4 Cyl vs 6 Cyl Sonata

Partner · 2006-12-22T04:54:30+00:00

I am giving serious thought to buying my third Sonata ( after previously owning two Elantras). My previous Sonata was a 99 4-Cyl and my current one is a 03 6-Cyl. The only difference I have noticed with the 6 is that it gets much worst gas mileage. My question is, and I hope that Hyundaitech will respond, does the 4 have any reliability issues or any disadvantages that I should be aware of? I know that its with a 4 speed auto rather than a 5-speed, but that's no concern. Heck, one of my first cars was a 2 speed hydramatic and I was glad to have it. I know the 4 has less get up and go but I haven't found any roads nearby with a 130MPH speed limit. thanx

Dec 22, 2006 21 Replies

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Matt Whiting 19 years ago

I just got back from a short trip and here are the figures roughly (within 50 RPM or so).

55 MPH = 2300 60 MPH = 2500 65 MPH = 2750 70 MPH = 2950

Basically, it is one tick on the tach for each 5 MPH increment from 55 through 70, but at 55 it is maybe a needle width above the 2250 tick mark and at 70 it is maybe a needle width below the 3000 tick mark. This is in 5th gear with the manual transmission and I-4 engine.

Matt

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Edwin Pawlowski 19 years ago

For comparison

55 = 1800 60 = 2000 65 = 2100 70 = 2200 80 = 2450 100= Did not keep a steady enough speed long enough to be accurate

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