Hyundai unveiled its much-anticipated Santa Cruz Sport-Adventure Vehicle today. The 2022 Santa Cruz breaks new ground in the SUV, Truck, and Crossover segments by introducing a true Sport-Adventure Vehicle unlike anything else on the market in the United States. Santa Cruz features a bold yet refined design, powerful and efficient powertrain options, a versatile open bed for gear, cutting-edge connectivity, and a highly maneuverable all-wheel-drive platform that is equally at home in urban and adventure-focused environments. The Santa Cruz Sport-Adventure Vehicle will go into production in June in Montgomery, Alabama, and will be available for purchase in the summer.
What is the significance of Santa Cruz?
Santa Cruz was developed to be the ultimate Sport-Adventure Vehicle, a moniker confirmed in Hyundai’s early consumer research. The study discovered consumers, many of whom live in urban areas, and whose lifestyles include the desire to escape to weekend adventures of various kinds. Many of these customers transport various items that are better suited to an open bed than a typical SUV Bodystyle. These buyers are looking for versatile transportation that can be used for urban, adventure, occupational, or even home improvement gear. Santa Cruz has a safe, open bed area with a lockable tonneau cover, hidden bed storage, and bed extension accessories.
Everything about Santa Cruz reflects a duality of purpose in its design execution. This all-new category-bending vehicle holds a variety of imagery in balanced juxtaposition:
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Urban life connectivity with an escape to outdoor adventure
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Work and play flexibility
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Tough yet alluring demeanor
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Roominess with maneuverability
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Open cargo area and secured, lockable storage
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Towing capability and fuel efficiency
Interior Design
The interior of Santa Cruz expresses a sophisticated and refined appearance. The contrasting rugged yet refined motif matches the boldness of the exterior, boasting a technical ambiance that appeals to those who appreciate cutting-edge technologies in their daily lives. It features an enveloping dual-cockpit design that encapsulates each passenger. Design teams focused on ease of ingress and egress and ergonomic comfort on long drives.
The premium center stack display features an edgeless infotainment screen appearance, with an impressive 10 inches of visibility. The optional center digital cluster display also measures 10 inches. Under the rear seats is convenient, in-cabin storage. Completing the premium ambiance is an available Bose® audio system.
Powerful and Efficient Powertrains
Santa Cruz offers two powerful, flexible, and efficient powertrains. The standard powertrain is a 2.5L direct-injected in-line four-cylinder engine with an estimated 190+ horsepower and 180+ lb.-ft. of torque. This engine coupled to an eight-speed hydraulic automatic transmission for quick acceleration and superb efficiency.
Santa Cruz also offers a 2.5L direct-injected turbocharged engine with an estimated 275+ horsepower and 310+ lb.-ft. of torque linked to an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission (DCT). This DCT includes steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters for manual shifting control by the driver.
Eight-Speed Automatic Transmission
The standard 2.5-liter engine's eight-speed transmission provides quick and crisp shifts for an engaging and efficient driving experience. This automatic transmission increases ratio range at both the top and bottom of the output speed range, allowing for more off-the-line thrust and a quieter, more fuel-efficient trip on the highway. A multi-disc, individually controlled hydraulic channel torque converter improves responsiveness by broadening the direct connection band, while a smaller oil pump and double ball bearings reduce frictional losses.
Advanced HTRAC® AWD and Towing Capability
Both 2.5L four and 2.5L four cylinders turbo models offer the ability of the HTRAC® all-wheel drive to be completely confident when driving in unrevised snowfall or to pursue all sorts of adventures. The HTRAC AWD system was designed as a multi-mode system with an electronic variable torque split clutch and active torque control between the front and rear axles. The Sport setting gives a more agile feel by sending more torque to the rear wheels, for a sporty, dynamic experience. This system has a wide range of torque distribution variability, tuned for conditions such as straight-line acceleration, medium- and high-speed cornering, and hill starts. For those customers who like to tow their weekend gear with them, the 2.5L 4-cylinder is rated at 3,500 lbs. for towing and the 2.5L Turbo AWD model boasts a generous 5,000 lbs. of towing capability.
Hyundai SmartSense Convenience and Safety
Santa Cruz has an array of advanced safety technologies as part of the Hyundai SmartSense feature suite, which provides excellent safety and convenience features.
Blue Link® Connected Car System
Many Blue Link® Connected Car service enhancements have been made to Santa Cruz. Blue Link, like most Hyundai models, is free for three years and includes features like Remote Start with Climate Control, Remote Door Lock/Unlock, Stolen Vehicle Recovery, and Voice Destination Search, among others.Blue Link features can be accessed via interior controls or through the MyHyundai.com web portal, the MyHyundai with Blue Link smartphone app, the Amazon® Alexa Blue Link skill, and the Blue Link Google Assistant app. Some features can be controlled via Android Wear™ and Apple Watch™ smartwatch apps.
2022 Santa Cruz key features include:
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Remote Engine Start allows the owner to remotely warm-up or cool down the vehicle using the Santa Cruz key fob on models equipped with Proximity Key and Push Button Start.
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Remote profile management—stores select vehicle settings to the Blue Link cloud, with the ability to remotely update and push back to the vehicle, personalized to driver preferences
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Remote start enhancements:
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Vehicle Status Notifications—if the vehicle is left with doors unlocked or windows open, customers will receive a notification
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POI Send to Car now with Waypoints (ability to add up to three-way points, to be delivered to the vehicle together and automatically set order of destinations)
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Maintenance Alert Enhancement—maintenance interval tracking is now visible in the multimedia system, with the ability to reset
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