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Hyundai’s 2016 Santa Fe has been unveiled in its home market of South Korea this week, offering a first official look at the refreshed SUV.
Styling updates are limited to a revised grille garnish and a new front bumper, while the rear gains a more premium LED lighting design, a subtly revised bumper and resculpted exhaust tips.
A significant update has occurred under the skin, however, with new High Strength Steel components now used in the chassis and body shell. This is likely a play to improve on the Santa Fe’s ‘marginal’ rating in the American IIHS overlap crash test.
Key technology updates include a new autonomous emergency braking system, along with blind-spot monitoring, surround-view camera, adaptive cruise control and dynamic headlights that turn into corners.
There’s also a new high- and low-pressure airbag deployment control system, which determines the necessary force for airbag release depending on the severity of a collision.
Australian launch timing and specifications are still to be confirmed, although we can likely expect the large SUV to continue here with its 2.4 litre petrol and 2.2 litre diesel engines.
Watch for more details on the refreshed Santa Fe to come in the near future.
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Do we get the LWB version the USA enjoys that is designed for seven seats, or the 'sport' version that in the USA is five seater only, but here Hyundai think we will accept a third row squeezed in.
And towball capacity needs to reflect towing capacity.
The Diesel in AUS has 145KW and 436NM with automatic gearbox and 145KW and 421NM with manual gearbox. I bet the new Santa Fe will also get an updated Multimedia System. The LWB is also available in parts of Europe and would make perfect sense in AUS. I would never use the third row seats and have more storage space instead in the SWB.
Did poorly in crash testing in USA,Refer
I wonder if that's why I highlighted the construction changes in the article. Incidentally, it did well in most tests, so try not to exaggerate, hmm? http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/hyundai/santa-fe-4-door-suv
Heinz Mr.Truth | 09 Jun 2015 12:26
Bullcrap! It only did poorly in one category, which is the small overlap crash. It seems this is a newish crash scenario, as not many cars have been tested. I have watched a few videos of exactly that crash test and most vehicles get destroyed.Emergency braking system and other features in this updated model is good.. And its interior also looking great.. Jaslynn, Bizbilla
Lets hope that all the new features as mentioned are in the new model as in the new Sorento it apppears not everything gets included i.e. surround vision camera for easy parking.
Wating for the Aussie price release and hope 2016 models have a tow ball upgrade as standard. Any idea where the prices will sit? Most likely it's a contender as it ticks most boxes and looks good (subjective I know).... J ????
The buzz has died down completely. After being spied in Australia in April, no launch announcement yet.
If Hyundai bring out the long wheelbase that the Sorento has and add AEB i'll buy one....grrr...trying to find "one" with the lot....Kia ...close....oh and self parking !!!
I wish the 2016 model cmes with a heating ing steering wheel because i need it for winter season here in australia as sydney is getti g worst each h winter...i request this for the 2015 model but they didnt bring any of those models to australia only in america....I will only buy one if heating steering wheel will included for australia santafee
:p pre ordered the new highlander bring on march 28 2016 when our ocean view highlander arrives.