In the year of 2001, Hyundai launched its Sonata luxury sedan that got an overwhelming response from the Indian customers with aggressive visual perspective and alluring cabin. Some years later, the manufacturer again introduced the facelift model, but this time, its demand was decreased as compared to the outgoing one due to an unsophisticated outlook. However, the updated version was also available with diesel and in spite of this, the people had not shown a noteworthy interest in it.
Afterward, in 2012, Hyundai rolled out the next generation variant in order to remove the paucities that were found in the previous one alongside tremendous exterior designing, while this luxury sedan didn't get any diesel trims, which played a very negative role in the Indian automobile market by shortening its selling rate badly. Hence, the Korean company has finally stopped the production of Sonata for the country and yet, it is considering to build regular vehicle at an affordable price to get impressive profit.
Spilling the beans about the cosmetic components of this discontinued product, the runabout comprises a captivating visual part as well as incredible interior along with ventilated seats, seat warmers, rain sensor and headlamp washer. Mechanically, this car was available in 2.4 litre 4-cylinder petrol engine to produce an appreciable power of 201 PS and a transcendent torque of 250 Nm including a 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission systems.
Apart from Hyundai Sonata, the Honda Accord and Nissan Teana have also been discontinued due to the same reason.
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