Test Drive Gallery: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited

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2022, with splashy styling and also scaled-down dimensions that blur the lines in between the small SUV as well as compact-pickup-truck categories. Contrasted to traditional pickup-truck rivals such as the Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma, and also Chevrolet Colorado, the Hyundai Santa Cruz is considerably smaller. It’s based upon a unibody-design system shown the redesigned-for-2022 Hyundai Tucson compact SUV, and also it integrates the taxicab as well as freight bed into one smooth unit– unlike the separate cab-and-bed arrangement of most pickup. The Santa Cruz is supplied in just one body style: a five-passenger, four-door crew taxi with a 4-foot

bed. 4 trim degrees are available: SE, SEL, SEL Premium, and also Limited. The SE and also SEL are powered by a 191-horsepower 2.5-liter 4-cylinder paired with an 8-speed transmission, and also offer a choice of front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. The SEL Premium and Limited come common with AWD as well as a 281-horsepower turbocharged 2.5-liter 4-cylinder coupled with an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. Santa Cruz’s maximum pulling score is 3500 pounds with the non-turbo engine, or 5000 extra pounds with the turbo all-wheel-drive version. For better hauling adaptability, the Santa Cruz’s bed includes an array of D-rings, cleats, and pockets that permit customers to tailor their freight arrangement as required. A lockable under-bed storage trunk with a detachable drain plug is an useful standard attribute. A readily available lockable roll-top tonneau cover hides cargo and withdraws right into a room underneath the back window when not in use. The Santa Cruz’s cabin attributes modern technology features such as Apple CarPlay/Android Auto connectivity and wireless device billing. These as well as other infomercial features are accessed by means of a standard 8.0-inch or a readily available 10.0-inch touchscreen. Readily available is Hyundai’s Blue Link service, which supplies remote-access attributes such as starting the engine or locking/unlocking the lorry by means of a mobile phone app or Amazon Alexa. A vast array of safety and security technology attributes are also used, including lane keeping help, chauffeur attention warning, blind-spot monitor, and forward collision-avoidance assist with pedestrian and cyclist discovery. The genre-bending Santa Cruz aims to blend the cargo-carrying adaptability of a pickup truck with the sleeker designing, smaller measurements, as well as far better total improvement of a portable SUV.

Though we categorize it as a small pickup, the Santa Cruz will likely be cross-shopped versus standard small SUVs also. In the meantime, its only direct competitors is the equally brand-new Ford Maverick, which has comparable measurements and also a unibody/crew-cab configuration. Our test AWD Limited verified functional and also fun to drive during our testing, though the smallish rear-seat area will certainly restricted the Cruz’s interest family members with expanding teens or those who routinely drive with adults in back.