Believe it or not, what you’re looking at here is the all-new 2020 Hyundai Sonata, which will take over from the seventh-generation LF model. Following Hyundai’s theme of ‘Sensuous Sportiness’, the Sonata takes inspiration from the equally striking Le Fil Rouge concept that debuted at last year’s Geneva Motor Show.
Dimension-wise, the new Sonata is now longer at 4,900 mm (+45 mm), wider at 1,890 mm (+25 mm) and has an enlarged wheelbase of 2,840 mm (+35 mm). The sleeker look sees a compromise to its height, which now measures 1,445 mm (-30 mm).
Rather than continuing with a three-box approach, the new Sonata now adopts a four-door coupe look that reminds us of the Volkswagen Arteon and Audi A7 Sportback. At the front, there’s a seven-point Digital Pulse Cascading Grille that blends seamlessly with the sculpted bonnet. Further down in the lower apron, a wide chrome trim gives the face a “smile” of sorts, culminating in corner inlets.
However, it is the headlamps that are the most distinctive items on the Sonata, with a unique cluster design that features four individual lighting elements within. The LED daytime running lights, which Hyundai refers to as Hidden Lighting Lamps, are influenced by the HDC-2 concept, appearing as chromic material before they are turned on. For greater dramatic effect, the DRLs lead into chrome strips that run alongside the bonnet (like on the current LF), meeting up with the loop of the chrome window surrounds.
Along the sides, two distinct character lines are seen between the lightly flared wheel arches, with the upper element ending at the taillights. The coupe-esque styling is also in full view from this angle, as is part of the liftback rear which features a small lipped section and wide taillights.
The rear end sees a long light strip linking the taillights clusters, which themselves sit outwards to create pointed humps that meet with the side character line. The tailgate itself appears to make cargo ingress and egress more convenient with a wide aperture, while the reverse lights and reflectors/fog lamps occupy individual areas, with the number plate in between.
The design overhaul extends to the interior too, with a new dashboard layout that is highlighted by a new primary touchscreen display for the infotainment system and a winged-shaped instrument binnacle with a digital display within – the latter said to be inspired by stealth aircraft. The carmaker adds that both displays are threaded together by a S curve to make it less distracting for drivers.
Hyundai says its designers aimed to create a “lightweight feeling” in the cabin, hence the compressed height of the air vents and the section they occupy. The conventional gear lever has also been replaced with buttons for the shift-by-wire transmission, with switchgear for the drive mode selector and driver assistance systems placed nearby.
For now, Hyundai has yet to released additional technical details about the new Sonata, especially the type of powertrains that will be made available. As far as first impressions go, what do you think of the new look for the Sonata?
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Sloping coupe sedan, hyundai copied perdana2.
Got taste!!!
Audi front
Civic rear
Mazda3 interior
Luc Donckerwolke (born 19 June 1965) is a Belgian car designer at Hyundai’s Genesis luxury division and a former design director at Volkswagen Group’s Bentley, Lamborghini and Audi.
The next generation Korean game changer sedan have revealed. Time to say good bye to Proton game over sedans (Prevé, Perdana and john)
You’ve been telling us game changer everytime but each time Proton sales results comes up, it’s game over for you. Sales numbers don’t lie.
I take the Geely Borui more muscular stance over this, anytime
The ironic thing is he is the one who should change. His trolling with copy and paste comments in every article whether related to Proton or not is tasteless at best and idiotic at worst. Then, add in the self replies and self likes by his dupes which are so obvious I wonder why he keep doing them.
He is a Korean car salesman.
Audi A5 front, Accord rear..
Rear light is veryyyyy ugly
I like the front and side profile, but the tail light… quite civic shadow… -_-
Oh my god. The rear tail light looks like Civic FC + Volvo = HIDEOUS!!!
The taillights are like miniature civic taillights
Why the rear copy ketam Civic and the front copy Audi? Hyundai designers all tidur is it?
Bro u do know their previous design boss was from Audi yea?
So you meant he plagiarised his old designs when he moved to Hyundai?
Hyundai s chief designer is from audi hahaha.So its like audi lahh
That rear,,, im confused??
Heck no ….
Hi Sonata, Civic called.
They want their rear lights back.
Overall the car looked stunning. But the rear…I have to agree with the others here…too Honda-ish, specifically the Civic. The designers should have made it more cleaner and elegant, like the front design. Especially in this segment. Benchmark Merc, Audi, BMW, Aston Martin, Jaguar, etc.
Not enough ‘bright works’ for the interior. Does not look premium.
Looks way better than the upcoming Accord. The similarity of the rear to the Civic surely made the Honda designers wonder why they didn’t come up with a design like this for the Accord
Well, from the exterior could already concluded that it’s not going to sell … Perhaps a major makeover in their upcoming facelift.
New Accord coupe-like styling too …
I thought it was a new car on GTA online, till I read the article.
Hyundai A4-Civic
front nice, but the butt tak boleh la
Civic at first glance from behind. Front like Lexus LC500 headlamp, front grill and bonnet of a Aston Martin. Copy paste
Now you don’t have to purchase an A7 to have that long strip tail light. It’s now available on a Hyundai. But seriously, the design looks okay and the rear should look good at night while the interior is an improvement over the previous generation.
HYUNDAI SONATA YF STILL A LOOKER.. 2010-2015
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dashboard design , materials and perceived quality….all class-leading….
exterior design wise, i’d say it is interesting , and brave , boring and ugly it sure isn’t….
quintessentially korean…..but oozing with character
the rear is our Perdana..
Copy here and there.
CX-9 boomerang.
The front is good but really let down on the rear, why the heck Hyundai want to follow Honda like tail lamp, is not like the resale value gonna be up.
Hyundai Malaysia needs to do something before Hyundai cars disappear from Msian roads due to slumping sales. The current Elantra and Sonata are major disappointments bcz they tried too hard to imitate Honda Civic and Toyota Camry in terms of engine choice and pricing. Bring back the naturally-aspirated 1.6L engine for the Elantra instead of only promoting the 1.6L turbo to beat the Civic 1.5L turbo (which Elantra could not win at all due to brand favouritism). As for the Sonata, do something with the 2.0L engine since ppl are criticising it for being quite weak for the large body entry-level exec sedan.
remind me of civic crab hand tail lamp
Meanwhile, lousy Proton still rebadging a 12 years old Honda Accord and selling it proudly as their 2019/2020 Proton Perdana
To me, the new design from Hyundai looks really weird. Look at the Elantra facelift, this Sonata, look at the steering. They’re just weird looking…
any idea on the price tag?
Any idea, Will this car come into malaysian market? I like design interior and exterior and lights……I wanted to buy but no evedence that it will come to malaysian market…Any idea to buy it? Where to buy it?