1998 Hyundai Sonica [EF]

1998 Hyundai Sonica [EF] in Distretto di polizia, TV Series, 2000-2012 Ep. 1.01

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
Sandie ◊ 2012-03-11 21:17	Sonata [EF]
Lateef ◊ 2012-03-11 21:19	1998-2000
Neon ◊ 2012-03-11 21:21	Extremely rare car in Italy. Mostly were used by the police as unmarked cars.
Neon ◊ 2012-03-11 21:30	Appears to be called "Sonica": Link to "www.subito.it"
Lateef ◊ 2012-03-11 21:32	Yes: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Sonica
Neon ◊ 2012-03-11 21:40	I remembered a thing like that but I didn't know it was exclusively for Italy... That's weird actually, because Sonata doesn't means anything of strange
dsl ◊ 2012-03-11 22:21	Someone else owns the trademark? Perhaps similar to Renault having to market the UK special 5 Gordini because Chrysler had the Alpine naming rights.
dhill_cb7 ◊ 2021-11-27 19:11	Learned something new! I knew the Elantra was also called the Lantra. If I knew The Sonata was called the Sonica in Italy then I did not retain the information.
Bux_48 ◊ 2021-11-27 19:24	Yes, it was called Sonica here but not always, first ones (1991-93) retained the original name. Maybe they changed the name because Sonata doesn't sound too well in Italian, especially in some areas