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2010 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T by Rides Magazine


 
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We may have seen a rendering of this tuning project by Rides Magazine a month ago, but it was nothing compared to the beautifully sleek and gorgeous Hyundai Sonata Turbo we see before us. This vehicle has jumped our list of must-see SEMA-bound automobiles.

The best part of this project is that everything was done in a subtle way, but with amazing results. The exterior sees new front and rear bumpers, side skirts, a rear spoiler, and a roof spoiler hidden behind the matte pearl paint job from BASF. And to prove that black is indeed slimming, Rides has added a matte black debadged front grille, smoked taillights and painted headlights, and 20-inch Rennen Modular M9 concave wheels in a powder coated matte black and wrapped in Falken FK452 tires. These black accents draw your eye to the front and center of the vehicle, while still appreciating the fine lines that lead you there. Audi LED fog lights integrated into the new front bumper and a 3M vinyl carbon wrap on the roof also add to the sexiness of this ride.

For the interior, Rides is offering a combination of black leather and suede with red stitching, along with integrating carbon fiber trim throughout. The trunk gets two JBL 12-inch subwoofers paired with two JBL amplifiers. The whole package is finished by a custom quad tip exhaust and an S-Max front mount intercooler that replaces the factory unit up front.

Hyundai may be taking a couple of Genesis Coupes by Ark and Gogogear Racing as well as Rhys Millen Racing’s Equus and Hyundai’s Equus DUB Edition, but the Hyundai Sonata 2.0T by Rides Magazine definitely steals the show.

Press release after the jump.


Press release

To build excitement around the recently launched 2011 Hyundai Sonata Turbo, Hyundai Motor America teamed up with RIDES magazine to trick out one of the first turbos off the assembly line of its Alabama plant. Inspired by the Mercedes CLS, the modified Sonata 2.0T features an assortment of custom fabrication from RIDES’ team of expert builders.

The vehicles exterior modifications are clever and tasteful, starting with a one-off, fully custom RIDES-designed bodykit that’s comprised of new front and rear bumpers, side skirts, rear spoiler and roof spoiler, which all work together to accentuate the factory body lines of the Sonata. Other key exterior elements include a matte pearl paint job from BASF, 20-inch Rennen Modular M9 concave wheels powder coated matte black wrapped in Falken FK452 tires, smoked taillights and painted headlights, a matte black debadged front grille, Audi LED fog lights integrated into the new front bumper and 3M vinyl carbon wrap on the roof.

To complete the design, the RIDES team reupholstered the entire interior in a combination of black leather and suede with red stitching, along with integrating carbon fiber trim throughout. In the trunk there are two JBL 12-inch subwoofers paired with two JBL amplifiers. To finish things off, a custom quad tip exhaust was installed out back, while an S-Max front mount intercooler replaces the factory unit up front, ensuring that this build incorporates both go and show.




16 comments: Hyundai Sonata 2.0T by Rides Magazine


Lala_Roux (559)
Posted on
03.9.2011 @ 00:16
The Genesis sedan doesn’t have a badge and its great. Anyways, the badge just distract the car in the bad way! Next year,I’ll go and buy S-Class like Sonata.

StratRacer (309)
Posted on
02.6.2011 @ 23:27
I accompanied my friend while driving this car,I found it that it is easy and very smooth way of driving this in any direction.

sammy_james (747)
Posted on
11.21.2010 @ 23:32
yeah, I agree I have read lot of great review about the Sonata.And I’m quite impressed about it.

Yjee (6)
Posted on
11.15.2010 @ 02:51
I took Hyundai sonata for a test drive and found to my pleasant surprise that this fantastically engineered car,picks up a lot of speed on the pavement, more than its V6 engine competitors! This is really a great car for an one who want an affordable sedan combined with rare standard features like bluetooth and XM radio!Nice car! http://011-hyundai-sonata-review.html

Jonas_McDonell (291)
Posted on
11.10.2010 @ 23:04
I have to honestly say Not Bad At All. Now personally I think an added touch would be to blacken the roof, weather replace it with heavily tinted glass, or black carbon fiber.

albe_winston (1250)
Posted on
11.2.2010 @ 23:56
they can keep the atrocious interior, just let me know when Hyundai starts offering the exterior as a package...

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