2023 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid priced from $63,000

Australian particulars for the brand new Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid have been revealed on the native web site, with three variants to be provided when the hybrid SUV goes on sale later this month.

The Santa Fe Hybrid can be obtainable in Elite and Highlander trims alongside the petrol V6 and four-cylinder diesel, with the flagship Hybrid Highlander to supply a no-cost six-seat inside possibility – the primary time this configuration has been made obtainable in Australia.

Pricing will begin at $63,000 plus on-road prices for the Santa Fe Hybrid Elite, climbing to $69,550 earlier than on-roads for the Hybrid Highlander in each six- and seven-seat varieties. Utilizing a Melbourne postcode, that interprets to a drive-away value of $68,331 for the Elite, and $75,158 for the Highlander.

The Santa Fe Hybrid instructions a $3000 premium over the equal diesel AWD mannequin, and a hefty $6500 over the V6 FWD petrol. It’s price noting, nevertheless, the Santa Fe Hybrid can be AWD-only in Australia.

Specs carefully mirror that of the equal petrol or diesel, with a few exceptions. As an alternative of 20-inch alloy wheels on the present Elite and Highlander grades, each hybrid trims get 19-inch ‘aero sort’ alloys – all include a full-size spare.

The one different change is the six-seat inside possibility for the Santa Fe Hybrid Highlander, which swaps out the second-row bench for 2 captain’s chairs.

All variations of the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid are powered by a 1.6-litre turbo four-cylinder petrol engine teamed with a 44.2kW electrical motor and 1.49kWh lithium-ion polymer battery.

Mixed energy and torque outputs are 169kW and 350Nm respectively, placing the HEV someplace between the present V6 (200kW/331Nm) and a couple of.2-litre diesel (148kW/440Nm).

Shifting gears is a six-speed computerized transmission, which has the electrical motor built-in into it. All hybrid Santa Fe fashions in Australia are all-wheel drive (AWD), although a front-wheel drive model is obtainable abroad, whereas the associated Kia Sorento Hybrid presents each drive choices in Australia.

Gas consumption for native fashions hasn’t been confirmed as but, however in keeping with Hyundai Europe the Santa Fe Hybrid with AWD consumes 6.9-7.6L/100km on the WLTP cycle relying on specification, emitting 157-172g/km.

For reference, native Santa Fe fashions with the two.2-litre turbo-diesel declare to make use of 6.1L/100km on the mixed cycle, whereas the three.5-litre petrol V6 averages 10.5L/100km.

Key rivals for the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid embody its aforementioned Sorento GT-Line Hybrid relative ($66,750-69,750), and the Toyota Kluger Hybrid – which is priced from $63,650 in mid-spec GXL AWD guise and $75,700 for the top-shelf Grande AWD.

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