SURFACING ONLINE TODAY, these new images - purportedly the first official photos but more likely to be ’screen grabs’ from a promotional video - offer the first decent glimpse of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata in production guise.

Leaving behind the more traditional styling of the current model, the next generation Sonata takes on a sharper, [...]

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A MASKED-UP Hyundai prototype has been spotted displaying an engine bay full of heavy-duty electrical hardware, confirming that development is well underway for the company’s first mid-sized hybrid.

Underneath the heavy camouflage lies the 2011 Hyundai Sonata, due to be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2010.

Hyundai is expected to revitalise the Sonata with [...]

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HYUNDAI IS BUSY tooling up its US engine plant in Montgomery to switch production from the current four-cylinder motors to more powerful and more efficient direct-injected petrol engines.

The new direct-injected mills will likely feature in upcoming versions of the US-market Santa Fe and Sonata, and output is expected to be around the 149kW mark - [...]

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HYUNDAI’S ENGINEERS and designers are right now working to bring to market what promises to be a revolutionary leap forward for the Korean giant-killer, in the form of the sleek upcoming 2010 Hyundai Sonata.

But for the moment, the current fourth generation Sonata, first released back in 2006, is Hyundai’s offering in the mid-size sedan segment [...]

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In an effort to create the same instant name-recognition that Toyota has achieved with the Prius, Hyundai is reportedly considering an all-new body design for its upcoming Sonata-based hybrid.

Hyundai-Kia Motors Research and Development president Woong-Chul Yang believes that many Prius buyers choose the car not only for altruistic reasons, but also because its unique design [...]

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While the above image is merely a concept rendering with no official ties to Hyundai, our friends at Autoblog have gotten their hands on what appear to be spy photos of the genuine article out in cold-weather testing.

The Sonata is next in line for a complete redesign, and if the spy photos and the concept [...]

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