Hyundai Santa Fe - Think INSIDE the box - Test Drive | Everyday Driver

[@mkei8973]

Hi, from Japan!! The rear is like old school mini van from 90’s. I think the car is for the people who want mini van but care about how people think. They want to say “I have a SUV”!!

Yep. You just discribed the avegare american I think. I'm from The Netherlands though. We are a stationwagon country.

[@trumpius_maximus47]

Good thing my ancestor escaped The Netherlands. 😂

[@colecraftTV]

also for people who already have a minivan but need a second car that's not also a minivan! 🙋‍♂Can confirm that this car rules. We love it!

[@kellypollock]

Minecraft SUV

[@sandorspalms]

Nice to see Randy Couture doing vehicle reviews!

[@legion1630]

Actually it looks rather nice from the side only - front and rear not so much

[@itsmargemrssimpsonifyanast2016]

I literally have the same model and color. I'm leasing because I can't commit. I LOVE this vehicle. It looks so much like a storm trooper. The safety features are fantastic and I'm enjoying the turbo engine. Very comfortable ride.

[@BoopSnoot]

my only issue is that they overdid the H-thing. one reviewer counted something like 47 H's on the vehicle.

[@gap._.]

숨은그림찾기. 그냥 디자이너의 유머.

[@jspeedadventures]

I think these are great, I'm so tired of jelly bean shaped SUVs. that look big and feel small. I love the boxy, trucky look and some of us want minivan room and utility in their sport utility vehicle. I ordered a hybrid version and can't wait to get it.

[@theCycleReport]

Heinous look, but I really like the interior overall, and it seems like a great value for the money.

[@jgower12345]

As far as the look/styling, especially of the back, I wonder how much our "belief system" (what we've come to think things "should" look like, based on what they've looked like before)...I wonder how much that affects our view of this (and things like the Elantra, Cybertruck, etc.). The Palisade looks more like other things, especially from the side and rear, and, in my view, looks more boring than this. While initially I was a little repulsed by the back of this, as Todd apparently still is, I appreciate that it looks different and doesn't necessarily look "bad." This suv doesn't really look like anything else, whether in Hyundai's lineup or anyone elses. I think that's a victory. And, in ten years, unless other people copy what now seems weird styling, it WILL look interesting and different. I feel like, design-wise, there are two successful ways to introduce things to people, and both are valid: Introduce bold styling that immediately makes you say "Wow that looks fantastic!" OR Introduce bold styling that makes people say "Wow...that's striking and different...but not bad...?" The former is incredibly hard to do and make something look new and not just a revision of some classic styling that's come before. The latter is difficult for the buyer because it's styling that cuts across the grain and is, initially, uncomfortable. My two cents.

So....a Ford Flex?

[@jgower12345]

My initial thought about the lockable grab handles on the side...this will probably keep the "flaps" from flopping down and staying half opened over time. So it will look better longer if you have a way of keeping the flaps "closed" when not in use.

[@BhutJolokias]

Hyundai has said that's exactly what they did, designed the rear hatch and then started working forward. We've had our (white, LOL) Santa Fe, AWD, Hybrid, Calligraphy for 3 months now and love it. We get white because in the Oklahoma summer it helps keep the heat down. In our first three months we're averaging over 31 mpg. Hard to beat.

[@andrewm5840]

I’ve never overlanded. But my guess for why they allow u lock it is for if you put a strut for a tent on top in that grove, or maybe want to hook something in that and need it to stay open? But I’m just happy the designers and engineers won over the marketing and accountant guys. When they win, the products just get BETTER! Also, short ppl?

[@joshharrison1160]

You're making a distinction between "cutting edge" and different. So it's different but not really cutting edge? I don't love it but I give Hyundai credit for taking a risk

[@tman2damax]

8:13, palisade has had an XRT model for a couple years

[@L0rdVadr]

I know one is electric and the other ICE, as far as the rear opening or minivan thinking goes does this compare at all with the ID Buzz. And speaking of minivan shaped SUV, I wonder if this will compete with its own sibling, the Kia Carnival??? What say you?

[@aarzu10]

How are the vents, Todd?

[@rakhsiprayogo82]

Compared with Land Rover Defender 130 Version

[@ak2112]

Looking like a Die Hard villain with that goatee

[@reserva120]

Unless they stopped, there was a XRT pala ..price point more than off road

[@craigdeeter8042]

I bet the lockable handle was because some lawyer was worried about kids climbing on the roof and falling off.

[@adamwalsh6334]

Did they fix the transmission yet?

[@edoliver4255]

Yea, it was supposedly a software tuning issue

[@gap._.]

첫모습이 안좋다고 느끼는게 그동안의 모든 자동차제조회사의 일반적인 모습과 다르기에 못생겼다 생각되는겁니다.익숙하지 않다고 나쁘건 아니고 개성입니다. 가격대비 아주 좋은 품질입니다.영상보다 실제모습을 보고 테스트 드라이빙 해보면 마음에 드실겁니다

[@edoliver4255]

The rear is fine to me. The wheels on the top trim are ugly though.

[@gtiguy9629]

I was waiting for you guys to mention it but this looks like a Buick Rendezvous from the rear !

I had to google that crap. I don't agree. Couldn't look any more different actually. They both don't look good though. That is what they have in common.

[@gtiguy9629]

Now its not the design itself that's familiar, these cars are decades apart but they both share 3 similar design trait Blunt, Sharp, & "Bold/Unique" Rear End and bill it as a stand out feature we all know ages it !esp. given its a minivan replacement.

[@Comexcyc849]

Land Rover DeliverDriver😂

[@rharrise]

So the Ford Flex was ahead of its time. 🤷‍♂️

[@juanseaforth5111]

To many transmissions issues.

[@JT-fq2bl]

Avoid the 2.5t with the DCT and go straight for the hybrid. Bonus points if you raid the Australian branch and their off-road kit for the Santa Fe.

[@Fyahking619]

It's not like they didn't fix it. Plus, you have 100k miles warranty.

[@oseidennis3230]

How many 2024 Santa Fe have u driven? Always complaints

[@randyfine4535]

WOW, snow, how depressing

[@lucassitanggang5154]

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[@MYDOGOG]

No thanks

[@johnsmith1474]

You two are embarrassing. Talk about pissing into the wind.

[@senseicorey9979]

Shaddup

That's ironic. Because your "critisizing skills" are the same. It needs to be constructive criticism or it has no value at all. You're now just yelling at the clouds like a Karen.