Hyundai reveals new Santa Fe
IT HAS been confirmed that an all-new Hyundai Santa Fe would be making its debut at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March.
But anyone who thought it might be a relatively mild redesign on the current theme will probably be pleased to see the renderings Hyundai has just released of the new Santa Fe.
The drawings show an SUV featuring an aggressive front end with a very modern split headlight design, which is along similar lines to the smaller, recently introduced Kona, and a neat, pinched rear end with an angled tailgate.
If the Kona and this new Santa Fe are examples of what Hyundai is going to be serving up in the next year or two, the carmaker’s relative sales slump in markets like the US in 2017 could well be put firmly into reverse.
As the Santa Fe SUV is the largest model Hyundai currently sells, it’s important to retain a family-friendly focus with the new model. That’s why there will be a number of technological enhancements for the fourthgeneration, which will include a rear occupant alert that issues a warning to let the driver know if there’s someone in the rear seats when leaving the car.
There will also be the inevitable features derived from autonomous vehicle development, such as automatic emergency braking added to the rear cross-traffic alert system, which will effectively be giving the new Santa Fe the feature in both forward and reverse.