The redesigned Hyundai Santa Fe broke cowl earlier this week with a extra outdoorsy exterior that may doubtless pair with hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains.
Anticipated to achieve US showrooms for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, this fifth-generation Santa Fe goes in a special styling path than earlier generations, with a boxy profile and angular particulars, together with “H”-shaped headlight and taillight components signifying the model title.
The redesigned Santa Fe shall be obtainable with three rows of seats in at the very least some markets, though it is unclear if that possibility shall be obtainable within the US, the place the Santa Fe is presently bought solely in two-row, five-seat type. Hyundai claims “class-leading inside house” and a wider tailgate opening that may “make it doable for customers to benefit from the outdoor within the simplest way doable,” the automaker’s press supplies mentioned.
2024 Hyundai Santa Fe
On the reverse finish of the cabin, the Santa Fe strikes to a curved infotainment show, consisting of a giant touchscreen and 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster positioned side-by-side, and a raised heart console with a storage nook beneath. The console accommodates two wi-fi charging pads, plus USB ports, whereas a panel above it homes most controls—with what seems to be a good quantity of analog buttons and knobs.
Hyundai used sustainable supplies similar to recycled plastic within the headliner, mats, and second- and third-row seat backs. Artificial leather-based—that is vinyl seats to the remainder of us, which automakers now rely as a sustainable materials—is used within the door trim. Actual nappa leather-based and wooden trim will nonetheless be obtainable, although.
Nothing was mentioned about powertrains, but it surely’s doubtless that hybrid and plug-in hybrid choices will proceed. After dropping the Sonata Plug-In Hybrid in 2020, Hyundai mentioned that it could emphasize plug-in hybrid powertrains in SUVs as its next-gen EVs are rolling out.
2024 Hyundai Santa Fe
The present Santa Fe Hybrid arrived for 2021 and provided as much as 34 mpg mixed, providing a very futuristic inside design paired with a softer, extra evolutionary exterior. The Santa Fe Plug-In Hybrid is rated at 31 electrical miles, then 33 mpg in hybrid mode.
Santa Fe Hybrid manufacturing has shifted to Alabama, and it was one of many first US-made electrified automobiles to be bought by Hyundai. It is constructed on the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant close to Montgomery, together with gasoline variations of the Santa Fe, in addition to the Hyundai Elantra, Santa Cruz, and Tucson, and the all-electric Genesis Electrified GV70.
The styling change could assist enable some visible separation between it and the absolutely electrical Ioniq 7 that is on the best way, intently previewed in late 2021 by the Hyundai Seven idea, and the associated Kia EV9.
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