 What is up you guys welcome back to another one if you're new to the channel I'm Goldpony at the new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today we are in the brand new 2023 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid courtesy of Jackie Ambalo Hyundai in York PA for more information on their inventory please feel free to check out the link in the description box below and so if you have a long commute to work this may very well be a very good option for you let me just start by saying that not only that there's actually a lot on the hybrid that the traditional Sonata doesn't get like for example I looked back there's rear window sunshades back there we do have the top trim level we'll get into the trims in a second year but you don't get rear window sunshades on the regular Sonata not only that the hybrid version of the Sonata is actually built in Korea whereas the traditional Sonata if you look at the vins for every single one of them it says five which means it's built in the US so that is another differentiation between the two but anyways you also get America's best warranty five years 60,000 mile bumper to bumper 10 years 100,000 miles on the powertrain get three years of complimentary maintenance so ultimately in this video we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking steering for a ride quality sound system exhaust clip all that fun stuff so having said all that what do you guys say let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always let's start with pricing and so as you can imagine there are a few different trim levels for the Sonata hybrid first one being blue starting at $27,950 which is a kind of average $900 increase from the 2022 model year SEL for $31,300 lastly the limited being the one we have today starting at $36,250 but regardless of trim level that you go with the power plant on the Sonata hybrid is going to be the same powering the beast is a two liter Atkinson cycle inline four cylinder paired with an electric motor with a lithium ion battery pack so 192 horsepower at 6,000 rpm combined 151 pound feet of torque 0 to 60 approximately 8.1 seconds power sent to the front wheels there were six speed automatic with pedal shifters which of course we will be testing out here in a little bit mpg's are going to differ slightly amongst the trim levels for the blue trim you're going to get 50 in the city 54 on the highway so you're going to get the most with that one but for the other two trims 45 in the city 51 on the highway taking regular unleaded fuel with a max range Hyundai says of 686 miles that is dang impressive now I will say the regular Sonata still gives you a little over 500 even that's impressive but 686 that's a lot right now it's showing 573 that we have left so that's pretty darn good too but anyways if you were to do any kind of fun acceleration here in our 2023 Sonata hybrid I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes there's actually a little toggle switch located just to the left of the cup holders that will include custom sport eco and smart adjusting things like the shift points of throttle response and the steering sensitivity what I personally like is that custom driving mode will allow you to kind of tailor the steering feel to be a bit heavier but not necessarily give you all that instant acceleration all the time because you might not necessarily want that if you're going for mpg's in this thing so that's what I personally love the most but anyways now having got all of that out of the way what do you guys say let's go ahead and find a straight away let's put the acceleration and paddle shifters here to the test and let's start by seeing how quickly these paddle shifters are going to react for us here all right second gear we're going to start from here go oh all right a couple things there is a massive delay with the paddle shift is i'm just going to be honest so I wouldn't even use it but actually one thing I would use it for we're going down a massive hill right now you can actually just hit the downshift do a little bit of engine braking so it's going to slow you down without actually you having to hit the brakes and that's going to kind of help you when it's snowing out so let's likely to slide off the hill for that so that is definitely nice that they're there for that reason not only that paddle shifters are pretty high quality as well they're not that boring matte black or matte gray that you typically find with most other manufacturers out there they're actually finished in a nice smooth silver finish here so I do like them for that but having said that paddle shifters are definitely not the quickest things out there right now so do want to mention that but anyways since we have got that out of the way what do you guys say let's go ahead and find one more straight away here let's put the acceleration to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here off the speed all right here we go a little bit of a rolling start but off we go not bad as far as that instant acceleration goes not bad now it is in the quickest thing in the world at um at higher speeds but at lower speeds now i'm used to a 1.6 liter turbocharged four cylinder in the regular sonata and there's a slight bit of turbo lag when you first hit that but there wasn't any turbo lag in this because it's not turbo charged it's a naturally aspirated acheson cycle four cylinder with a hybrid setup so there's no turbo lag whatsoever obviously so I actually don't mind that initial punch but again not the quickest thing in the world but anyways to go along with that acceleration as always braking is equally important so of course you will find power assisted four wheel disc brakes with regenerative braking as well for the hybrid so that is pretty cool as far as braking feel goes it's okay typically hybrids and electric vehicles as well you do get a little bit of a different braking feel I'm not saying it's bad it's just different it's probably going to take a