2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Rendered

by Derek Kreindler

Published: March 12th, 2012

Hyundai’s Santa Fe crossover is long overdue for a re-design, and when pressed for details, all that CEO John Krafcik would tell me was that it looked like a larger Tucson. He was right.

The new car uses an evolution of Hyundai’s “Fluidic Sculpture” design language, now dubbed “Storm Edge”. At least the first name made some kind of sense. “Storm Edge” sounds like an ill-fated mission to kill Bin Laden. The Santa Fe appears to be a two-row crossover (after the optional third row was canned in 2009). Powertrain details remain murky – when asked, Krafcik said that “we’re saving the rest for the NY show…”, so you’ll have to wait another few weeks to find out more.

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Budda-Boom on Mar 12, 2012

Easy to get afraid when they say it'll look like a bigger... Well, the Honda Accord Crosstour comes to mind. In contrast this looks well-proportioned. Should be a hit.

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Axual on Mar 12, 2012

Nice job on the design ... I'm in the market, and this looks an order of magnitude better than the Edge and the Venza and all the others in this class. Looking forward to seeing the features that Hyundai includes and please, let it tow 3500#.

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