New Zealand’s favourite family SUV.

The new Hyundai Santa Fe SUV sets the standard with more power, more space, more safety and more luxury. Petrol or the all-new R-Series diesel engine, cloth or leather, a 5 or 7 seater - the choice is yours. If you treat your kiwi life like an adventure, whether it’s for adventuring on or off-road Taupo, or carrying a busy family around town in Auckland or Christchurch, the Santa Fe is all you need. The Hyundai Santa Fe is New Zealand’s number one selling diesel SUV for 2006, 2007, and 2009*.

Santa Fe SUV. Exterior

The Santa Fe looks both agile and strong, with a truly dynamic side profile. A beautifully proportioned SUV, its sweeping curves seamlessly link its stylish rear bumper to the sculptured character lines of its bonnet and redesigned radiator grille. With front and rear foglights, alloy wheels, dual exhausts and a sleek rear spoiler, every detail has been purposefully designed to carry you in style.

Santa Fe SUV. Interior

The Hyundai Santa Fe has a large modern interior and a wide range of features designed for driver and passenger comfort. 5 or 7 seater options are available. These can be either leather or fabric upholstered seats. Drivers get the comfort of electrically adjustable seats on all models, while both driver and passenger both get convenience of electrically adjustable seats, and driver lumbar support on the elite models.

In Elite models you’ll enjoy dual zone climate control air-conditioning with AQS (Air Quality Control System) and an interior pollen filter, as well as a chilly bin in the centre console for keeping your drinks cold. Nice! In 7 seater models, there is manual air-conditioning for the third row of seating. When the third row isn’t required, it cleverly folds flat into the floor. All automatic SUV models feature a foot controlled parking brake and an electric chromic rear-view mirror which automatically dims at night to avoid headlight glare. The steering wheel houses cruise controls and audio controls with seek-and-skip functions - so everything you need is at your fingertips.

The new supervision instrument cluster with a clear blue lit illuminated colour gives you excellent visibility of the instruments at night.

Santa Fe SUV. Performance

With the Hyundai Santa Fe you have a choice of three engines that deliver performance, endurance and fuel economy. The all new 2.2 Litre R-Series diesel engine is Hyundai’s newest and most advanced development tools. The R-Series engine benefits from the third-generation common rail system developed by Bosch delivering unprecedented degree of accuracy and control. There’s also the 2.4 litre Theta II MPI petrol engine and also the 3.5 litre Lambda II MPI petrol engine. So whatever engine you choose, you’ll have the responsiveness and power you need in every situation.  

Accurate and precise handling is provided by MacPherson strut front suspension and multi-link rear suspension. Add to this front and rear hydraulic double-acting shock absorbers and anti-roll stabiliser bars, and you’ve got a SUV vehicle that you’ll enjoy in both the city and the country.

The Hyundai Santa Fe is matched with a new 6-speed automatic transmission that promises a performance edge, delivering fuel economy gains while improving acceleration performance.

Santa Fe SUV. Safety

Passenger safety is extremely important to Hyundai and the Santa Fe SUV is one of the safest cars in its class. 2009 Australasian ANCAP tests awarded the Santa Fe a maximum 5 star rating demonstrating extreme safety and assurance to the driverand passengers. It has a list of clever safety features, almost all of them standard across the model range. All contribute to the very high in-built safety and solidity of the Santa Fe.

The Santa Fe also features a new Rollover sensor which triggers the side airbags and seatbelt pretensioners in the event the vehicle is overturned. This allows the kind of timely response that is important, especially, in SUV vehicles.