HYUNDAI’S Santa Fe has come alongside in leaps and bounds for the reason that unique V6-engined mannequin arrived on our shores in late 2000. Over time, Santa Fe has more and more turn out to be recognized for its eager dynamic capability and fashionable top-shelf variants, nonetheless it wasn’t till the fourth-generation’s arrival in early 2018 that Santa Fe may confidently declare to be a pukka seven-seater.
Virtually three years later, this considerably altered 2021 mannequin proves that Hyundai has been working onerous at making Santa Fe a constant excessive achiever. Together with its Kia Sorento cousin and Mazda’s glorious CX-9, Santa Fe competes with probably the most proficient massive SUVs round, and this intensive makeover is all about guaranteeing it’s the proper companion to Hyundai’s even bigger new Palisade.
“Youthful” is the excitement phrase, with an elevated deal with dynamic finesse, drivetrain slickness and inside tactility. For any mannequin past the fairly austere base ’21 Santa Fe (which carries over its 17-inch alloys and plain inside), that youthful flavour extends to placing new wheel designs, spectacular LED lighting signatures and a better deal with transcending its value-for-money pricing.
You get loads of equipment in your coin within the new Santa Fe, as outlined intimately by GoAuto on December 15. However does it ship past the showroom?
