A Winner: Car Body Design Development of the Hyundai...
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A Winner: Car Body Design Development of the Hyundai Sonata
Carsten Höfer Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center
• Background • History • Customer proposition • Styling • Practicality • Performance • Efficiency
• Development process • Platform strategy • Weight optimization • Stiffness • Material • Safety
• Overview of Ulsan Plant • Manufacturing strategy • Flexible production system • Productivity • Quality
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Product Concept
• Background • History • Customer proposition • Styling • Practicality • Efficiency
• Development process • Weight optimization • Stiffness • Material • Safety
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• Best in class roominess • Class leading practicality
• Sporty and emotional • Modern interior
• Target best in TCO • Competitive pricing
• 3 USPs: rear seat reclining, auto defog, heated steering wheel
• Best in class with 113g CO2/km
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• Cargo capacity 19. 5 cu. ft. (553 liters) with the rear seats occupied • Up to 60.7 cu. ft. (1718 liters) with the rear seats folded down
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Cd
8,013
8,878 8,840
Predecessor i40 Competition
10,082 22%
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Predecessor i40 Competition
CO2 (g/km)
214
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SOP
SOP
-6 -4 -2
Full schedule predecessor 24M
Full schedule i40 18M
Model Fix
Design
Design Model Fix
Test
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• Achieved a 7.6% reduction in BIW weight compared to predecessor.
438kg
Design concept Final drawings
456.3kg
Competition
438kg
EVI process
Design optimization -27.3kg
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• Rearranging the part assembly allowed for a reduction of the material thickness • From single part with uniform thickness to three parts with different, optimized thickness
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• Change of the form from linear interior to radial interior lead to a material thickness reduction • Divergence angle to improve airflow and NVH performance
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Spare Member (0.8 ) Spare Member (1.0 )
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• Increased the torsional stiffness by 141% and the bending stiffness by 19%. • Achieved 11% more torsional and 23% more bending stiffness compared to competition
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Predecessor i40
28.6 35.3
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