2018款现代索纳塔改款车官图近日曝光。虽然从图片看，改款车造型不如早先披露的设计趣图那么有吸引力，但这并不奇怪，即便如此，现代仍对改款车进行了很好的改进。这款升级版美规车型将作为2018款车型上市，外观将进行很大改变，包括更大前格栅，改款保险杠和更大散热孔以及新的前大灯。此外，在保险杠下部还将采用更短的LED日间行驶灯条。引擎盖折线比老款车更突出，不过前脸究竟会有哪些变化还要等到高清图片曝光之后才能确定。预计车尾也将有小幅变化，后保险杠将有小改款，同时尾灯组也将获得升级。目前还不知道新车动力系统将有哪些升级，但2018款索纳塔将在下月开幕的纽约车展亮相，因此新车规格也将很快曝光。

 

2018 Hyundai Sonata facelift pops up to show sportier design

It was only on Monday when Hyundai decided to tease us by publishing several sketches of the facelifted Sonata and now the cat is pretty much out of the bag thanks to a leaked official image.

 

It doesn’t come as a big surprise the exterior design is not quite on a par with the appealing teaser sketch, but even so Hyundai has done a good job at refreshing the car depicted here in the South Korean flavor. The updated U.S.-spec model is likely slated to arrive for the 2018 model year and should carry over most of these cosmetic tweaks, including the larger front grille, reworked bumper with bigger vents, and new headlight graphics.

 

In addition, there seems to be a shorter strip of LED daytime running lights positioned lower on the bumper. The creases on the hood might be more prominent than before, but we will reserve our final judgment until we’ll have higher resolution images to take a better look at the front fascia. Expect some subtle changes at the back where the revised Sonata will probably have a slightly modified bumper and lightly updated taillights.

 

Details about whether there are any changes underneath the hood are not available at this point, but hopefully we won’t have to wait too long as the 2018 Sonata in U.S. specification might bow next month at the New York Auto Show.