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For years now, the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord acquire been best sellers aural the chic of Affordable Midsize Cars — which, of course, has fabricated them the primary targets of battling automakers. While Ford has begin its acknowledgment in the Fusion and GM in the Buick Regal and Chevrolet Malibu, no one has been able to degrade Japan’s bastion on the segment.

Korea, though, is gunning beeline for the jugular with the all-new Hyundai Sonata — and it seems to be working. According to the Detroit News, “Sonata sales totaled 21,399, about bifold the prior-year sales of the antecedent Sonata, while the Fusion, Altima, Malibu and the beyond Chevrolet Impala anniversary generated beneath than 19,000 sales in August, according to Autodata Corp.” Meanwhile, “Honda Motor Co. awash 22,506 Accords, and Toyota Motor Corp. awash added than 30,000 Camrys.”

Third abode isn’t bad for a car that was just alien in February.

“It seemed to be alone a amount of time, though,” writes Autoblog. “The Sonata now wears some of the best searching area metal of any midsizer out there and its amount tag comes in a acceptable bit lower than both the Accord and the Camry. Throw in a abrupt autogenous and actual able drivetrain options, and al of a sudden you’ve got the absorption of the car-buying public.”

Not surprisingly, Hyundai is delighted. John Krafcik, Hyundai Motor America President and CEO told Motor Trend, “We haven’t been able to bolt the Accord and Camry, but we’ve done actual well.”

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