little bit to get used to but having said that it's not bad it definitely brings you to a nice stop so personally for me I'm not going to have any issues there but then touching on suspension and handling up front you're going to get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back independent multi link rear suspension as far as ride quality goes it's been perfectly fine in my short-level test drive here today so I personally have had no issues with that so far as steering feel goes that is ridiculously adjustable I'll just put it that way I still got it in sport driving mode it's a very nicely weighted steering feel definitely on the heavier side of things but having said that if you take it out of that sport driving mode and put it in the eco it is going to loosen up pretty substantially to a very loosey-goosey steering feel so you can adjust that like I said there is that custom mode as well for kind of the best of both worlds you can really tailor it to your own liking there so I'm a huge fan of that as far as cabin always goes honestly I have been going 50 miles per hour a little while back there and it's not that bad I remember in the past Sonata is having a decent amount of wind noise coming in through the driver's side window usually but for this one it hasn't been that bad so I personally haven't had any issues there and that may be due in part because you get an acoustic laminated front windshield for all trim levels but not only that for the SEL and limited you actually get acoustic laminated front side glass which you don't usually get standard so that is a huge benefit to the very serene cabin that we have in this Sonata hybrid limited trim level that we have today so cabin always is actually 100% on point touchy-goat visibility it's excellent I can see perfectly fine out the back not only that you get rain sensing windshield wipers for all trim levels across the board so that is definitely a big win there essentially what that is is whenever the vehicle detects any kind of mist or rainfall it's going to automatically turn on this windshield wipers for you kind of like automatic headlights just one less thing you got to worry about there and for the limited that we have today I am also looking at a head-up display which is projecting my speed speed limit and safety features up onto my windshield so that is definitely going to assist with forward visibility there as well but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review guys so go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Hyundai Sonata hybrid all right you guys so here she is the new 2023 Hyundai Sonata hybrid finished in serenity white which actually is a $400 paint option in case you were curious so that is what you guys are looking at right now but as always let's go ahead and start up front because there actually is a unique front fascia for the hybrid variant of this particular Sonata so I did want to mention that including that chrome bar kind of going across the lower portion of that front bumper there that is going to be unique again to the hybrid you got chrome horizontal bars on the front grille then also a little bit unique to the hybrid as well to the sides though LED headlights do come standard across the board they come with the automatic feature as well meaning when it starts to get dark and at night headlights will turn on automatically for you there but my favorite part is the LED daytime running lights I'm going to get up a little bit closer here to show you guys although the lights are off right now I'll try to get a shot for you but essentially the LED daytime running lights kind of go in the bottom portion of those front headlights and then they continue up on the hood until you get to this little crease right here because they slowly fade out onto the hood it's like no other vehicle on the road so I am a huge fan of the design to those LED daytime running lights for that particular reason but another big benefit here automatic high beams coming standard for all trim levels across the board in a case you didn't notice on those headlights they were actually projector style since we do have the limited trim level with us here today so all the other Sonatas typically will be reflector style LEDs whereas these are projector style so little added illumination there at night and you do have some front air curtains then to the sides kind of directing the air around the wheel and tire combination as well so overall definitely a fan personally of the front end of this one let me know what you think of it in the comment section below but now let's go ahead and make our way to the side of the Sonata hybrid all right so but now since we are around to the side of this one chrome windows surrounds will come standard matte black window trim will come standard as well and I wanted to mention that because some of the other Sonatas do get the gloss black window trim as opposed to the matte black window trim that even our limited trim level has with us here today body color door handles coming with the blue but you do get some satin chrome accents for the SEL and limited trim levels on the upper portion of those door handles body color power adjustable side mirrors will come standard with LED integrated turd signals as well and side mirrors are actually going to be heated then for the SEL and limited trim levels then take a look down at the wheel setup 16 inch alloys for the blue 17 inch multi spoke aluminum alloys then for the SEL and limited and they're kind of like an aerodynamically designed wheel so it definitely looks good down there very unique to the hybrid as opposed to the traditional Sonata trim levels but pretty much rounds out the side profile here let's now go ahead and make our way to the back so now since you are around to the back of this one gloss black shark fin antenna found all the way to the top just below that you will find LED tail lights coming standard across the board gotta love that do us a sonata lettering spelled