2024 Hyundai Sonata turbo review: N Line | Heavily updated Skoda Superb rival brings plenty of power

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The 2024 Hyundai Sonata mid-size sedan has returned to Australia, and it's once again only available in N Line flagship form, meaning the Skoda Superb still has some serious competition, particularly when it comes to turbocharged performance.
Under the bonnet, the Sonata N Line remains powered by a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine that produces plenty of power and tonnes of torque. But there's more to it than what's under the bonnet. After all, the South Korean brand is touting the 2024 model as a new generation, although it's more of a heavy facelift.
Either way, the Sonata N Line has been redesigned inside and out, but that does that make it a better vehicle? In this expert review, CarsGuide Senior Journalist Richard Berry attends its Australian media launch to find out.
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00:00 Intro
00:33 Pricing and features
01:34 Design
02:08 Practicality
04:18 Under the bonnet
04:39 Driving
07:50 Efficiency
08:54 Safety
09:22 Ownership
09:42 Verdict
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@claudiadavies5110 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful car, hope more people buy it so we don't lose sedans like we've almost lost station wagons🤞🤞🤞

@rasheedlandi2151 8 ай бұрын

Hyundai designers been killing it lately 👌💯

@mighty_bunny 8 ай бұрын

I really really love this new design! It's such an impressively thorough update too, considering it is a facelifted model. The N-Line spec makes it in absolute gem too. I do hope sedans can make a comeback. This and the BYD Seal are both such compelling new offerings. - I agree the lack of hybrid version is a shame though. But given the circumstances i can understand why they only offer it in a single trim spec here.

@russell3436 8 ай бұрын

It’s a shame that this car is still relatively unknown and won’t be a big seller in Australia because the consumer market has heavily shifted towards SUV’s and Ute’s. I currently own a 2021 Sonata N Line, and this new facelift honestly looks like an entirely new generation rather than just a mid-life refresh and it looks outstanding, both models look good in their own right, I thought of swapping to this new facelift but my car has grew on me so much that it feels hard to give it away just yet. Even to this day I still get asked what sort of car it is and people are shocked and have no clue what it is and when I tell them it’s a Sonata they get absolutely gobsmacked. The car looks fantastic and Hyundai/Kia now have become such a premium brand and they have stepped up their game immensely and the N division is no joke at all. The Sonata is a brilliant car, insanely quick when you plant your foot down in Sport+ and it shreds your front tyres flooring it from a stop or going around a corner, a hoot to drive and it shocks all hot hatches when they want to give you a go, that 2.5 turbo is a weapon. It’s a shame no one knows what it is as it is still rare on the road, I’ve only seen a handful in the 3 years it has been available on the market.

@Freddie-gv1yg Ай бұрын

@russell3436, Russell, Tell Australia to get with the program. Greeting from the United States!

@mharro88 8 ай бұрын

Hyundai are killing it

@SuperFitness12 5 ай бұрын

Looks Amazing! Wow

@jayquanvo5134 8 ай бұрын

i would love for an AWD version. I think that would resolve a lot of the differential and suspension issues. But otherwise its a very nice looking car with lots of value.

@Unborn8436 8 ай бұрын

its not just AUS thats obsessed with SUV's.. its the US, India.. and pretty much the whole world rn. Which is sad

@noobsaibot7006 2 ай бұрын

I bought a 2024 Hyundai I30 N Line sedan premium but on the future would not mind trading it in for this.

@jaskmuhad698 8 күн бұрын

I would consider it but the fact the speed detection just beeps and can’t be turned off our muted unless you manually do it ever time you turn the car on is a deal breaker for me

@JBrezicPhotography 8 ай бұрын

It looks sick. I'd consider one. Just needs an Australian suspention tune and LDS, and then we are talking.

@_Murky_ 8 ай бұрын

that's a lot of car for $55k

@CombatVeteranUSNAVY 17 күн бұрын

Great review, but I wish you told us if the N Line requires premium fuel.

@lebxwski 8 ай бұрын

Did they get rid of the constant beeping for everything that happens on the road? Or add the abiity to turn it off and keep it off?

@pavyjohal 8 ай бұрын

Na it's still there just saw it on another review.He talks about how annoying it is..

@spb81 2 ай бұрын

what an absolute stunner of a car!

@sujpuj 8 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you spoke about getting in and out of the vehicle! Nobody talks about Ingress and egress

@michaelcalder9089 12 күн бұрын

Would the reviewer's head be brushing the headlining if the sunroof was closed ??

@CrystalNinja07 8 ай бұрын

How tall are you?

@subithsukumar4362 8 ай бұрын

Tats a great looking car❤

@danieltaylor4475 3 ай бұрын

Great review! Just wondering if it’s a concern that this car doesn’t have an ANCAP safety rating? Would this be a reason not to buy it?

