The 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe is a superb midsize SUV, however not one that will get your consideration at a stoplight. The 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe will seize you by the chin, flip your head to take a look at it, and never let go till the sunshine goes inexperienced. Severely. You’re going to stare for an uncomfortably very long time.

Hyundai has redesigned its 2-row midsize SUV, taking it from sensible to virtually the best-looking factor in its class.

It Replaces an Glorious Automobile

The Santa Fe on supplier tons in the present day gained our 2023 Greatest Purchase Award within the 2-row midsize SUV class with its strong gas economic system, good driving dynamics, and a premium really feel in and out – to not point out a powertrain guarantee that protects you from surprises for 10 years.

We don’t know a lot in regards to the new model but – Hyundai has launched photographs, however not specs. However the Korean automaker isn’t identified for breaking what works. We count on the subsequent model to have a lot of the identical day-to-day virtues. It could even have the identical powertrain (the mannequin in photographs wears badges studying 2.5T HTRAC, suggesting it might use the identical 2.5-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder and HTRAC all-wheel-drive system obtainable on the present mannequin.

Nevertheless it seems radically totally different.

Chunky and Dramatic Look

Its boxy strains are daring and joyful. You possibly can mistake it for a Land Rover Defender 130 out of the long run or what the Ford Flex may need seemed like had it made it to the 2030 mannequin yr.

Nevertheless it’s additionally unmistakeably Hyundai. The most effective present Hyundai designs lean right into a pixelated type, with 8-bit lighting and faceted surfaces. The 2024 Santa Fe wears that properly. H-shaped headlights related by a horizontal gentle bar stretch throughout a faceted entrance fascia.

The roofline appears virtually parallel to the street, and the tailgate is at virtually a 90-degree angle. Outstanding fender flares are squared off, too, over large 21-inch wheels.

Simply as Angular Inside

Inside, the design additionally cribs from Land Rover. However that’s the appropriate resolution. A easy, flat-fronted dashboard is printed in LED accent lighting. Twin 12.3-inch screens are mounted collectively. Hyundai calls it a “panoramic curved show,” however any curve is delicate and would appear like a betrayal.

A tall middle console with pass-through house beneath makes the driving force and entrance passenger appear tucked into their very own tubs.

Every will get their very own wi-fi charging pad – a transfer we’d prefer to see extra automakers embrace.

The present Santa Fe is a 2-row-only machine, however Hyundai says it should supply a 3rd row of seating for the 2024 mannequin in its home market. We’ll have to attend to search out out if that’s additionally true for the U.S.

Hyundai says particulars are coming in August. We are able to’t wait to carry them to you.