By GI Korea on January 22nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Souped Up Sonata

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Korea’s top automaker, Hyundai Motor, unveiled the latest version of its flagship Sonata mid-size sedan yesterday at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. The Sonata 2.4 GDi is a more spacious and powerful version of previous Sonata sedans. It’s equipped with a 2.4-liter gasoline direct-injection engine, which produces 201 horsepower at its peak, according to Hyundai officials. [NEWSIS

• jacksonbrowne
  8:54 am on January 22nd, 2010 1

  A Sonata is a Sonata .. no amount of fluff will change that.

• Leon LaPorte
  9:10 am on January 22nd, 2010 2

  Couldn't they have found more attractive models? I've seen better looking girls than that dancing in front of a supermarket grand opening in Dongducheon.

• Typo
  9:11 am on January 22nd, 2010 3

  When I first saw the new sonata I thought it looked good but now that I see a lot of them around I think the new body style looks like crap.

• kushibo
  11:21 am on January 22nd, 2010 4

  I wish they'd gone with a more toned-down version of the Genesis and Azera (Grandeur). Too much flash, methinks.

• tokyojesusfist
  4:02 pm on January 22nd, 2010 5

  They look fine to me.

  But the car is very strange. It looks confusing and unsettling.

• Teadrinker
  1:29 am on January 23rd, 2010 6

  Models? At first glance I thought it was the driver and passenger showing off the new the hood ornament.

• jacksonbrowne
  6:58 am on January 23rd, 2010 7

  Korea is all about selling the sizzle, not the steak – there could no engine in the car, but you'll look great sitting in it and oh boy, will the neighbors be impressed you can afford it. Now where is that Cashee & Rushee phone number, I need floor mats.

• Teadrinker
  9:45 am on January 23rd, 2010 8

  Did you see the new SM5? It's based on the Renault Laguna, but the styling is closer to that of a Nissan (which is owned by Renault). Either way, it looks smaller than the old design.

• Leon LaPorte
  7:21 am on January 24th, 2010 9

  In a bride of Frankenstein sort of way I suppose. Korea has much more beautiful women than that, and they can be seen walking all over the place.

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