Hyundai Sonata NF 2004 test drive - 2008 sedan

Hangva is in a rosti

With the start of the assembly in Russia, the main trump card of this machine, the low price with generous equipment has become even more significant.
 



The craving for Korean
Our Korean sweets are completely unknown to us. About acute carrots and even edible dogs are known much more. In Russia, there are enough of any others on the shelves in abundance. Yes, go to you Rostov culinary specialists took up the release of Hangva, the original Korean dessert. The composition of the dish is easier than the steamed turnip baked in the dough dry fruits with honey. In the south of Russia, there are no problems with either one or the other or the third. Korean sweetness in the Rostov is inexpensive and tasty. And profitable, they say.
 

The irony of fate here, in the Rostov region, took up the production of another Korean dish. For three years, Hyunde-Monata in our market gained the glory of one of the most affordable medium-sized sedans. And with the Russian passport it has become even cheaper. But only when receiving the keys to one of the first Taganrog sonata, I admit, I did not at all expect that I would get a particularly tidbit.
 



I am tormented by vague doubts
Yes, of course, together with the sign made in Russia, the sonata received the most affordable in the middle class. But, surprisingly, judging by the advertising avenue, she also retained the generosity of the equipment. Cheaply good, as if, does not happen. It is so? That is why, as the hero of Yakovlev said in the famous comedy, I was tormented by vague doubts. When most golf-class machines are close to $ 20 thousand, can there be a full-fledged large car for the same money? Whoever has not tried anything sweeter than carrots, everything is clear with those. But among my virtues, the ignorance of food never relate. And life taught that the delights are always not cheap.
 

And here is a new car, a competitor to Mazde-6, Vectra, Mondeo, is equipped with leather chairs, climate control, electric windows and heated mirrors and even an on-board computer and radio. And for all for this $ 19,950. Yes, it does not happen like that! His rivals in such a configuration are $ 79 thousand more. It turns out it happens.
 

My skepticism gradually disappeared, while I meticulously looked at the neat line on the skin of the seats and instantly figured out the setting of climate control. It was also surprised that the car baked by Russian auto -builders as a quality, it seems, even ... won! I have not met so clearly fitted salon panels even on more expensive Koreans.
 



Reasonable and enough
Of course, for reasonable sufficiency, one could do with a fabric salon and an ordinary air conditioner (such cars, by the way, also leave the Tagaz gate at a price of $ 17,580). But the condoing condo in two counts will endure you with a cold, and the fabric, not covered with covers, will quickly get isolated and get dirty. The skin, albeit not an expensive nappa, but something like veal tenderness, anyway, is much more practical and prettier than gray fabric. Another surprise of wood. Can I live without her? Easy to. Only a spark of comfort, albeit created by solid painted plastic, will immediately disappear.
 

Nevertheless, the pick -up living in me found a reason to turn. The steering column adjustable only in height, the faceless dashboard, slippery skin on the steering wheel, uncomfortable control of the on-board computer, brilliant that the brooch in the beak of the forty-thief, the radio on the gray-brown console, these disadvantages of the interior sonata are immediately noticeable.
 

But, admit, after a hearty dinner with a dessert, you will begin to blame the cook that the rose on the cake was not so exquisite?
 

Let the computer be rusted, the ability to know about the exact amount of kilometers before refueling is still much more important than the fact that to control the computer, you need to stick a hand to the button on the tidy. Simple, but well -readable dials turn out to be much more visible, sometimes gleaming and sparkling, like a Christmas tree, shields of other more modern competitors. And the appearance of the radio goes into the third plan after the juicy sounds of the quartet of speakers.

 

Nodes and units come from South Korea in containers, and on Tagaz they are collected into a single whole

Disabled (TCS button) Anti -boom system is on all GLS configuration machines

The pillow is adjustable in height and angle of inclination
  
The gas tank hatch and the lid of the trunk can be opened from the cabin, but the latter outside is unlocked only with the key

Medium -frequency speakers and loops of the Isofix standard for attaching children's seats are mounted in the back shelf

Between the front seats there is a capacious two -tier armrest
   
On such a sofa, two are spacious, but too thick the upper parts of the back of the front seats will interfere with the tall.




Further more
And in the sense of gingerbread, and in the sense of size. Surely on Hyunde you plan to transfer from the car class below. Purely Russian respect for large cars will feel immediately. Sonata from the nose to the tail is an impressive 4.75 meters. And from what nose! Here is the main decoration of the frequency of the radiator grille wrapped in chrome, and the headlights similar to the Stuttgart C-class. In the darkness, such spotlights are guaranteed to provide the owner of Hyunde with a portion of prestige, albeit intended for a completely different car. The tail falling feed a la aristocrat jaguar-s. Moreover, all these such obvious borrowings do not at all look funny especially after you understand that the car is so solid in nature.
 

