Curvy, tapered styling makes a car look smaller. Used to drive me crazy when I was a Nissan salesman in the early '90s, and people would ask why an Altima costs so much more than a Civic or Corolla.
Well i've seen some dimensions on paper and sonata is bigger in certain areas.yeah it's strange, many of my friends think it's biggern than the camry and accord so I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder.