There has a few best reason why numerous Chinese automakers turn to European studios when it comes to designing cars. Hyundai’s new mid-size sedan that is codenamed for the time being BT01, is one of them. The BT01 are redesigned ersion of the previous generation Sonata (EF), is the very first model to be independently styled by Hyundai’s Chinese joint venture, Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (BHMC).
For the exterior, The Sonata EF get a new face job with ‘startling’ headlamps and a massive chromed grilled. For the rear side, it have a newly designed bumper and restyled tail lamps that now extend onto the boot.
From the interior, it looks elegance with a two-tone color scheme while seat materials, interior trim and colors were also updated as was the backlighting of the central gauge cluster that was changed from the original green in favor of red which is said to be more popular with Chinese drivers. In addition, the outgoing model include a new DVD/GPS Navigation unit located in the centre stack.
From under the hood, BT01 is powered by a 2.0-liter Beta engine that is hooked up to either a 5-speed manual gearbox or an optional four-speed automatic transmission .