out horizontally on that rear trunk there that is pretty cool you got the hybrid badging as well found on the right hand side of the trunk so that kind of lets you know this is the hybrid that you're looking at here LED license plate lighting though also coming standard not a huge deal but I always like to mention it though and of course you do get a hybrid specific rear bumper there's a little bit of a gloss black rear diffuser there in the middle but essentially there is a single exhaust outlet tucked away kind of on the right hand side and I'm going to give this a shot but having said that it might not work it doesn't always work with hybrids as far as the exhaust clip here so I think you guys know what we have to do next let's go ahead and give this a shot as always here is that exhaust clip all right so but now since we are around to the back of this one when it comes to opening that rear trunk there are several different ways to go ahead and do that one of them is there is a button on the key fob of course there's also a button by the driver's side left knee but my favorite way about opening the trunk there is actually a hidden button on the trunk itself on the upper portion of the Hyundai logo if you press in on that it's actually going to open up for you that's kind of the James Bond 007 way to open it but anyways once opened up cargo capacity comes in an even 16 cubic feet which is very respectable actually if that was not enough space there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it there is some cargo lighting back there and then if you were to lift up underneath that cargo floor you're actually not going to find a spare tire where you usually find that with a regular Sonata but you will find a tire inflator kit so don't want to mention that there is some in-floor storage for maybe an ice scraper or some other things as well so but then making our way up to the rear legroom then just going to come in at 34.8 inches for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I have back there rear ventilation does come standard for all trim levels across the board there is one USB charging port back there for all trim levels as well big fan of that and there is a rear center armrest with cup holders then coming with the limited but again one thing I didn't expect to see here on our limited trim level is there are rear window sunshades that you don't get on the regular Sonata so that is pretty cool I'm a big fan of that so if you have small kids that maybe you don't want the sun in their eyes or whatever when you're going on a drive or when you're sitting in a parking lot whatever the case that's pretty cool I like that but then making our way up to the front seats six-way manually adjustable driver seat with the blue eight-way power driver seat then for the SEL unlimited trim levels and that comes with four-way powered lumbar as well cloth seating coming with the blue and SEL trims then leather seating coming with our limited that we have today heated front seats for the SEL limited ventilated front seats for the limited memory settings for the limited as well and that's for up to two different drivers found at the driver's side door there overall seating was actually pretty darn comfortable I had no issues it is leather seating it's plenty adjustable you got the lumbar adjustment so definitely didn't have any issues there then take a look at the steering wheel just tilt and telescoping it will be leather-wrapped for the SEL unlimited trims and then heated actually for the limited trim level as well and that heated steering wheel buttons located kind of where all the climb control buttons are so I did would have mentioned that in the 10 to two grips they're kind of on the thicker side of things at least thicker than the non-leather wrap steering wheel I'll put it that way so I was actually a big fan of that but now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key here you got your hunded logo on the one side then when you flip it over lock unlock that circular button that says hold that's going to be your remote start there is also a hunded digital key which comes with the SEL or limited essentially you just download the hunded app on your phone you put your phone up to the door handle it's going to lock and unlock that way and then you put your phone on the wireless charging pad and that is how you're going to be able to start the vehicle up if you didn't want to carry your keys around so I've actually done that before it's pretty darn convenient but the best part is hunded smack pack which is going to be the the P buttons so if you're in a tight parking space you can actually push that once you use the remote start it's going to pull you out or it can back you in as well or back you out for that matter so that is a pretty cool feature and something that you'll probably play around more than you think you're well with so anyways it is all keyless entry with the push button start so all I'm going to do here is simply put my foot on the brake and press that silver engine start button located just by the driver's right knee and so gauges are pretty darn impressive here and are limited I put it that way because you will get analog gauges for the blue and SEL trims but you will get a 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster with the limited trim that we have today and again it is completely customizable especially dependent upon the drive mode you put it in sport it's kind of kind of do this explosion and then give you a bunch of red and black hues you put it in eco you're going to have a bunch of blue hues and if you put it in smart it's going to be kind of like a neutral black and white kind of setup so bunch of different loadouts for the gauges so I'm an absolute huge fan of that and it gives you everything like outside temperature how many miles you have left until you hit empty and so on all the basics basically but then make your way to overall interior quality now this is going to be the