2013 Hyundai Sonata Tested: Rebooted and Re-Optimized

Despite what you may have heard, not every U.S. government agency is big enough to insert itself into every aspect of our lives. Witness the EPA, which does not test every make, model, and engine combination for which it publishes ratings. Instead, it sets up procedures and guidelines for automakers to certify that their cars meet emissions regulations and achieve certain fuel-economy results. It's kind of an honor system, but the EPA does test 15 to 20 percent of new models (as of our 2009 visit to its Ann Arbor labs) and also performs occasional spot checks, and that's how Hyundai and Kia recently were caught fluffing the mpg estimates on a large number of their models. Since the last time we reviewed Hyundai's Sonata hybrid, the company has been forced to admit that "procedural errors" had inflated its EPA fuel-economy estimates. READ MORE ›› from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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