Hyundai i45

[Thugstercena]

sian. i just saw avante with the i45 grill today. its really not very nice. As a matter of fact, its ugly.

[Notsogoodman]

U got the price list bro?

[Hummer]

Just saw 1 white i45 on the road in Punggol. So fast OTR liao?

 

Very nice ride.

[Wintersonata]

Just saw 1 white i45 on the road in Punggol. So fast OTR liao?

 

Very nice ride.

 

Not possible... Is it a Honda City?

[Blueshear]

Bro, not possible to see i45 OTR lar

[Tt_hh]

the 1st look like camry

 

2nd thoughts make me think if it will be common on the road as taxi

press release by komoco in biz times...the new sonata not to be use as taxi.

[Tt_hh]

Hi bro.

 

Komoco too would like to bring in the Genesis coupe, but homogation has to pass first, followed by wheather there will be a right hand drive in the 1st place.

aussie getting the rhd genesis coupe in sept....

[Limxiaoming]

Ooo!

 

Do u have a link bro?

 

 

[Limxiaoming]

Just saw 1 white i45 on the road in Punggol. So fast OTR liao?

 

Very nice ride.

 

 

Haha bro maybe U saw the Avante with the i45 grill that bro Thugstercena mentioned he saw?

 

Lols

[Alfisti168]

http://www.carsguide.com.au/site/news-and-...nesis_to_arrive

 

This is another article but it doesnt state the source though: http://www.headlightmag.com/webboard/index.php?topic=3715.0

[Hummer]

Haha bro maybe U saw the Avante with the i45 grill that bro Thugstercena mentioned he saw?

 

Lols

 

Dunno man, I may be wrong though but it looks too big to be an Avante.

[Spurman]

Dunno man, I may be wrong though but it looks too big to be an Avante.

 

I tink I45 not yet release on roads yet... This morning was at Komocco doing servicing and met up with my fav SE.. And he says car will be out by March... No I45 yet in the show room

[Frog]

is this considered luxury "look" ?

[Manterror]

Wah congrats bro...

 

Picanto upgrade all the way to Sonata.

 

Must be found a good job liao la haha. huat ah.

 

Update u again all my files are in office... Gone back for reunion dinner lo.

 

Happy chinese new year bros

Happy Chinesse New Year too bro. Wil fwd u my contact details and who knows i45 will be my next ride

[Axela72]

press release by komoco in biz times...the new sonata not to be use as taxi.

 

 

If they are not again purchase by the taxi company. the chances of possible reason I can think of is either due to;

 

-price is not attactive;

-realibility issue;

-high FC?

[Multi]

Buying a new Sonata? Don't worry, it's not a taxi

 

Hyundai distributor Komoco Motors will not turn the new Hyundai Sonata into a taxi ,which should reassure future Sonata owners.

 

Fri, Jan 01, 2010

The Business Times

 

By SAMUEL EE

 

A NEW Hyundai Sonata will be launched in Singapore in March, but it will not be operated as a taxi, says authorised Hyundai distributor Komoco Motors.

 

'We are not going to turn it into a taxi,' Ron Song, Komoco's director of operations, has been quoted as saying. 'It would be too extravagant for the job.'

 

In fact, the new model may not even be called a Sonata.

 

It is understood that Komoco may propose a name change, partly because the new car is bigger, longer and bears no resemblance to its predecessor, and partly to distinguish it more clearly from the taxi model.

 

The new sixth-generation YF Sonata embodies the Korean car maker's new 'fluidic sculpture' design and looks radically different from the car it replaces.

 

Powered by a new two-litre, 165-horsepower petrol engine mated to a new six-speed automatic gearbox, the new car took four years and 450 billion won (S$540 million) to develop. It was introduced in its home market in September.

 

The cabin is more upscale than that of the previous car and it has a wider variety of standard equipment, including a start button, steering-mounted shift paddles, vehicle dynamic control, and bluetooth connectivity.

 

Komoco did not give more details, but the car is expected to cost slightly more than the old Sonata and will most likely be benchmarked against the best-selling model in this segment: the Toyota Camry.

 

The current fifth-generation NF Sonata was adopted as a taxi by ComfortDelGro when full-scale introduction of the diesel model began in March 2007. The cab version has a two-litre turbo-diesel engine mated to a four-speed automatic transmission.

 

Since July this year, Komoco Motors stopped selling the passenger car version, so only 49 units were registered for private use in 2009.

 

About 6,500 Sonata taxis ply the roads, either as blue Comfort taxis or yellow CityCab versions. More units are expected to hit the roads in 2010 when it is expected that a substantial number will be ordered by ComfortDelGro as part of its replacement cycle.

 

This article was first published in The Business Times.

[Limxiaoming]

Yup its been known for a while now that the Sonata will be renamed.

 

i45.

[Axela72]

They are not going to sell to as a taxi or the taxi owner not going to buy from them?

 

That make a huge differ hor