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Бюджетный пикап от Hyundai рассекречен в сети: опубликованы характеристики новинки

Ожидаемый многими автолюбителями пикап южнокорейского производителя Hyundai замечен во время прохождения тестовых заездов. В сеть были выложены сразу несколько изображений новинки, кузов которой обтянут плотным слоем камуфляжа.

Концепт-кар

Как известно, впервые концепт будущего пикапа Hyundai Santa Cruz был представлен в далеком 2015 году во время проведения выставки автосалона в Детройте и лишь только осенью прошлого года разработчики начали озвучивать предварительные данные относительно будущей модели. Впервые новая модель оказалась замеченной в конце 2019 года, и с тех пор волна слухов о ее возможностях и экстерьере периодически попадали в сеть.

Фото: www.autopostkorea.com

Теперь же, изучая полноценные изображения нового пикапа, можно сделать вывод о его экстерьере и интерьере. Так, судя по опубликованным снимкам, кузов пикапа Santa Cruz будет оснащен двойной кабиной, а также двухъярусными головными фарами. Еще одним элементом кузова, который отличает серийную модель от концепта является новая решетка радиатора. В целом можно сказать, что новинка будет иметь не слишком много общего с концептуальным авто, представленным в 2015 году.

Фото: www.autopostkorea.com

По мнению большинства автоэкспертов, пикап Hyundai Santa Cruz будет построен на общей модели с паркетником нового поколения – Tucson. По предварительным данным, новинка дебютирует сразу на нескольких автомобильных рынках, поэтому технические возможности пикапа будут зависеть от региона продаж. Так, ожидается, что на американском авторынке Hyundai Santa Cruz будет доступен в комплектации с 2,5-литровым мотором и 8-скоростной коробкой-«автомат». Не исключен выпуск и модели с гибридным двигателем.

Если же говорить о модификациях, которые ждут в Европе, то с высокой долей вероятности можно предположить, что они будут оснащены дизельными моторами.

По мнению разработчиков, новый пикап призван составить конкуренцию таким моделям, как Honda Ridgeline, который построен с использованием архитектуры, базовой для кросса Pilot, а также Volkswagen Tarok.

Первые модели планируется выпустить с конвейера уже в следующем году. Для этого Hyundai планирует вложить около 400 миллионов долларов в переоснащение завода на территории США.

Официальная презентация новой модели ожидается уже в нынешнем году, однако состоится это мероприятие на одной из автоплощадок либо пройдет в качестве онлайн-представления, будет зависеть от мировой обстановки с новым коронавирусом.

How Did It Drive?

I’m going to start out by saying right away that I cannot imagine this vehicle with the base-level engine; the Santa Cruz needed the turbocharged 2.5-liter engine. It had just the right amount of power and punch you’d want from your car, but it was exactly that: just right. To have anything less than what the turbo engine provides would likely feel sluggish and uninspired. The turbo isn’t giving you tons of extra pep like you’d get on something like the Mazda CX-5; it’s making your base level performance feel a little more exciting.

Adding to that, Hyundai did a solid job making the ride enjoyable. The cabin is nice and quiet, even on windy coastal roads. The low ride height makes the Santa Cruz feel steady, capable, and agile when on long straights or tight turns. I had the chance to try out the Santa Cruz on a little bit of everything, from well-paved highways to bumpy gravel roads, and it handled everything with ease. It’s not the kind of vehicle you want to take off-roading, but it’s also not something you’ll cringe at taking through that rutted dirt road.

And, unlike some pickup trucks, you’ll have a comfortable ride whether you’ve got the bed loaded or not. I will say, though, that we didn’t get a chance to put the Santa Cruz’s towing or payload powers to the test during our drive. That will remain to be seen.

Overall, we’re talking about a very comfortable vehicle, but not necessarily one that’s going to blow your mind in terms of the drive. It drives more like a commuter car than a performance machine — and that’s fine. Not everyone needs a car with an angry exhaust and an overwhelming amount of power. We’ll just keep our fingers crossed for an N or N-Line Santa Cruz, where we can kick things up a notch.

That said, I didn’t have a chance to drive the most affordable trims, so my observations aren’t going to translate.

Photo: Elizabeth Blackstock

Tech, infotainment, and driver assist

The standard infotainment system includes an 8.0-inch touchscreen, with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Wireless phone charging, a 10.25-inch touchscreen, and a 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster are available on higher trim levels.

As with other Hyundai models, we liked the infotainment system’s graphics (including a display for radio stations that looks like old-fashioned radio tubes) as well as the ability to see the view from blind-spot cameras in the digital instrument cluster (on models so equipped). On the other hand, we weren’t fans of the touchpoints used to control audio volume, temperature, and toggle between touchscreen menus. Because they offered no physical feedback, they were hard to use while driving.

