Autoblog: Second Drive: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid

cwerdna · Oct 19, 2010

Second Drive: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid — Autoblog

At some point, the minds at Hyundai got serious about the company's mid-sized sedan game. Seemingly in a heartbeat, the Korean manufacturer went from being completely under the radar of the average American family sedan buyer to a viable alternative to default buys like the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. That jump fell solely on the shoulders of the all-new 2011 Sonata, a sedan that has so far delivered the kind of styling, efficiency and low MSRP that sends consumers scrambling for their checkbook. But if you want to go the full distance in this segment, you had better come to the fight packing more than just a competent base model....
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There also this note that I didn't realize:

As it sits, the car is eligible for a $1,300 federal tax credit, at least for the first month it's on sale. Hyundai says that buyers can snap up their own Sonata Hybrid starting this December, but unfortunately, the federal tax incentive program for hybrid vehicles is scheduled to dry up at the end of 2010, so interested parties would do well not to dawdle.
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I've confirmed it via Federal Tax Credits for Hybrids and will start another post on that. The obviously doesn't matter for Toyota, Honda and Ford anymore, but it does matter for other automakers like GM and Nissan which hadn't hit their last phaseout period.

Autoblog: Second Drive: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid

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Autoblog: Second Drive: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid

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