New LWB, Three-Row 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Priced from $28,350* in the U.S.

With the new generation of the Santa Fe, Hyundai decided to split the range into two models, the Santa Fe Sport with seating for five passengers and the option of either a 190hp 2.4-liter inline-four or a 264hp 2.0-liter turbo, and the longer wheelbase model with seating for six or seven, and a 290hp V6 engine.

The five-seat 2013 Santa Fe went on sale last year with prices starting from $24,450 (plus an $825 delivery and handling fee), and now Hyundai has announced pricing for the LWB version that starts at $28,350 for the FWD GLS and tops out at $33,100 for the AWD Limited, excluding a delivery charge (*) of $845.

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Hyundai Shows Final Production Version of 6 and 7 Passenger 2013 Santa Fe in L.A. [Photos & Video]

We doubt anyone noticed it, but the three row, long-wheelbase 2013 Santa Fe displayed next to the five-seat 2013 Santa Fe Sport at the New York International Auto Show in April was a prototype. The more spacious Santa Fe model is making its world premiere in final production trim at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. Read more »

Hyundai Increases US Production by 19 Percent to Keep Up with Demand and Offset Import Losses

Having many cars on the parking lot and little or no customers is any dealer’s nightmare. On the other hand, not having enough cars to satisfy the clients that walk into your dealership is something of a problem, too.

Hyundai North America CEO John Krafcik said that the company, which currently has difficulties keeping up with demand due to a tight inventory, will increase U.S production by 19 percent from September until year’s end compared to the same period in 2011.

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Hyundai Counts on New Santa Fe SUV to Boost its Family Sales in the US

With more than a million vehicles (1,072,679 to be exact) delivered in the first quarter of 2012, which account for a 16.7 percent increase compared to the same period last year, Hyundai’s global sales are booming.

Yet John Krafcik, CEO of Hyundai Motor America, believes that despite its ever-increasing range, there is a segment in which the carmaker is weak: car buyers with families. He is counting on the 2013 Santa Fe to change that.

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New 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Starts at $24,450* in the U.S.

Hyundai has announced U.S. pricing for one of the two available variants of its new Santa Fe series that comprises a regular five-seater model named Santa Fe Sport in North America, and a 7-seater version with an extended wheelbase known simply as the Santa Fe.

More specifically, the Korean company released pricing for the 2013 Santa Fe Sport that starts at $24,450 excluding an $825 delivery and handling fee (*D&H) for the entry-level front-wheel drive model with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that's rated at 190hp and which delivers an estimated 23mpg city, 33mpg highway and 26mpg combined.

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Hyundai Recalling Around 220,000 Santa FE SUVs and Sonata Sedans to Fix Airbag Flaws

South Korean automaker Hyundai has issued two separate and unrelated recalls for the previous Sante Fe crossover and the current generation Sonata sedan because of problems with their airbags.

In the case of the Santa Fe, the recall affects 199,118 vehicles from the 2007-2009 model years built from April 19, 2006, through July 7, 2008, to fix the occupant classification system (OCS).

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Hyundai Reveals European 2013 Santa Fe SUV in Announcing UK Prices, gets 194HP Diesel

Hyundai has released details and pricing information for the all-new 2013 Santa Fe SUV in the UK, and in doing so, it has also given us our first look at the European model prior to its debut at the Paris Motor Show.

As far as the interior and exterior styling is concerned, the European Santa Fe is no different from the North American Santa Fe Sport that was unveiled at the New York Auto Show in April.

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2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Roars Like a Lion and Cries Like a Baby in New Korean Ads

We know from first hand that each market has its own needs and values when it comes to advertising products, but we can't help but feel that at least a couple of Hyundai's South Korean market ads for the latest generation of the Santa Fe are an awkward throwback to previous decades.

This is most evident in the commercial where Hyundai pictures the Santa Fe in one scene sliding and roaring like a lion and in another displays the interior with a baby's cry heard from the background, supposedly to show that it's tough on the outside and soft in the inside.

Head on past the break to watch all the ads.

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Hyundai Aims to Sell Over 150,000 Santa Fe SUVs This Year, Close to 400,000 in 2013

Hyundai is pretty confident about its brand new, third generation Santa Fe crossover that made its first public outing at this month's 2012 New York International Auto Show.

Speaking to the press in South Korea, Hyundai CEO Kim Choong-ho told reporters that the company targets to sell around 152,000 examples of the regular and the long-wheelbase seven-seater versions of the Santa Fe globally this year, including 42,000 domestically and 110,000 in overseas markets.

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Hyundai Reveals 2013 Santa Fe Sport and Santa Fe LWB for Seven at the New York Auto Show

Hyundai finally dropped the curtains on its new 2013 Santa Fe crossover today at the New York International Auto Show.

To be more precise, the Korean carmaker showed not one, but two variants of the new Santa Fe, the regular five-seater model that will be named Santa Fe Sport in North America, and a 7-seater version with an extended wheelbase known simply as the Santa Fe.

The five-seater Santa Fe Sport rides on a 106.3-inch (2,700mm) wheelbase, and has an overall length of 184.6 inches (4,690mm), height of 66.1 inches (1,680mm), and width of 74.0 inches (1,880mm).

The larger Santa Fe sports a longer wheelbase of 110.2-inches (2,800mm), with increased overall length of 193.1 inches (4,905mm), height of 66.5 inches (1,690mm), and width of 74.2-inch (1,885mm). The three-row Santa Fe’s cargo volume is 41.0 cubic feet.

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