Gas economy is critical than ever before within the mid size household-car segment. Every automaker is pursuing these challenging additional mpg in most model—and not only with compounds. A type of the brand new vehicle may appear next year—the confident Sonata cross is likely to be offered until the Green is supposed to provide an easier choice in a somewhat lower point-of accessibility to these searching for effectiveness.

The Green gets a 1.6-liter turbocharged four-tube in the place of the conventional Sonata’s normally aspirated 2.4-liter four, and in addition it spots an eight-speed dual clutch automated gearbox where the standard vehicle includes a six-speed torque-converter car. In contrast to the -liter Sonata, the Green is believed to come back as much as 4 mpg within 3 mpg and the town for totals of 28/38, about the freeway.

Though like the six-speed dual clutch car Hyundai provides within the low-turbo Veloster, the first eight-speeder of the gearchanging as opposed to . This change makes an enormous variation within the Sonata Eco’s drivability. As the -clutch its toughest attempts to impersonate a normal automatic—to bad effect—the Sonata’s DCT and its identification embrace and works a lot more like the dual-clutch cars from Volkswagen. They’re crisp when the gearchanges are started despite the fact that this transmission’s mind isn’t especially fast at answering fast shoes of the throttle.

The conduct from the end is specially well-tuned, with fast takeup for instant speed and little to no clutch chat. Changes managed in automatic style are firm and quick, of course if the driver chooses to call percentages up manually be compensated with significantly faster equipment trades than are feasible using the Sonata’s normal automated. Better yet, the immediate-shot 1.6-liter four flexes its extra 18 pound-foot of torque and revs does the -liter four. (The Green has 8 less hp.) Its suspension tuning is shared by this vehicle using the good-operating 2.4, aswell, meaning it bears small to no fines consequently of its green-fication.

Beginning 085, just $24, the Green likewise occupies a pleasant devote the Sonata pricing structure. The bottom 2.4-liter SE design begins at $21,960, however the Green has a good EPA fuel economy bundle along with a lot of additional information, including automatic headlights, a-10-means energy driver’s chair, the 5.0-inch middle-bunch show with Orange Link telematics capacity, along with a copy camera. A SE that is equipped expenses not only $925 more. That cost differential is comparable to Ford’s $795 upcharge for that 1.5-liter EcoBoost motor within the Blend versus the -liter.

Customers may match their Sonata Ecos using the $4100 Engineering bundle, which provides opera exterior trim, a blind spot recognition program with rear corner-traffic alert, street-change aid, closeness key with push button key, hands free shoe starting, leather for that seats and controls, hot front chairs, double-area automatic climate-control, an 8.0-inch touch screen infotainment program with Orange Link, and a car-dimming rearview mirror. All in, a fully-loaded Green won’t split $29K.

May clients horse up for some additional miles-per gallon? Period can tell. But we are able to declare this: Green buyers—however powerful their ranks—will come away having a Sonata that is pretty enjoyable.