Roomy, comfortable, only a little overboard with safety features
I bought a 2026 sonata after driving a 2007 sonata for 19 years. I immediately felt "at home." Compared to a lot of other cars on the market, this one felt roomy, comfortable, and with minimal distractions on the dashboard (yes, I consider 99% of the "infotainment" screen to be "distractions." I'm driving a two-ton-destruction machine, not seeking to be "infotained.") Smooth handling, love the AWD. "Safety" features are overboard and many CANNOT be turned off (well, you can turn them off until you restart the car, which make life miserable for those of us who want to drive the car). The next time it auto-locks my breaks because I am backing up over a pothole I am going to back it through a wall. I was quite disappointed that the car ONLY connects maps via CarPlay or Android Auto, there is no native or in-built maps option. So, if you don't have your phone tethered to your soul, your SOL. Speaking of phone, the distraction system on the dashboard is so dedicated to connecting to the phone that I have now added a bluetooth "toggle" button to my phone to prevent the car from accessing it. I wish the whole car had a "dumb" button. Also, I can't get the driver's seat to adjust comfortably; the passenger-side seat without all the bells and whistles goes exactly where I want it, but the "8-way adjustable power seats" kind of miss the mark. "Sport" mode is awesome, but you have to select it each and every time, no option to customize and have it start in the user's preferred mode.
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