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Report: Hyundai Sonata Hybrid delay due to modifications of virtual engine sound

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Government/Legal , Hyundai 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery In mid-October, Hyundai announced that its 2011 Sonata Hybrid would be eligible for a $1,300 tax credit. The electrified midsize sedan was scheduled to hit dealerships in late 2010 and the first 60,000 buyers in line to plop down some cash for the Sonata Hybrid would’ve pocketed that credit. However, there was a hitch: the Sonata Hybrid was delayed, dashing any chance of snagging the $1,300 credit .

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Report: Hyundai Sonata Hybrid delay due to modifications of virtual engine sound

Kia Sportage with turbo engine debuts in Canada

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Filed under: Crossover , Kia , Canada The 2011 International Truck of the Year has an all new available engine under the hood. Canadian Kia fans can soon head over to dealers and pick up the 2011 Kia Sportage SX, which features a directly-injected 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. We’d expect the U.S. to follow suit in very short order

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Hypermiler Wayne Gerdes: After 2,269 miles and 59 mpg, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid "kicks ass"

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Etc. , Hyundai 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Cross Country Blue Drive – Click above for image gallery Last fall, hypermiler Wayne Gerdes proposed to Hyundai that he drive a 2011 Sonata Hybrid across the country to help the automaker get the vehicle from the media launch location in California to Ann Arbor, MI, saying he thought he could do it with fewer than two tanks of gas. Of course, he proposed it on October, when the temperatures were still pretty warm and before he knew what the Sonata Hybrids’s fuel tank capacity is. Back then, he told AutoblogGreen today, he thought, the car was “worth 65 [miles per gallon] in the summer.

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Hyundai Sonata edges Volt in Autoblog’s informal Car of the Year poll

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Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Hyundai 2011 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T – Click above for high-res image gallery The finalists for this year’s North American Car and Truck of the Year awards may have been no big surprise, but the vehicle that our readers chose for Car of the Year honors came as a shock. The NACATOY judges picked the Chevrolet Volt , Hyundai Sonata and Nissan Leaf as finalists for Car of the Year. While the Leaf saw a little bit of love with 2,820 votes in our unofficial poll, as well as being named European Car of the Year , the final tally came down to a bare-knuckles fight between the Volt and 2011 Sonata.

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First Drive: 2011 Kia Optima 2.0T

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Filed under: Sedan , Kia , First Drive Meet the Sonata 2.0T’s Evil Twin 2011 Kia Optima 2.0T – Click above for high-res image gallery By this point, you should know all about the excellent new turbocharged, direct-injection four-cylinder engine from Hyundai and, by extension, Kia . We’ve spent plenty of pixels gushing about the engine’s power and efficiency when lodged in the nose of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T , and judging from our time behind the wheel of the 2011 Kia Optima 2.0T , the engine is no less at home lighting up the tires of the newest sedan from Kia. Buyers looking for a four-door with a little more edge than the Honda Accord , Toyota Camry or even the embiggened Sonata will be happy to see that the newest interpretation of the Optima wears some seriously aggressive sheetmetal outside to go with some of the best power and fuel-efficiency in the mid-sized sedan class. Kia says that the Optima 2.0T was built to be the Sonata’s more menacing cousin, and in addition to the sedan’s brawny lines and 274-horsepower four-cylinder turbo, the company’s engineers folded in a firmer suspension and reworked power steering system for a more athletic driving experience.

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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid priced from $25,795*

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Filed under: Car Buying , Hybrid , Sedan , Hyundai 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery Hyundai has garnered quite a bit of praise with its all-new 2011 Sonata sedan, with its most recent accolade being named to the finalists of the North American Car of the Year . In addition to the naturally aspirated and turbocharged versions, the Korean automaker is offering up the eco-friendly Sonata Hybrid with tweaked styling and the ability to achieve up to 35/40 miles per gallon, city/highway. The first Sonata Hybrids will go on sale this January, and the automaker has just announced that the car will carry a base price of $25,795 (*not including $750 in destination charges). In addition to the more efficient powertrain, the Sonata Hybrid comes standard with things like LED headlight accents, LED taillamps, fog lights, iPod/USB connectivity, Bluetooth and automatic headlamp control

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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid priced from $25,795*