Driving a ratty car through Greenwich, Conn., a wealthy suburb just outside of New York, just isn’t to be done. But when Hyundai gave a group of journalists a chance to drive the all-new 2015 Sonata there on Wednesday, the automaker proved three things: The car drives very well, it looks good to journalists and rich people won’t be offended by it.

Those who like to take surreptitious tours of huge mansion country on Sunday afternoons may want to take notes. This car is not likely to attract unwanted attention, either from fawning car aficionados or annoyed hedge-fund managers. But it will be a nice, comfortable way to make the trip.

A decade ago, I worked in a family-owned automotive repair shop that seemed always to have clients without much money for either repairs or maintenance. As such, we fielded the occasional wretched 10-year-old Hyundai, and my boss usually told these customers that it was time to buy a different beater. Hyundais, he said, were throwaway cars.