Hyundai Santa Fe
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12 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2026, with 9 listed configurations.
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The Hyundai Santa Fe is the crossover that made Hyundai a real SUV brand in the United States. Launched for the 2001 model year and named after the New Mexico capital, it has run through five generations and has been built in Montgomery, Alabama since 2006. For most of its life it has sat one size above the Tucson and, since 2020, one size below the three-row Palisade.
The fifth-generation MX5 car, unveiled in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August 2023 and on sale from March 2024, is the biggest reinvention the nameplate has seen. Hyundai threw out the rounded fourth-generation shape for a squared-off, Defender-adjacent body with H-pattern LED lighting, stretched the wheelbase to 110.8 inches and — for the first time since 2018 — put a third row back in the American Santa Fe. The shifter moved to the steering column to free up console space for twin wireless charging pads, and a curved panoramic display combines two 12.3-inch screens. Powertrains narrowed to two: a 277-hp 2.5-liter turbo four and a 231-hp 1.6-liter turbo hybrid, both offered with front- or all-wheel drive. In July 2025, for the 2026 model year, Hyundai replaced the turbo's eight-speed dual-clutch with a conventional torque-converter eight-speed automatic.
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