2007 Hyundai Santa Fe launches in Korea

[NFS4]

http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000490069248/

Little information other than what we can glean from the pictures, but what we can see shows that the new Santa Fe is a huge improvement over the current version. Hyundai?s Santa Fe-dedicated website is here (warning - lots of Flash). Autoblog reader Source1 reports that a Hyundai dealer told him that we can expect two engines, a 3.3-liter putting out 240-250 hp, and a 3.8-liter with 275-285 hp.

 

[shilala]

I gotta get me one of those.

 

[Pocatello]

So it's a RAV4 from Toyota...

 

[Phokus]

nice design... but the last thing this planet needs are more SUVs!

 

[Squisher]

I like it, they toned down the truncated bulging wheel wells.

 

[cliftonite]

wtf that looks pretty good

 

[CtK]

not tat bad at all
a little FX in the nose

 

[SeaMonki]

Wow it looks pretty good and similar to Toyota's new 2007 Rav4.

 

[imported_yetti]

not bad. i wouldn't buy one though.

 

[Black88GTA]

I was thinking FX as well. I don't really like SUVs much in general though.

However, I found this article quite a bit more interesting. 😛

 

[Pakman]

They must have hired a new design team or something... Because all their new vehicles look pretty good.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Hmm, personally I prefer the older model, but that looks pretty good too. I think they should've given it some more straight edges, give it more cues from the new Sonata. I think that if it was a little more sharpedged, especially the lights, it would look quite a bit better. Looks a bit bulbous to me.

 

[johnnqq]

Hockey season started too...catch my drift?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: johnnqq
Hockey sucks...catch my drift?

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[vi edit]

Looks good. Would like to see a bit more wide angle/encompassing shots of the interior though. The new Sonata and now this. Very good stuff coming out of Korea. Hopefully crash tests come back okay. That's been an issue in the past for them.

 

[xanis]

That's basically the same design as the Infiniti FX-35.

 

[xanis]

Oh yeah, I made us a little comparison: Familiar design, anybody?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: johnnqq
Hockey rocks...catch my drift?

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[sandorski]

Damn, Hyundai used to be the biggest POS and ugliest Car maker on the planet. They ure turned themselves around of late.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Oh yeah, I made us a little comparison: Familiar design, anybody?

that still holds nothing on the corolla/jetta.... that's just.. crazy. heh

 

[tennisflip]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Oh yeah, I made us a little comparison: Familiar design, anybody?

I see a resemblance from the front but not so much from the back.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: johnnqq
Nobody gives a sh!t about hockey in the US; we didn't even notice it being gone during the lockout. NO ONE CARES!!!...catch my drift?

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[njmodi]

Looks like a VW Touareg...

 

[sandorski]

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[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: Pakman
They must have hired a new design team or something... Because all their new vehicles look pretty good.

haha because they are knock offs of honda and toyota

i don't mind though - they look good 🙂