Latest rental car was a 2023 Hyundai Sonata SEL. Picked up at DLH airport (Duluth, Minnesota) for a quick 4 day family trip, this is a very small regional airport so the pickings are very slim so I was offered either a Ram truck or the Sonata - yup I'll take the Sonata.
2023 Hyundai Sonata SEL - 2.5L w/8 speed auto.
Pros:
- Very agreeable and good all around - this is about the most beige 1997 Toyota Camry the Koreans have ever made.
- Excellent fuel economy.
- Decent performance.
- Good driving assist systems.
Cons:
- Interior is a lot of hard plastics and rough surfaces.
- Some obvious/odd cost cutting. First car I have driven in awhile where just regular bass in a song at normal volume levels vibrates the rear view mirror.
- Dull, dull dull.
Drive stats:
- 220 miles driven
- 6 hours 1 minute driven
- Avg speed ~36.6 MPH
- Avg MPG - 34.8 MPG
Overall:
If given the choice between an Altima and Sonata - give me the Altima all day long, the Altima at least tries to provide some driving enjoyment. The Sonata was not a bad car by any stretch but it was as boring as watching paint dry. Outside of the pros and cons above it really didn't do anything noteworthy good or bad to make me take any kind of notice of really anything it did beyond the task of moving me from destination A to B.
2023 Hyundai Sonata SEL - 2.5L w/8 speed auto.
Pros:
- Very agreeable and good all around - this is about the most beige 1997 Toyota Camry the Koreans have ever made.
- Excellent fuel economy.
- Decent performance.
- Good driving assist systems.
Cons:
- Interior is a lot of hard plastics and rough surfaces.
- Some obvious/odd cost cutting. First car I have driven in awhile where just regular bass in a song at normal volume levels vibrates the rear view mirror.
- Dull, dull dull.
Drive stats:
- 220 miles driven
- 6 hours 1 minute driven
- Avg speed ~36.6 MPH
- Avg MPG - 34.8 MPG
Overall:
If given the choice between an Altima and Sonata - give me the Altima all day long, the Altima at least tries to provide some driving enjoyment. The Sonata was not a bad car by any stretch but it was as boring as watching paint dry. Outside of the pros and cons above it really didn't do anything noteworthy good or bad to make me take any kind of notice of really anything it did beyond the task of moving me from destination A to B.