We weren’t fans of the dashboard touch controls, which were hard to use while driving.

The Santa Cruz is also available with the digital-key system previously seen on other Hyundai models, in which drivers use a smartphone in place of the key fob. However, it only works with Android phones.

Standard driver-assist tech includes forward-collision warning (with pedestrian and cyclist detection), automatic emergency braking, and a driver attention monitor. Optional features including blind-spot collision avoidance assist, blind-spot monitoring, safe exit assist, rear cross-traffic alert, a surround-view camera system, and Highway Driving Assist, which combines adaptive cruise control with automated lane centering.

We previously sampled Highway Driving Assist on the Genesis GV70, from Hyundai’s luxury brand, and thought it was pretty good, as these systems go. In the Santa Cruz, Highway Driving Assist performed about the same, with smooth acceleration and deceleration, but still had difficulty negotiating some highway curves.

The Verdict

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is a great, flexible, and approachable vehicle that definitely has the chops to convince an American market that the ute can be a glorious thing — but I don’t think Hyundai quite knows what it wants the Santa Cruz to be yet. Its marketing push toward young, active professionals is a little bland because that’s the market every semi-flexible sedan, crossover, SUV, or truck is aiming toward these days. That angle isn’t fresh or exciting enough to convince people to opt for the result of a sordid love affair between a crossover and a small truck.

Revise that marketing push, and I think Hyundai has a banger of a product. Sell this to small families with kids who like to get muddy. Sell it to short women who want to feel like a badass driving their succulents home from the nursery without sacrificing their comfort. Sell it to eternally-messy guys who want a reasonably sized vehicle that won’t be a pain in the ass to clean out. Sell it to older folks who just can’t climb in and out of their tall work trucks anymore. Sell it to the in-between crowds who aren’t sure if they want a truck or an SUV. If I have to see one more ad showing a 20-something city slicker pulling off her office-wear as she hits the bike trail, I’m gonna snap.

That bland effort isn’t worthy of the Santa Cruz, which is ultimately a fun, peppy little vehicle that makes you smile when you drive it — and when you check your bank account before you think about financing it. It has potential lasting power that means we’ll not only see the Santa Cruz on the road in 10 years but that we’ll also see a fair share of its trucklet competitors. Hyundai just needs to find the in-between places where the Santa Cruz will shine.

Photo: Elizabeth Blackstock

2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz SE FWD Specs

Price starting at
$23,843

Horsepower
191 @ 6100

Torque
181 @ 4000

Displacement
2.5 L/152

Engine type
Regular Unleaded I-4

Transmission/Drive
Automatic w/OD

Curb weight
3704 lbs

SpecsCompare

Driving experience

The Santa Cruz is available with a pair of 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine options. The standard version makes 190 horsepower and 180 pound-feet of torque, while the extra-cost turbocharged version makes 275 hp and 310 lb-ft. The base engine is available with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, while the turbo engine is all-wheel drive only. The only available transmission is an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic.

The biggest advantage the Santa Cruz has over conventional pickup trucks is the way it drives. On the highway, it provided a remarkably comfortable ride, with only a hint of the inevitable bounce you get when driving a pickup unloaded. On twisty roads, the Santa Cruz was downright fun, boasting agility you don’t normally get in a pickup. While we didn’t get a chance to test the base engine, the optional turbocharged engine provided more than enough power, making it easy to exploit gaps in traffic and keep up momentum on steep hills.

The biggest advantage the Santa Cruz has over conventional pickup trucks is the way it drives.

Off-road capability is usually a pickup truck selling point, but don’t expect too much from the Santa Cruz in that area. It uses essentially the same HTRAC all-wheel-drive system as other Hyundai vehicles, which should be able to handle snow or dirt roads, it lacks the low range and locking differentials of dedicated off-roaders like the Jeep Gladiator.

Hyundai quotes a maximum towing capacity of 3,500 pounds for the base four-cylinder engine, and 5,000 pounds for the turbo-four engine, and a 1,906-pound maximum payload capacity. Those numbers won’t impress traditional truck buyers (a Ford Ranger can tow up to 7,500 pounds), but given the Santa Cruz’s smaller size, they’re respectable and should allow for plenty of real-world capability. For example, a 5,000-pound tow rating should be enough for a smaller camper or a pair of jet skis.

How Does The Hyundai Santa Cruz Compare To The Ford Maverick?

I lost count of how many times Hyundai reminded our press group that the Santa Cruz isn’t designed to compete directly with the truck market before then comparing The Santa Cruz’s specs to those of the Ford Maverick. It makes sense; here are two small, affordable trucklets that are meant to be as comfortable in the city as they are on the dirt road heading to your favorite mountain trail. It makes sense that folks are cross-shopping these.

That said, I still think the Santa Cruz and the Maverick are competing for very different segments of the market, with the Santa Cruz appealing more to the SUV crowd and the Maverick aiming for a truck audience. Both have features that set them apart from the niche I think they’d most effectively appeal to — the Santa Cruz has a truck bed, the Maverick is electrified — which make both vehicles a bit of an outlier in their respective markets. But I don’t know that it’s ever occurred to me to compare these two on a one-to-one basis.

There’s no right or wrong answer as to which is better, since they’re both designed for different audiences. But let’s talk some general differences:

Santa Cruz

More expensive.
Shorter, squatter, and wider.
Built on the Hyundai Tucson platform.
Less bed space, but more storage options (under-floor storage and two extra side bins).
Larger payload and towing capacity.
No dedicated off-road package.
Worse fuel mileage.
No electrified option.
Higher horsepower and torque.

Maverick

Cheaper.
Taller, longer, and narrower.
Built on the Ford Escape platform.
More bed space, but fewer other storage options.
Smaller payload and towing capacity.
Dedicated off-road package.
Better fuel mileage.
Electrified option.
Lower horsepower and torque.

Which is superior? That’s going to come down to your personal preferences and uses for the vehicle. Nothing more.

Photo: Elizabeth Blackstock

Команды

На сегодняшний день компанию Santa Cruz представляют 2 команды: Santa Cruz Syndicate и Enduro. Первая является очень успешной в дисциплине даунхил. Официальными спонсорами DH команды бренда являются Maxxis, Oakley, Fox и многие другие. Участники команды уже смогли доказать превосходство неординарного взгляда компании на, казалось бы, очевидные вещи. Речь идет о DH байке V10, а именно о модели на колесах 29 дюймов.

Команда Santa Cruz Enduro состоит всего из трех райдеров. Хоть они и не так успешны, нежели их коллеги из Синдиката, зато принимают участие во всех этапах Enduro World Series. Командный велосипед – найнер Hightower LT.

Грег Минаар – участник Santa Cruz Syndicate

Design and interior

One look at the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz, and it’s apparent this is no ordinary pickup. While most trucks are about as sleek as the buildings they’re often used to help construct, the Santa Cruz has a streamlined shape, made more distinctive by the alien-looking grille and headlight styling from the 2022 Hyundai Tucson SUV. Instead of simply ending, the cab is blended into the bed, and the wheels stick out from the sides of the body in muscular bulges.

The only thing more remarkable than the Santa Cruz’s exterior styling is its size. This is the first truly compact pickup sold in the United States in over a decade. Available only in a four-door crew-cab body style, the Santa Cruz is over a foot shorter than a Toyota Tacoma, albeit almost as wide. That makes for less stressful driving in tight spaces, but also a smaller pickup bed. The Santa Cruz’s bed is 52.1 inches long, compared to 60.5 inches for the shorter of the Tacoma’s two available bed lengths, and is too small for even a bicycle. Hyundai does at least provide a standard tonneau cover, plus storage bins in the bed and under the rear seats for smaller items.

One look at the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz, and it’s apparent this is no ordinary pickup.

Most pickup trucks use old-school body-on-frame construction, where the body shell and frame are separate pieces, but the Santa Cruz utilizes a unibody platform similar to Hyundai’s cars and SUVs. Unibody construction offers greater structural rigidity, improving handling, ride quality, and safety, which is why passenger cars abandoned body-on-frame construction decades ago. The only other currently truck built like this is the Honda Ridgeline, which is much larger than the Santa Cruz, but the upcoming 2022 Ford Maverick will be a true counterpart to the Hyundai.

The interior design isn’t very truck-like; it’s pretty much the same as what you get in any of Hyundai’s SUVs. That’s not a bad thing, as the Santa Cruz’s cabin is still nice-looking and functional. While our Santa Cruz Limited test vehicle did have leather seats, no one will ever confuse this with a luxury vehicle. We liked that though; it means you won’t feel bad about getting it dirty.

Технические характеристики

К вопросу подбора силовых агрегатов для российской версии Tucson 2021 корейцы подошли на удивление ответственно и без малейшей примеси авантюризма. Никаких гибридов, роботов с сухими сцеплениями и моторчиков 1,6 л, характерных для Европы, в России не будет. Все привычно и понятно, семейство моторов Smartstream в сочетании с механикой или автоматом:

G 2,0 (149 л. с./192 Нм) с 6-ступенчатой МКПП или АКПП, привод передний или полный;
G 2.5 GDi (190 л. с./242 Нм) с 8-ступенчатой АКПП, привод полный;
D 2.0 (186 л. с./416 Нм) с 8-ступенчатой АКПП, привод полный.

Подвеска типичная в данном сегменте: McPherson и многорычажка, соотвественно, впереди и сзади.

