Colin & Sheila own a Y2 Hyundai Sonata in “Early Life And Continuous Livelihood” because they’re too lazy to buy American, the Korean quality (less than perfect as of the 1980’s and early 1990’s, as most things in this story forevermore remain the same as they did during this time period) is trivial to Colin & Sheila, they like the Mitsubishi engines and technology built into this car; and they like the fact that this car is built on the platform as the YF Mitsubishi Galant and YFW Mitsubishi Sigma.

However, Colin & Sheila have overestimated the Korean quality in their Y2 Sonata, and are put off by the interior having a smell similar to that of cheaply-made Chinese plastics.

And so Colin & Sheila replace their Y2 Sonata with an awful K-Car, a Plymouth Acclaim with a turbocharged version of the 2.5 liter K-Car engine and the A413 automatic transaxle. Colin & Sheila trade-in their Y2 Sonata and buy their K-Car at their local Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in Vermont.

Colin & Sheila also already own another K-Car, a Chrysler minivan on the standard wheelbase with the Mitsubishi 6G72 V6 engine and the Chrysler A670 transaxle. This Mitsubishi engine was the optional V6 in the Y2 and successive Y3 Sonatas. Colin & Sheila have purchased their Chrysler minivan at that same Chrysler-Plymouth dealer where they’ve purchased their Acclaim from.

Dennis, our friend; has utilized the industrialized version of the K-Car 2.5 liter 4-cylinder engine and the industrialized version of the Mitsubishi 6G72 V6 engine from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, both mated to the A413 automatic transaxle; for his TT line of airplane tow tractors at the company he had founded in 1969-Eagle Industrial Tugs. The K-Car 4-cylinder engine was very good to Dennis and his tow tractor. The Mitsubishi V6, however; was a different story. The Mitsubishi V6 was very unreliable in the field, and Mitsubishi was a terrible company for Dennis to do business with.

Cars are not important to Colin & Sheila and they view driving and owning a car as a chore rather than as an enjoyment and something that pleasantly occupies their life. Colin & Sheila don’t care about how awful the Chrysler K-Car and PL platforms, GM J, N, and L-platforms, and the Ford CE14 and CT120 platforms are.

MotorWeek’s review of the Y2 Sonata during 1992. They’ve also tested a Y2 Sonata a couple years prior in 1990. Their review during 1992 was to cover the front facelift, changes to the interior; and the fact that the interior no longer had the smell of cheaply-made Chinese plastic.

MotorWeek’s review of the Sonata’s predecessor-the Stellar, only sold in Canada because neither it nor the Pony could meet the U.S safety and emissions regulations.

Somebody else in “Early Life And Continuous Livelihood” also owns a Y3 Sonata because buying American is also trivial to that person as well, and that person also likes the Mitsubishi engines and technology built into this car.

Commercial for the U.S spec Y3 Sonata from 1994: