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Hyundai Santa Fe Reviews
In-depth Professional Review
Intro - Walkaround - Interior Features
Driving Impressions - Final Word
Hyundai Santa Fe Review Summary
"...V6 engine is a powerful, smooth, free-revving engine that's close to being the best V6 engine in its class."
"...suspension represents a good compromise between ride and handling, with the edge given to ride."
"...we liked how the Santa Fe drove, both on and off paved roads."
"The driving position is upright and offers a commanding view of the road, while the rear seat has been packaged to maximize leg room."
"...excellent 10-year/100,000 limited powertrain and 5-year/60,000-mile limited bumper-to-bumper warranties."
"...an SUV-shaped package with all-weather mobility, yet it's soft around the edges like the Sonata sedan from which its hardware is derived... follows the pattern set so successfully by the Lexus RX 300."
"...4-speed automatic 'Shiftronic' transmission that can be shifted manually (the only one in a compact SUV)."
"Inside are storage nooks everywhere, including under the seats."
"Santa Fe is a full featured, car-derived sport/ute with a starting price of just $16,499."
"...full-time, all-wheel drive was surefooted in conditions that befuddle more-expensive systems."
What reviewers liked least about the Hyundai Santa Fe:
"[Full-time all-wheel drive] comes at the price of an additional 331 pounds, and the added weight makes the Santa Fe lethargic in the way it steers, corners, and accelerates."
"...a scant 7.4 inches of maximum ground clearance..."
"...the four-speed automatic seems random in its decisions to shift."
Hyundai Santa Fe Comparisons:
"...larger and roomier than Asian competitors as the Honda CRV, Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester..."
"comes close to rivaling the haulage capacity of seven-seaters like Acura's MDX and the Mercury Mountaineer."
"The rear liftgate avoids the mistake made by the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4, whose right-side hinged tailgates force U.S. buyers to walk around the tailgate to load and unload from the curbside."
"Cargo-wise, the Ford Escape is the only competitor significantly bettering the Santa Fe."
"the Escape drives as if it's in a class far above the Santa Fe."
Best one-liners about the Hyundai Santa Fe:
"It's a crowded poker game, but Santa Fe is holding a decent hand."
"...the best thing to come from any Korean automaker since forever."
"At $20,234 as tested, this is the screaming bargain of the [compact sport utility] bunch."
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