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In the latest declaration catalogue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Automotive Industry concern found that the new Sonata declaration map made in China has appeared on the declaration catalogue, and the new car will be unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show tomorrow (November 17). It is understood that the appearance of the new car will provide ordinary version and N Line sports version, powered with 1.5T and 2.0T engines. As a reference, the price range of the cash Sonata is 161800-205800 yuan.

In terms of appearance, the new car uses the latest modern design language, the front face is replaced with a large hexagonal grille, and the interior is fumigated to make the overall shape more plump. The headlight group is a split design with penetrating LED daytime driving lights. The new car also moves the logo to the front of the engine cover, while the bottom also uses a large trapezoidal air intake, which has a more sense of design.

The above picture shows the new Sonata ordinary version; the following picture shows the brand new Sonata N Line sports version.

In addition, the new car will provide two appearance versions: the ordinary version and the N Line sports version. The main difference lies in the detailed design of the front face. Compared with the ordinary version, the N Line version adds more blackened sports appearance kit design and five-spoke rims, as well as a total of four bilateral exhaust, making the overall look more youthful and sporty.

New Sonata N Line Sports Edition

On the side of the body, the new car adopts the slip-back styling design, the roof is pressed down from the front row, and the car-running design is adopted. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4945/1860/1445mm, and the wheelbase is 2875mm. Compared with the current Sonata, the length of the new car is shorter 10mm and the wheelbase is 15mm. In the rear part, the new car has also been redesigned, with a new styled through taillight group and a duckling tail spoiler, and the N Line version has its own logo and bilateral four-way exhaust layout, with more emphasis on sports attributes.

The above picture shows the new Sonata ordinary version; the following picture shows the brand new Sonata N Line sports version.

In the interior part, previous interior drawings of overseas models show that the new car has an integrated screen design consisting of a 12.3-inch dashboard and a 12.3-inch central control screen, and is equipped with a new three-spoke steering wheel, which makes it look more textured as a whole. At the same time, the new car also uses through-type air conditioning air outlet to enhance the hierarchical sense of the vehicle. The shift mechanism also adopts a new shielding style, and according to the declared information, the new car will also be equipped with panoramic skylights.

In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with 1.5T and 2.0T turbocharged engines, the former with a maximum power of 125 kilowatts and the latter with a maximum power of 184 kilowatts, matching a seven-gear double-clutch transmission or an eight-gear automatic transmission.

Netizens have different views on Sonata's design.

Sonata is a medium-sized car owned by Hyundai Motor. Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. was established on October 18, 2002. it became the first Sino-foreign joint venture project in the field of automobile production after China's entry into WTO. A month later, the fifth-generation Sonata went on sale as Beijing Hyundai's first model, priced between 17.9 yuan and 265000 yuan. In April 2011, Beijing Hyundai launched the eighth generation Sonata, with a price range of 16.69-249900 yuan. By July 2020, the 10th generation Sonata will also be officially on the market, with a price range of 16.18-205800 yuan. As a replacement model, the overall shape of the new car is younger, offering a power combination of 1.5T engine + 7DCT double clutch transmission and 2.0T engine + 8AT gearbox.

It should be noted that as a medium-sized car owned by Hyundai, Sonata's performance in the domestic market is very mediocre. According to the data, from 2015 to 2022, Sonata sold 64910, 35998, 12760, 6693, 13483, 9667 and 5138 vehicles, respectively. Of course, as an important model of Beijing Hyundai, the decline in sales of Sonata also directly affects the overall sales of Beijing Hyundai.

Since its establishment in 2002, Beijing Hyundai has a history of 21 years, and before 2016, Beijing Hyundai occupied the domestic passenger car market with high performance-to-price ratio. According to the data, sales from 2013 to 2016 were 1.03 million, 1.16 million, 1.06 million and 1.14 million respectively, and 2016 was the highlight of its development. however, after entering 2017, its sales began to decline and showed a downward trend for five consecutive years, with sales of 755659, 782163, 685126, 384782, 359851 and 245,405 respectively from 2017 to 2022.

As we all know, Sonata locates medium-sized cars, and Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Teana and Volkswagen Passat are all strong competitors, of which Honda Accord has completed its replacement in May this year. Toyota Camry will also make its debut at the 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show on November 17, which will further impact Sonata's development position in the domestic market with the replacement of new cars. At the same time, the rise of independent brands has also increased a lot of development pressure on Sonata, such as the Mingjue MG7, which is also positioned as a medium-sized car with 1.5T and 2.0T engines and sells for 11.98-169800 yuan. It will not be easy for Sonata to gain a foothold in the domestic market in the future.

According to the latest figures, Beijing Hyundai sold 194101 vehicles from January to October 2023, with the top three models being the Elantra, Tusheng L and Beijing Hyundai ix35, with sales of 86073, 40708 and 24354, respectively, compared with 2587 for Sonata.

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