Hyundai Santa Fe - UK details

Details for the UK of the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe have been released

Hyundai has revealed details of the 2010 Santa Fe, with prices starting from £21,495 in the UK and a new, direct injection 2.2 litre diesel.

Hyundai revealed the updates to the Santa Fe for 2010 at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in September, but it’s taken them a couple of months to get round to confirming details and prices for the UK.

But if you’re looking for a reasonable sized SUV/Crossover then the good news is that prices on the Santa Fe for 2010 have actually dropped. Starting point – the 2.2 CRDi Santa Fe Style – now costs £21,495. Which, for a well-built and reasonably well-equipped car the size of the Santa Fe, is not a terrible deal at all.

As we reported in September, the style changes for the 2010 Santa Fe are fairly minimal. The front gets a new grill, restyled lights and new bumper. The back gets new lights, a new bumper and twin exhausts. Throw in new alloys and roof rails and you’re about there. The interior gets a revised instrument cluster, iPod connectivity and carbon black trim to replace the old plastic wood.

But the big new is on the engine front. A single engine option only in the UK, but a decent one. The new 2.2 litre direct injection diesel delivers 194bhp, 311lb/ft of torque and 0-60mph in 9.6 seconds. Hyundai claim the Santa Fe is now the quickest 7-seat SUV you can buy for under £35k.

Economy is quite creditable at over 40mpg and the Santa Fe now emits 176g/km, which moves it down a VED band. To help economy you now get an ECO Drive indicator on auto models and a gear change indicator on manual models. Hyundai are keen to point out that the Santa Fe is more economical than an entry level Vauxhall Zafira or a diesel Galaxy. They also point out that the Santa Fe has more torque than a 911, which doesn’t exactly give you 911 performance but it does mean that the towing weight has been upped to 2500kg. Service intervals have also been doubled 20 20,000 miles.

A decent buy, the Santa Fe, although it will be overshadowed a bit by the new Hyundai ix35. But the next Santa Fe should rock in the way the ix35 does. Full details in the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe Press Release.