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Test drive Ford Mondeo vs Hyundai Sonata: I have a business plan
The updated sedan from Vsevolozhsk is trying to prove to his rival from Korea that the local assembly car is easier to succeed in Russia. The Kolesa.ru portal pushes two sedans with foreheads, which die in a business class, but do not fully comply with its requirements, searches for defects in the asphalt and thinks about increasing the city speed limit. In the minds of many Hyundai motorists, the Korean brand, which until recently lived due to the reproduction of obsolete Japanese cars. In fact, the company is already ready to demonstrate its own view and its developments, and Hyundai has nothing to be ashamed of Sonata News looks fresh and even more interesting than Mondeo, positively evaluated by auto -journalists of many European and America countries. Smooth elegant lines, an amazingly stylish view of the side (exactly the Mercedes CLS), the relief of the wings and doors of the Korean will not leave anyone indifferent. The updated Mondeo also looks great, and a few years ago it was a real explosion at all, but now the restyled Ford is similar to the prerestyled mondeo, and is only characterized by LEDs in the rear lights and in daytime running lights. Ford is slightly more rounded, and Sonata with sharp and slightly more sharp faces. One way or another, if you highlight any of the sedans in appearance, it will be Sonata.
From the inside, Hyundai looks no worse than outside. Materials are slightly summed up: hard plastic in the door decoration and on the front panel is adjacent to the spectacular and smooth black piano, however, it is not everywhere equally smoothly polished. Ford uses softer polymers, and plastic makes the impression of better.
And in the Hyundai salon, we met a passenger silhouette familiar to us from the latest Volvo models, by clicking on which you can regulate the direction of the climate control. Only, unlike the Swedish pattern, in which the buttons are the head, legs and torso, you can put pressure on the Korean little man in the chest area of \u200b\u200bthe other parts of the body are not buttons
On the front row in Ford is more spacious; The Korean surrounds the driver more tightly with on -board tools, and Mondeo, on the contrary, provides a kind of operational scope. There are plenty of places for the rear passengers both there and there. But the Ford ceiling is higher, but Sonata has a little more space in front of the knees. Ford wins the back of the rear sofa, I am sure that I do not forget the roulette this morning, the numbers would reveal parity. But the slightly bent edges of the Sonata seats indicate convenience for no more than two passengers. Perhaps Mondeo can more comfortably place three.
The motors of both sedans are starting from the button. Good start. But, despite the fact that under the hood of Sonata there was a top motor (2.4 liters of 178 hp), and Mondeo has the second engine in maximum power (2.0 l 200 hp), the advantage in the dynamics of Ford is undeniable. Crazy turbochards tease and provoke even a calm driver; I can’t even imagine how to drive in such a car in Europe, where 50 km/h and a little more serious fine are allowed.
Under the right foot of the driver Mondeo 2.0 Ecoboost is the mighty potential, which allows you to perform sharp and powerful shots between the intersections, break the sluggish stream of central streets and set the movements between the north and the south along the ring but the powerful motor would be easier to keep in the lean if it was not for the recycling setting The chassis and quick switching of the new Ford Sixth PowerShift machine gun with two clutches. On a flat, awkward road (if you are lucky to meet such), Ford is going so smoothly that the driver can only find out on the speedometer only at the radar presented to him. The suspension copes with irregularities at a speed of 70 km/h, but in the city cycle it reacts rather painfully to trifles like joints of asphalt and shallow pits.
Hyundai is good at urban speeds. The machine switches smoothly, the motor works quietly, shock absorbers cope with cracks and potholes, and only the studded wheels are buzzing, violating the silence in the cabin. It is worth accelerating, no matter how much asphalt defects begin to come from, on which the sedan noticeably jumps. The car does not give a hint of readiness to accelerate at any second. The reaction to the gas pedal is somewhat lubricated; Compared to Mondeo (having a direct fuel injection system), so it seems that an entire eternity passes between gas pressure in the sonata and acceleration. A minimum of information about the position of the front wheels and speed is transmitted to the Sonata steering wheel. However, there is no shortage in the sharpness of the steering wheel; To drive Sonata, although not as fun as Mondeo, is still convenient and easy.
Sonata and Mondeo are different cars not only in price, dynamic characteristics, history, but also in philosophy, a rare buyer, having dealt with the advantages of each of the cars, will perceive sedans as an alternative to each other. Hyundai is intended for those buyers who believe that already
He has grown up to business class cars, but still thinks how much he will have to pay for a car when buying a car, and then, for the service, then the Mondeo taxes are multifaceted, as well as the engines that are equipped with it. With a 1.6 engine and not particularly rich in equipment, it can be an alternative to another golf class sedan, and with a 200-horsepower Ecoboost is able to become a fellow traveler of a demanding and sophisticated person. Hyundai can be used as a business card: I have a business class car, good taste for stylish things and I'm not afraid to try new things. According to Mondeo, it is difficult to draw conclusions about its owner, except for one: he sits behind the wheel of a car.
Prices
Test cars are represented in almost the most complete execution options; If Sonata Prestige for 1,208 900 is really the best that Hyundai can offer in this class, then Ford Mondeo Titanium for 1,090,500 rubles provides a list of additional options for almost half a million.
The basic Mondeo Ambiente with a 1.6-liter engine costs 699,000 rubles, and with a 2.0-liter 203-horsepower ecoboost and an automatic machine (as on our test) costs from 1,077,500 rubles excluding discounts (currently on mondeo there are discounts up to 120,000 rubles).
The starting price of the Hyundai Sonata 899 900 rubles with a 2.0-liter 150-horsepower engine and a 6-speed mechanics. A car with a 2.4-liter engine and a 6-speed automatic transmission costs from 1,158,900 rubles.
Trunk volume, l
Hyundai Sonata 523
Ford mondeo sedan 550
Clearance, mm
Hyundai Sonata* 140
Ford Mondeo 150
*Road clearance of all Hyundai Sonata configurations, except for Prestige 150 mm.
Acceleration to 100 km/h, with
Hyundai Sonata 2.4 L, 178 hp 9.5
Ford mondeo 2.0 l, 200 hp 7.9
Cars were provided for a test network of dealerships Alarm Motors Ford, the official Ford dealer and the Avtokenter of the East-Avtok North, the official dealer of Hyundai.
Author: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Ostanin
A source: Wheel magazine [February 2011]
