Excellent, but note quite "premium".
Great car, but there's some "cheapness" to it, which is disappointing, because it's a premium-priced car. The sound system is mediocre, and the road noise and wind noise levels are louder than they should be in a expensive car. I am constantly turning the sound down when I come to a stop, and then turning it back up when I get going again. Another very irritating things is that there's resting place for my phone. Unbelievable oversight that there's no secure stable resting place for a phone. There should actually be two of them, one for a passenger. And there should also be two very prominent USB ports. There's only one and it's very hard to reach. Impossible to reach while driving, and very difficult to reach even when pulled over. I consider it a very-well-designed vehicle overall, with many smart features, but there are a lot of extraneous capabilities (unneeded features) and some basic, fundamental features that are missing or poorly implemented. This is not the $10,000 cheaper Kona I'm reviewing, this is the "top-of-the-line" I5. I feel I should be getting a more "premium" experience, not feeling like I'm driving an average or economy car. It does have a somewhat "premium" feel but sort of "cheap premium". In fairness, the cars I've driven that have a more premium feel, do cost more.
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