2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Review, Specs, Photo

2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Review, Specs, Photo. - Now, The 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe has a split personality, but it's by choice. Faced with the boom in small crossovers and the popularity of the seven passenger Santa Fe until it was dropped in 2009, Hyundai's shut down its Veracruz nameplate, and expanded the Santa Fe brand to include two body styles the two row Santa Fe Sport, and the three row Santa Fe. The two row ute, built in Georgia at Kia's U.S. assembly plant, appears this fall; the three row crossover will be built in South Korea, and goes on sale here in January of 2013.

Interior :
The 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe is a six or seven passenger SUV that is available in GLS and Limited trim levels. The smaller Santa Fe Sport seats five and is offered in base and 2.0T trims. Standard features on the base Sport model include 17 inch alloy wheels, a rear spoiler, cruise control, a trip computer, full power accessories, air conditioning, a tilt and telescoping steering wheel, cloth upholstery, 40/20/40 split folding rear seats, Bluetooth phone connectivity, Hyundai's Blue Link telematics system and a six speaker audio system with CD player, satellite radio and USB/iPod integration.

Exterior :
Now there's a clear family resemblance through the Hyundai crossover lineup, from the brash, bristly Tucson through the very streamlined long wheelbase Santa Fe. The Sport's the best looking of the trio, with a right sized hexagonal grille bracketed in place with coordinated fog lamps and headlamps trimmed with LED lighting. The side sills stand out in relief up and over the rear wheel wells, and the rear door handles sit well back of the rear wheel opening in a way Mazda's now defunct CX-7 would be proud of. It's all summed up by a simple, balanced treatment of taillights and glass on the tailgate.

Performance :
The base engine on the Santa Fe Sport is Hyundai's 2.4-liter four, with 190 horsepower and 181 pound feet of torque, straight from duty in the Sonata sedan. With direct injection and a hookup with Hyundai's in house six speed automatic, the base Sport earns the best fuel economy ratings of the lineup, up to 33 miles per gallon on the EPA's highway cycle. Our first drive offered only a brief exposure to the normally aspirated four at high altitudes not an ideal driving experience so we're holding back those impressions until we can test this model over longer distances under more usual conditions.

Posted by: Neo Anderson

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Title: 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Review, Specs, Photo
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