disappointing to anyone.

Why do I always come across the word 'racist' in every Hyundai thread on this website? What is going on? Making a parallel between Hyundai and blacks is borderline offensive. Nobody should have that much of an infatuation with any car brand.

I get the feeling that the Hyundai users on this website are part of a guerilla marketing campaign.

Another version of YF Sonata's interior:

http://yflove.net/data/file/26/2106490584_b94e7538_DSC06196.jpg

I believe this interior is the more prestigious option with navigation.

That pinched character line seems a bit superfluous, but could have been better if it paralled the car's beltline a bit more. The greenhouse seems lifted from Audi, while the rear seems reminiscent of the last-generation ES. You know, the one with the 'swoopy' headlight theme.

The exterior is 10 times better than the outgoing model and if that's the interior of the new gen. then Hyundai is making strides forward. They are now a brand that demands some respect and is almost on par with the likes of Honda, Toyota and Nissan, if not better. With the Genesis and upcoming Equus it can place them right in between economy-premium, a niche market that has yet to be filled by anyone really.

HyundaiSmoke, that is not an Azera. That was the test version of the Genesis before making the final version for production. There is no spy shot released yet for the new Azera. Will be seeing shortly though...

Wow, I go to sleep and wake up to all of this. Im black so what does that matter? I have no clue as to what you guys are talking about. Thanks 001 for checking everyone. I almost thought this turned into a bible study (no offense).

I am glad to see Hyundai making strides like they are

I lived in Korea and it was awesome to see many of the cars that we don't have here

They need 2 brands and imo change the genesis coupe to Tiburon because if the Genesis nameplate does split it doesn't fit into that scheme whatsoever, unless they do a Nissan/Infinity move with it...

There is no established power in the name Hyundai doesnt matter what they make. Competing against Toyota Honda and Nissan is one thing but, competing against Lexus, Merc and BMW is an out of league qwest and should only be performed by seasoned experts not the likes of Agent009, Blaniac22 and the rest of the no name yuppies.

Besides, this thing is a second generation Lexus ES330 copy cat. This site is becoming more pathetic by the day with this kind of reporting interest are dropping off Word to the wise...keep things in perspective stay very focused.

I'm not kidding... I'm serious! It is the test version of the Genesis...
Don't you see that Genesis bodyline? And don't you see the rear light resembles the production Genesis somehow (it's just a bit shorter).
The article was written by a non-Korean... which he may have got the news more than a year later the production Genesis came out on January 8th, 2008 in the Korean market.
If you don't believe me, call up Hyundai HQ in Seoul, or visit Korean car fan websites. Every Korean who are interested in cars know this is the test version of the Genesis. You would be laughed at if you say that photo is the new Azera (Grandeur). That photo is ancient in Korea. I'm not joking.

Hyundai is going on pretty strong and outselling toyota that is what matters car sale to hyundai,I Love the hyundai genesis ,but i thought nissan was going to carry the 2010 fr sport but they scrap the plan, very stupid of Mr Ghosen as I have all ways been looking up to him but now I guess I have to look up now to the Real big man, the CEO of HYUNDAI.

lots of posts for a hyundai! good for them!!

Ugly...I think Hyundai has really screwed up this 2010 redesign big time.