Клиренс заявлен 181 мм, но его часть «съедает» пластиковый пыльник, прикрывающий моторный отсек снизу. Колесная база 2 755 мм.

Объем багажника 539-582 / 1860-1903 л

What Is It?

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is the Korean brand’s answer to years of teasing the possibility of a small pickup truck, but it wants you to know that this isn’t actually a pickup. Instead, it’s an “adventure vehicle,” which is marketing speak for a crossover that can do more than just be a crossover.

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The relatively affordable trucklet clocks in at just under $24,000 for its base-level trim, but the beauty of this vehicle is the fact that it can be spec’d out to feel like an entry-level luxury vehicle without needing the sticker shock of a massive price tag. But whether or not this vehicle is going to revolutionize the automotive world remains to be seen.

We drove the fully-loaded top-of-the-line trim; we have yet to see what the other trims will look like.

Photo: Elizabeth Blackstock

Представлен первый серийный пикап Hyundai

Компания называет его спортивным автомобилем для активного отдыха или Sport Adventure Vehicle. Южнокорейская компания Hyundai представила свой первый серийный пикап, который получил название Hyundai Santa Cruz.

Грузоподъёмность автомобиля не сообщается. Длина автомобиля составляет 4,97 метра, колёсная база равна 3 метра, а длина грузового отсека составляет 1,32 м. В продолжительном ролике производитель демонстрирует преимущество открытого багажника, в который можно поместить грязные вещи, высокий груз и другие негабаритные предметы.

В старшей версии присутствуют два 10,25-дюймовых дисплея, сенсорный блок управления системой климат-контроля, аудиосистема Bose и широкий набор электронных помощников водителя. В базовой версии пользователям будет доступен 8-дюймовый экран мультимедийной системы с поддержкой Apple CarPlay и Android Auto. Но даже в базовой версии есть система автоматического торможения с функцией распознавания велосипедистов и пешеходов.

Старшая версия получила турбированный двигатель мощностью 280 л.с., а также роботизированную коробку передач с двумя сцеплениями. Базовая версия оснащена 2,5-литровым атмосферным двигателем мощностью 193 л.с., который работает вместе с 8-ступенчатой автоматической коробкой передач и полным приводом.

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How DT would configure this car

The top Limited trim level has the most tech features, so that’s what we would go for. It gets the larger 10.25-inch touchscreen Highway Driving Assist, a surround-view camera system, two rear USB ports, and an upgraded Bose audio system. The 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster and wireless phone charging also carry over from the SEL trim level, where they’re part of an options package.

At roughly $40,000 MSRP, the Limited is a big step up from the base Santa Cruz SE trim level, but still at roughly the average price of a new car these days. It’s also fairly well equipped for the price, netting not only the above-mentioned tech features, but also all-wheel drive, the turbo engine, leather seats (with front heating and ventilation), and 20-inch wheels.

So… Is The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz A Truck?

No. The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is not a pickup truck. It cannot perform a full, celebrated range of Certified Truck Stuff. It is not going to haul a massive trailer. It will not be the vehicle you use out on the farm. It is not the top-of-the-line luxury truck you drive to feel like king of the road. It’s not even the compact truck you buy because you need a decent amount of bed space but don’t need a large vehicle to accomplish your needs.

The Hyundai Santa Cruz is not a truck. But I think it’s a lot better served for it.

People love their trucks, and they love their SUVs. What Hyundai is doing here is blending the two for something that has, until now, really only worked in Australia. You have the compact body size and interior comfort of a nice crossover, and you have some bed space instead of an enclosed trunk.

It’s a bold move. Hyundai, of course, is confident that it’s going to work, and based on the sheer number of people who stopped me to ask about what I was driving bodes well for the company; no one has ever stopped me so much to ask about a press car, even when driving other first-of-its-kind cars. One older gentleman I chatted to was changing a tire and looked ruefully at the bed space.

“I wish I had something like that instead of having to put this dirty tire on the carpet.” he told me.

Hyundai keeps calling the Santa Cruz an ‘adventure vehicle’ as a way to transcend boundaries here… but it also featured some slides in its press presentation about how it compares to the Ford Maverick. It almost kind of seems like the brand itself has been unsure of who to target with this product, but I think it has potential for anyone who lives an active lifestyle but still wants something smaller. After all, no one wants to stick their gross, muddy boots or damp, sandy towels on a carpeted trunk space. You’re going to be much better served with something like the Santa Cruz’s bed.

I think comparing it to a truck is going to do the Santa Cruz a disservice. Hyundai would be much better served to emphasize what this vehicle can do compared to a crossover or SUV; those buyers will appreciate the flexibility of a truck bed, whereas I think truck buyers are looking for something more specific that the Santa Cruz can’t provide.