A confident start, an almost silent set of speed and captivating smoothness. Class! Trampers, potholes on the asphalt, inevitable city hustle and bustle all this is behind the wall of comfort. Its foundation perfectly swallowing biases in front and multi -leafing rear suspension with gas shock absorbers and very quiet tires. The whole design for greater survivability on our potholes is strengthened by other in comparison with European modification by silent blocks and springs.
 

But to the symbiosis of stretched gear in the CP, an amateur of fast driving, had to get used to it. It turned out that the necessary condition for life in harmony with the sonata is a habit as a little as possible to wield a lever of the CP.
 

For example, the third car is confidently lucky at 30, and for 100 km/h the engine will only exceed 4000 rpm. Outside the city, having tried the marginal capabilities of this symbiosis, I found out that, without switching, you can go to 140. But, of course, with such bullying the motor is by no means quiet. But his elasticity is a real storehouse for those who are used to traveling calmly.
 

The fifth, the road goes to rise, and the car not only does not lose speed, but also under the gas, albeit slowly, confidently continues to accelerate. With this disposition, the Council in the instructions of the ride is no higher than 3/4 of the maximum (6500 rpm) the key to economicality, I quickly began to perceive as a guide to action. It turned out that the car that had not passed on average ate 10.2 liters per hundred. For 133 forces, an excellent result.
 

Only no sport. Yes, there is also a reserve of power at 150. But already at 140 vertical buildup on free applications to many Russian roads of gentle waves on the asphalt involuntarily forces to lose speed. Where many Hyunde competitors easily work out irregularities, sonata behaves like a bloody brother of imposing Americans or Volga. And after the first closed bends, the desire to nimble completely beat off the frightening rolls and an uninformative steering wheel. In such Hyunde modes that the shipyard, who was forced to run a couple of kilometers with barriers.
 



Tasty does not mean expensive
Is this a serious minus for most future owners of sonata? I don't think. After all, these most will probably make family people who often go to the country. Sonata’s validity will easily win the timely decrease in speed before turning, and vertical buildup on the highway by elementary observance of traffic rules. It is they, without overpaying for the more popular exquisite European goodies that we will be able to get a large and very comfortable car at the best price. After all, the once most affordable Kaliningrad Magentis-2.0, which is essentially turned over the previous sonata with the KIA emblem, is now almost $ 1.5 thousand more expensive.
 

And do not believe those who say that it is definitely expensive.
    
Multi -colored savings

When buying any car, we are traditionally forced to overpay for bright and more durable (in addition to layers of paint, they are covered with brilliant metal varnish) of the body color. With sonata and there is saving here. You can buy a car painted in one of the six metallics: black, light beige, silver, dark red, gray and purple. And not one will have to pay extra.
 
PER

The most profitable price in the class, a rare generous equipment, solid appearance, elastic motor, hardness of assembly, high smoothness, enhanced suspension with high road clearance
AGAINST

The lack of uniform prices for official dealers, large rolls in corners, noisy after 4000 rpm motor, stretched gear, uninformative steering wheel, slippery skin on the steering wheel, inconvenience of opening the trunk from the outside, a small number of configurations
    
Recommendation is not an order

The price of Sonata-2,0 recommended by Tagaz begins at 509,700 rubles (at the current rate $ 17,580). However, most dealers have the cost of cars slightly higher.
 

In the cabin, which provided the car for the test, they are sold at the following prices:
 

Basic 2.0GL ($ 17 580):

ABS
power steering
central castle and immobilizer
Electric windows and heated mirrors
air conditioner
radio
Tinted glass
2 airbags

2.0 GLS/AKP ($ 20 450) Additionally:

Anti -boom system
headlight washer
15-inch light alloy wheels
climate control

2.0 GLS/ICD ($ 19 950) Additionally:

leather finish with wood inserts
Heating the front seats
fog lights

2.7 GLS/178 hp, automatic transmission ($ 25,200) Additionally:

16-inch light alloy wheels
Side-bags
Electric drive of the driver's seat
 
Hyundai Sonata 2.0

common data
 
Body (number of places/doors)
Sedan (5/4)
 
Equipped mass, kg
1425
 
Complete mass, kg
2020
 
Road clearance, mm
168
 
Length x width x height, mm
4745x1820x1420
 
Base, mm
2700
 
Front/back, mm track
1540/1530
 
Speed, km/h
200
 
Acceleration time 0100 km/h, with
10.9
 

Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
7.1/12.4
 


Engine
 
Location
Front transversely
 
Design
gasoline, 4-cylinder, in order
 
Diam. cylinder x Piston stroke, mm
85.0x88.0
 
Working volume, SMZ
1977
 
Compression ratio
10.0: 1
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
133/6000
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
18,1/4500
 

Chassis
 
Transmission
front -wheel drive
 
Transmission
Mechanical, 5-speed
 
Suspension:
Independent, with stabilizers of anti -resistance stability
 
front
on double transverse levers
 
behind
Mollycent
 
Steering
REMENCH with hydraulic power steering
 
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
 
Tires
205/65 R15
 
 
Alexey Sergeev, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 
 

Source: Magazine buy a car [11/2004]