Early reviews of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata broke embargo this week. The early word? Pretty darn great. The new Sonata’s average score from critics jumped an amazing eight points as compared to the outgoing models. While the ‘09 and ‘10 models averaged a 79 and 80, respectively, and earned modest praise for their value, Hyundai’s newest edition is averaging an 87, and is being described as a new class leader Click for more
The finalists for the 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year Award are out and we couldn’t help doing a little prognostication as to who might follow the 2009’s winner, the Hyundai Genesis (above).
By Motormouths scores alone the Porsche Panamera should be a lock for the Car award with a 90 score (followed by the Click for more
Here’s a little meta-review experiment. We ran all the recent published reviews of the Hyundai Genesis through a word cloud generator, to see if critics happened to grab for a particular adjective when writing about the car. And yep, they did.
As you can see, critics think the Genesis is a very good value.
This’ll be fun. Edmunds.com just published its list of the “10 least expensive 2009 midsize sedans on the market.” It’s a handy list. Ah, but what scores do these econo-sedans get from published critics? Glad you asked:
2009 Kia Optima, $17,495. Score on MotorMouths: 77
(It’s still early, but it looks like it’s going to score as well as its big brother.)
Heretofore a scrappy underdog, Hyundai’s profile is skyrocketing, thanks to cheeky ads and brilliant marketing. (On Edmunds.com, traffic to pages featuring Hyundai’s Genesis are up 86 percent.) It helps that Hyundai is good cars. Check a few thousand reviews, and you’ll see that they have the second-highest rated sedan in America.