big change for 2023 at least regarding the sonata hybrid here is there's no more solar roof available for the sonata hybrid they used to have that in 2022 and before but now that is going to be replaced with a panoramic sunroof coming standard here for the limited it's kind of a dual pane so rear passengers kind of have their own as well so it is pretty cool looking wireless phone charger coming standard with the sd on the limited you do get an auto dimming rear view mirror with home light controls for the limited trim level that's for up to three different garage doors dual zoom climate control coming standard across the board leatherette wrapped dashboard for the limited trim level so that is pretty cool i like that and it has some contrast stitching there led interior lighting coming with the limited we also get 64 colors of led ambient lighting for the limited as well and so that can be adjusted of course through the infotainment screen and i'll show you guys how to do that here in a second when we get to that but overall interior quality is 100 perfectly fine a lot of times it's going to be a lot of matte gray and black finishes so there is none of that kind of had this cool design right around the cup holders you have some gloss black finishes right around the shift buttons so by the way there are shift buttons i didn't mention that yet so it's not like a traditional shifter you push the dn for drive the p for park r for reverse and for neutral and so on so just in front of that you got a 12 volt power outlet couple usb charging ports and the wireless phone charger of course and within a center armrest there is a decent amount of storage within there as well but so then making our way to the infotainment screen eight inch color touchscreen display will come with the blue and scl trims however if you go with the limited you're going to get a 10 and a quarter inch color touchscreen display so that is what of course you guys are looking at right now i love it such a massive screen bluetooth and audio streaming android auto apple car play of course factory navigation system coming with the limited that is pretty darn cool as well climate control information you can check out up there there is a voice memo system which essentially allows you to record your voice and then play it back at a later date that is pretty cool and of course specific to the hybrid there is actually a hybrid icon which kind of gives you your energy flow and your average miles per gallon and your electric motor use at any given time so that is a fun little thing to play around with as well and of course you can adjust your radio information up there as well and so when it comes to the sound systems on the sonata hybrid you will get six speakers coming with the blue but if you were to go with that sl or limited you're going to get a 12 speaker Bose sound system so having said that i think let's go ahead and turn on the radio here see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one it's insane it is literally insane that bass was rumbling the entire vehicle probably was rumbling my camera that was an amazing sound system for the sonata hybrid without a doubt and i've had both sound systems in my car as they've never failed me before so that is an amazing sound system for the sonata hybrid but last thing i want to mention you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put this thing in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board for all trim levels and you will also get a 360 degree monitor for our limited trim level that we have here today giving that bird's eye view which is always it's going to lead us into safety and so to start the sonata is an IIHS top safety pick so that's a good start right there front side side curtain airbags do come standard driver's knee airbag as well in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard is a good bit including forward collision avoidance assist with pedestrian detection lane keep assist lane following assist driver attention warning system and adaptive cruise control with stop and go which is an amazing system with any Hyundai Kia or Genesis it keeps you centered in the lane it really does stop to a complete stop and then go when the vehicle starts moving in front of you it's it's insane rear occupant alert safe exit warning in a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert but i will say the limited trim is going to add some to that as well including a blind spot view monitor so when you put on your turd signals it's going to show you what is in your blind spot up on the digital gauges up front so that is a pretty cool feature as well you also get front and rear parking sensors with the limited highway driving assist which is Hyundai's level two autonomous driving system and rear parking collision avoidance assist as well so overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Sonata hybrid great exterior styling i've always been a fan of the styling of the Sonata 50 plus mpgs is dang impressive so like i said at the beginning of the video if you got a long commute this is definitely a solid pick for that because you get America's best warranty with that as well and three years of complimentary maintenance you got a max range of 686 miles this thing will take you a good bit before you have to refill again so that is pretty cool you get 64 colors of ambient lighting i'm always a huge fan of that digital gauges the only thing is like i said the braking feel is a little bit wonky like it might just be something i'm not used to but you typically do find this like i said earlier with hybrids and electric vehicles so not a huge fan of the braking but everything else i'm a massive fan of so let me know what you guys think it's not a hybrid in the comment section below and that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to youtube be sure to hit the subscribe bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and i will see you guys all in the next video stay gold