@henrytoussaint7 5 күн бұрын

Considering it shares the same platform with the Tucson, Santa Fe, STARIA, Kia Sportage, Kia Sorento, and Kia Carnival (all which are ANCAP 5 Star rated here), I would say it should be quite safe!

@mubirudenis809 8 ай бұрын

Does it come with blind view camera??

@CheatinJerry 8 ай бұрын

Yes, about 9 minutes in.

@m3csl89 8 ай бұрын

it's hyundai's loss for not bringing the hybrid variant here. it'll definitely give the camry hybrid competition.

@sangkookyi7448 5 ай бұрын

it's very good car

@mighty_bunny 8 ай бұрын

I actually saw a Hyundai Sonata taxi today! Pre-facelift, of course.

@mubirudenis809 8 ай бұрын

Nice car. Sonata

@desilifekta007 8 ай бұрын

So.Nice from Pakistan

@Mexxx65 8 ай бұрын

3rd Podium! Probably the only podium this new Sonata will get in Oz

@PlaAwa 8 ай бұрын

nice car. i'll wait for the awd version with a light coloured interior.

@mharro88 8 ай бұрын

Which isn't happening

@PlaAwa 8 ай бұрын

yeah, highly unlikely changes for an outgoing model but perhaps they'll consider it for the all-new replacement, if there'll be one. I mean, if you're going to continue making sedans in this day and age, might as well go all out and cover all bases to appeal to a larger market. too many companies cheap out down under and I reckon, lose potential sales and customers as a result. Specifically thinking about volvo right now, where they have a bunch of options elsewhere for certain models but they'll only release one version/single spec of a given model in oz. and it will be drab with a completely black interior. obvs, they don't have a big enough market to justify providing options, esp if they have experienced having a whole hodge podge of models with various trims left over that they end up have to get rid of at a loss ultimately. they probably think they're choosing the most commonly palatable combination of options but I respect a slightly more daring company. they don't have to go all out but they also don't have to be completely bread and butter bland about things for the sake of higher turnover. then again, 99% of businesses are guided primarily by 'the bottom line' and sales figures.

@pavyjohal 8 ай бұрын

Ya na it's not coming and this is probably the last sonata just like the stinger..

@senorpapasfritasconqueso 8 ай бұрын

It's called the Stinger

@GoogleAccount-pt4zu 8 ай бұрын

Hyundai aren’t making any AWD vehicles just yet, the current line up are FWD only, and the Stinger is only RWD in Australia, we don’t get the AWD variant here. Also keep it FWD, it’s more fun flooring it and hearing your tyres burn and screech like a mad man around a corner or bend with all that torque. Plus being AWD makes it heavier and it loses performance from a roll-on, so just keep it as it is for now

@A861967 3 ай бұрын

Pity it’s now a AWD like the wrx 😊

@jonathanchai8702 8 ай бұрын

How's that traffic sign recognition warning?

@BellyToGilly 5 ай бұрын

brooo you are the cousin of Girafee

@TenzWang88 4 ай бұрын

$60k for an Hyundai sonata.Hyundai might out of their bloody mind. No one going to pay over $60k for a sedan. 😂

@vjdfl5 8 ай бұрын

RIP bolser @3:02

@MrFordy90 8 ай бұрын

While great, I despise the way the DCT gets moving from a stop, so frustrating. Would also prefer AWD 🤣

@bdog0212 5 ай бұрын

I have been driving a DCT for 3 years now(2021 N Line) and it is a little annoying. If this were paired with a traditional 8 speed auto I would fall in love. I am still thinking of upgrading the 21 for the 24, I guess the DCT grows on ya.

@puntybrah 2 ай бұрын

people buy suv heee but dont even leave their hometown its buffling.

@WayApp 5 ай бұрын

The review is out

@Lucas-ee6rr 8 ай бұрын

Where is the 0-100 time?

@lukemothug 5 ай бұрын

6.0

@JohnLee-db9zt 5 ай бұрын

1 millisecond

@williamlambert352 8 ай бұрын

People and pensioners happy get finance on car

@shayanApuhamy 8 ай бұрын

Center of gravity...

@Dominify 2 ай бұрын

Carguide’s gone woke

@avaliacarros7739 5 ай бұрын

At 3:54 of the video is reported that car has 16.9 cubic feet or 480 liters of trunk or boot space. This is the typical FAKE GOURMET sedan, the one that comes ready to be swallowed by an SUV. In the ranking of decent sedans (TOP 500 SEDANS) with a trunk capacity above 500 liters or 17.6 cubic feet it does not enter.