2000 Hyundai Sonata V6 review from UK and Ireland

In three years and 45000 miles of motoring, nothing has gone wrong, and I mean nothing! My last car was a company car, a 2005 Mazda 6 2.0 diesel. A great car, but not comfortable at all, the wife hated it.

I bought the Sonata just to sit on the drive and occasionally tow my caravan for family holidays. The car only cost £2000 and came fully loaded with everything you can think of, and it all still works.

I am an MS sufferer, which is why I had to give up my manual company car in which I was driving 1000 miles per week in British traffic. So my Sonata became my only car. I had it converted to LPG, hence reducing fuel prices by half.

As it's automatic, I have no problems driving it for hours on end. Last year myself and my wife towed our caravan over 2200 miles into mid France and back. The car never faltered even with 1300kg of van hooked onto the back. The weather was in the 90s and sunny (fantastic, don't get that in Blighty), but we were never bothered as the climate control kept us nice and cool all the way until we crossed the channel back to the UK and turned the heating on.

It looks funny, nobody knows what it is, but everybody who has ever ridden in it thinks it's great. You can't hear the engine unless you boot it. Surprised - yes, happy - ecstatic.