Makes HyundaiSonata

Hyundai Sonata MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 52 MPG combined in 2020–2023, the hybrid Sonata Hybrid Blue. Its weakest year peaked at 20 MPG (1992–1993).

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294.1 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2026 version, the Sonata Hybrid Blue. Put it next to its 1989 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Hyundai Sonata has EPA ratings for 38 model years, 1989–2026, most often among midsize cars. Its best version had the highest combined rating among large cars in 2006–2012 and 2023, and it placed in its class top five in 23 model years. In 2009 it shared first place among 35 large cars with the Honda Accord. The first plug-in hybrid version of the Sonata arrived in 2016, when 12 of 184 cars offered one.

From 1989 to 2026 its best rating went from 21 to 51 MPG, the second largest gain among 288 cars rated for eight or more years. Averaged over 2004–2008, its best version placed first of 34 among large cars rated at least three years in that span, and it was in the top five in three other five-year spans.

Among 16 large cars, 2026

The Sonata placed first. It had the highest rating in the class.

The Sonata, five years at a time

Average rating of its best version per span, placed in the class it sat in most often.

1989–9316th of 41midsize cars

1994–98eighth of 33midsize cars

1999–03seventh of 45midsize cars

2004–08first of 34large cars

2009–13second of 46midsize cars

2014–18sixth of 53midsize cars

2019–23second of 20large cars

2024–26first of 14large cars

Where the engine list turned over

1992
New: 2.0-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 21 → 20 MPG.
1999
New: 2.4-liter 4-cylinder, 2.5-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 21 → 22 MPG.
2002
New: 2.7-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 22 → 23 MPG.
2006
New: 3.3-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 23 → 25 MPG.
2011
New: 2.0-liter 4-cylinder, 2.4-liter 4-cylinder hybrid. Best rating 25 → 36 MPG.
2020
New: 2.5-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 42 → 52 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Gasoline
Rated in 1989–2026.
Hybrid
Rated in 2011–2026.
Plug-in hybrid
Rated in 2016–2019.

All 38 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2026	Sonata Hybrid Blue hybrid	51	47 / 56	27	6
2025	Sonata Hybrid hybrid	47	44 / 51	27	5
2024	Sonata Hybrid hybrid	47	44 / 51	27	4
2021–2023	Sonata Hybrid Blue hybrid	52	50 / 54	27	6
2020	Sonata Hybrid Blue hybrid	52	50 / 54	31	5
2018–2019	Sonata Hybrid SE hybrid	42	40 / 46	26	7
2017	Sonata Hybrid SE hybrid	42	39 / 45	24	8
2016	Sonata Hybrid SE hybrid	41	39 / 42	24	8
2015	Sonata Hybrid hybrid	37	35 / 38	24	7
2014	Sonata Hybrid hybrid	37	35 / 38	24	4
2013	Sonata Hybrid hybrid	37	35 / 38	26	5
2011–2012	Sonata Hybrid hybrid	36	34 / 39	26	4
2009–2010	Sonata	25	22 / 32	22	3
2008	Sonata	25	21 / 31	22	3
2006–2007	Sonata	25	21 / 31	21	3
2002–2005	Sonata	23	20 / 28	20	4
2000–2001	Sonata	22	19 / 27	20	4
1999	Sonata	22	19 / 27	21	4
1998	Sonata	21	19 / 25	18	3
1997	Sonata	21	19 / 26	18	3
1996	Sonata	22	19 / 26	19	3
1995	Sonata	21	19 / 26	18	3
1994	Sonata	21	19 / 26	18	6
1992–1993	Sonata	20	18 / 25	18	3
1989–1991	Sonata	21	18 / 26	18	3

Version names in the EPA list: Sonata, Sonata (Y-3), Sonata AWD, Sonata FWD, Sonata FWD w/Stop-Start, Sonata Hybrid, Sonata Hybrid Blue, Sonata Hybrid Limited, Sonata Hybrid SE, Sonata Limited, Sonata Plug-in Hybrid, Sonata SE, Sonata Sport Limited.

Same class, 2026

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