Hyundai Sonata road test reports and car reviews

Hyundai Sonata cdx automatic 2006

Well, I’ve had the Sonata CDX 2.4 petrol automatic for 3 months now and have covered 8000 miles in that time bringing the total mileage up to 20000 in 3 years. The car is ebony black and looks really impressive and has a nice sporting muscular stance (the 17" alloy wheels and 225/50 tyres also help the stance). This car really does get heads turning and looks much more expensive that it really is, the leather interior trim is also very impressive, much better than the previous model and, again, gets lots of compliments. The car has been trouble free since I’ve had it with the exception of a slight fault on the VDO radio/CD which was replaced immediately. The performance of the car is more than adequate but In hindsight I would have gone for the 3.3 litre V6 which is only marginally more thirsty and gives one the added bonus of a 145 mph top speed and acceleration to match AND the most glorious yowl as the engine goes through 3500 rpm! To summarise, the car looks good, drives well, is very spacious (especially the boot which is cavernous), is quieter than a lot of the opposition and is such good value for money. The only minor gripe that I have is that the fuel economy isn’t brilliant but I’ve countered that issue by fitting a sequential LPG system so now it is ’thumbs up’ all around.