What sort of car is the 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe? What does it examine to?

The Santa Fe spans the mid-size crossover SUV vary with seating for 5, a fuel-sipping Hybrid mannequin, and turbo-4 Calligraphy luxurious version. Its competitors ranges from the same Kia Sorento to the Honda Passport, Nissan Murano, and Jeep Grand Cherokee. 

Is the 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe a very good SUV?

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It’s excellent, with a TCC Score of seven.2 out of 10. (Learn extra about how we fee automobiles.)

What’s new for the 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe?

The plug-in hybrid is now obtainable, and a brand new XRT trim joins the lineup of SE, SEL, Restricted, and Calligraphy crossovers.

Final 12 months’s revamp of the Santa Fe’s nostril and tail injected some energetic styling cues, perhaps a bit of too energetic. Its exterior wears numerous cutlines and trim, however this 12 months’s new XRT version tones a number of the muddle down with darkish trim and wheels. The inside strikes us as extra interesting: it’s confidently executed, with podlike vents, a low beltline, and massive infotainment screens of as much as 10.3 inches to go along with quilted leather-based and high-grade headliners.

The bottom Santa Fe makes do with a pedestrian 191-hp inline-4; a 277-hp turbo-4 clips alongside at a considerably quicker tempo, however metropolis driving leaves its dual-clutch transmission confused at occasions. We just like the 226-hp Hybrid greatest for smoothness and effectivity, however will maintain judgement till we drive the approaching plug-in hybrid and check its 31-mile vary declare. All Santa Fes put journey high quality forward of steering precision—rightly so, for a household car—and ship that poise higher with the smaller wheels and tires supplied throughout the lineup.

With room for 4 6-foot-tall passengers and a smaller fifth within the again center seat, the Santa Fe scores in inside consolation. Its well-cushioned entrance seats may be lined in nappa leather-based, and may be power-adjusted, heated, and cooled; in again it’s cozy for individuals or simply folded all the way down to develop space for storing to 72.1 cubic toes behind the entrance seats. The associated Kia Sorento nonetheless has a third-row seat, however the Santa Fe doesn’t.

Each Santa Fe comes with computerized emergency braking, blind-spot screens, adaptive cruise management, and computerized high-beam headlights. A head-up show may be fitted, as can a surround-view digicam system. Crash-test scores rank on the prime of the mid-size crossover class, too.

How a lot does the 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe price?

The $28,425 Santa Fe SE comes with material upholstery, 18-inch wheels, and wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in addition to an 8.0-inch touchscreen and a 5-year/60,000-mile guarantee. Spend about $30,000 for an SEL with an influence driver seat, wi-fi smartphone charging, and distant begin—or make it a hybrid with a digital gauge cluster, leather-based upholstery, and a panoramic roof for about $39,000. 

The place is the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe made?

Hybrids come from South Korea; different Santa Fes hail from Alabama.