Subsequent-Gen Hyundai Santa Fe Hides Design Beneath Camo In New Spy Images

The Hyundai Santa Fe is prepared for a major refresh. Our spy photographers captured the crossover out testing, and Hyundai is doing its greatest to cover the brand new design. Nevertheless, this isn’t the primary time we’ve seen the mannequin, with a earlier spy video offering an intensive overview of the adjustments. The brand new photographs provide one other glimpse on the trendy Hyundai.

The redesigned Santa Fe continues to cover its new sheetmetal beneath cladding and wraps that distort its form. Whereas the coverings conceal many styling particulars, the general form appears a lot boxier than the outgoing mannequin. It additionally appears bigger, presumably rising in dimension. The boxy styling will apply to the lighting models, with the Santa Fe adopting squared headlights with an H-pattern displayed by the daytime working lights. The taillights can have an analogous motif.

The brand new crossover ought to proceed sharing its underpinnings with the Kia Sorento, which our spy photographers have additionally caught testing. The Hyundai appears sharper than its Kia sibling, the Santa Fe adopting a floating roof design with blacked-out A- and B-pillars.

The brand new spy photographs don’t seize the inside, however a earlier spy video confirmed it. Nevertheless, Hyundai had hidden a lot of it, concealing the sprint and parts of the seats. We count on the revamped mannequin to obtain the newest in-car applied sciences that passengers will probably work together with by way of screens.

This next-generation Santa Fe is within the early levels of improvement, so it’s too early to know a lot concerning the mechanicals. Hyundai affords the present 2023 Santa Fe within the US with a number of decisions, together with hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains. The crossover can also be accessible with a turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine or a non-turbocharged one. The following-generation mannequin ought to proceed to supply numerous engine choices, together with mild-hybrid ones.

Hyundai hasn’t introduced when it can reveal the brand new Santa Fe, however rumors level to an August 2023 debut for the 2024 mannequin 12 months. The present-generation Santa Fe went on sale for the 2019 mannequin 12 months, receiving a facelift for 2021. Hyundai may transfer the revamped Santa Fe upmarket, differentiating it farther from the Sorento.