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Just call it impressive: Updated technology, including a first-in-class direct-injection four-cylinder, joins a seductive new design direction.


Think what you will about the ever-expanding ?four-door coupe? theme?now applied to everything from luxury SUVs to mainstream sedans?but you just can?t help but be seized by the design of the new 2011 Hyundai Sonata debuting at the L.A. auto show. (Even if there appears to be plenty of Volkswagen CC and even a bit of Toyota Camry Solara to its looks.) Styled in the company?s California studio, the Sonata is strikingly swoopy and all creased up with Hyundai?s new design language called ?Fluidic Sculpture,? which we?re told we?ll be seeing a lot more of in the future.





But this is far more than just a design exercise, and it was paramount that the new shape didn?t sacrifice interior practicality. Buyers in this category?as opposed to, say, those looking at a Mercedes-Benz CLS?will not be sold on looks alone.




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