2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid First Review - Kelley Blue Book
Diesel still hasn't grabbed as big of a slice of the U. S. market like some automakers had hoped while others, like Hyundai, push on with hybrid powertrains. The latest example of hybrid technology from the Korean automaker comes in the form of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models. It's no secret that California is the biggest hybrid market in the country and Hyundai plans to treat it as such as it will be one of the first of 10 states to get the Sonata Plug-in. For the 2015 model year, the Hyundai Sonata with a conventional powertrain was redesigned while the hybrid carried over. Now, a year later, we finally get the hybrid powertrain in the latest generation Sonata and there's much to recommend. Our biggest gripe with the previous Sonata Hybrid was that the brakes were hard to modulate and bit down too hard even when slightest amount of force was applied. That's been rectified for the 2016 model year and now the Sonata Hybrid is easy to manipulate in stop-and-go traffic thanks in part of a new hydraulic braking system. Source: www.kbb.com
