Hyundai Santa Fe 2006 test drive - 2009 SUV

Hyundai Santa Fe with a diesel engine

Hyundai Santa Fe armed with diesel engine gained new abilities ... Almost simultaneously, having discontinued the first -generation Santa Fe and Terracan, Hyundai has released a car that was supposed to be a worthy replacement for both.
Until recently, you could buy Hyundai Santa Fe New with any engine, provided that it will be a V-shaped 2.7-liter six that he got from his predecessor, albeit modernized. Such a state of affairs did not suit anyone, and from this summer you can order a diesel version of the crossover with a 2.2 -liter engine and a capacity of 150 liters. With. The trend is correct, especially since in the gasoline version of Santa, I clearly did not pull to its almost forty thousand dollars. Moreover, the literally outdated box with the long first and second gear did not pull all the efforts of the cheerful motor to nullify. A beautiful start from the traffic lights, which the rapid contours hinted at, did not work out, the nine actually gave the head start in the corps. This is later, when the speed sets, the engine will breathe deeply and come into agreement with the box, Santa rode, as it should quickly and confidently. But for the image, the start is more important than another thing diesel! He is enough from the first meters and drags Hyundai, no matter how he rests, until 12.3 a second will not gain a hundred. It is also pleasant that the motor does not sour even after a hundred, continuing to accelerate almost to maximum speed evenly and powerfully. It is not noisy, although the image in the rear -view mirror on good gas becomes a slightly blurry fact. On idle vibrations, they are barely felt, and a characteristic rod becomes even pleasant. A heavier diesel, due to which the equipped mass increased by 73 kg, did not worsen controllability at all, but a exchange rate, especially at high speeds, even improved. Now Santa Fe is not so afraid of longitudinal irregularities and ruts, and it divers in turn more clearly, demonstrating a small excess rotability for discharge of gas.
More traction deeper than the track
With the advent of the diesel engine, the behavior of the car has radically changed not only and not so much on the asphalt. Now Santa has become, within the cross -over limits, of course, quite a passable all -wheel drive universal. The road clearance in 201 mm, of course, is slightly overstated, but 19 cm will definitely be, but for most of our country, Piknikov and similar directions this is more than enough. The anti -tuxury system with blocking the coupling of all -wheel drive now works much more confidently, which is noticeable not only in rough terrain, but also in the sand. I am sure that the new crossover engine will show itself perfectly in the snow in the snow and in the fall on the shade of the ground. It is only necessary to remember the overhangs and thresholds, about the plastic protection of the bottom and bumers, then everything will be in order.

Matter: Hyundai Santa Fe
 


Fifty for love
Diesel Santa Fe with automatic transmission and decent configuration costs 50 thousand dollars. A serious, I must say, the application without becoming habitual discounts on the fact that Korea is not Japan. The clearly high price for a new crossover, I mean the gasoline version, has already spoiled the Hyundai ratings of sales, especially against the background of the previous model. Whether the diesel version will help out, taking into account that it is even more expensive, there is almost no question for such money, you can take not only quite full-fledged SUV, say, Kia Sorento or something from Ssangyong, but also crossovers playing in the same field. Take, for example, the same Land Rover Freelander be Santa at least seven-seater, as in other markets, we could talk about something, and I would refrain from rainbow forecasts, no matter how diesel was hearing him!
Author: Igor Gubar, photo of Alexander Openov-Baranov
 

 

A source: Magazine 4x4 [September /2008]