Design Hyundai Santa Fe Limited
Given its corporate penchant for Hispanic-style names, Hyundai’s passing up the opportunity to differentiate its two Santa Fe variants by appending a simple Grande to the larger of the two siblings is a little surprising.
But Hyundai kept the simple Santa Fe moniker for the larger, three-row version while dubbing the smaller, two-row variant the Santa Fe Sport. Go figure.
The Sport’s engine choices are fours: a naturally aspirated 190-hp 2.4-liter and an optional 264-horse, 2.0-liter turbo. The larger, three-row Santa Fe tested here operates with a robust 3.3-liter V-6 rated at 290 horsepower and 252 lb-ft of torque.
This is essentially the same engine that made its debut in Hyundai’s 2013 Azera sedan, but because the Santa Fe is rated for heavier-duty cycles, such as 5000-pound towing, the powertrain engineers prescribed new piston rings, a three-stage intake manifold, a variable-output oil pump, and chromium nitrate electro-coating for the cams, rocker arms, and tappets to enhance heat resistance and reduce friction. The V-6 is teamed with a six-speed automatic transmission.
Engine Hyundai Santa Fe Limited
Standing-start acceleration is about the only tangible dynamic distinction between front- and all-wheel-drive versions of the three-row SUV. Rolling-acceleration results—5 to 60 mph, 30 to 50, and 50 to 70—are all but identical, as are the skidpad results: 0.75 g with front drive and 0.76 with AWD. That’s about what you’d expect from a set of all-season Kumho City Venture Premiums (235/55-19, the top tire option), and it’s about par for the course in this class. This also goes for braking—176 feet from 70 mph for the all-wheel-drive Santa Fe, albeit with moderate fade, and 179 for the front-drive version, with no fade noted by our testers.
Specifications
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front- or 4-wheel-drive, 7-passenger, 5-door wagon
ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 24-valve V-6, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 204 cu in, 3342 cc
Power: 290 hp @ 6400 rpm
Torque: 252 lb-ft @ 5200 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manual shifting mode
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 110.2 in
Length: 193.1 in
Width: 74.2 in Height: 66.5 in
Curb weight (FWD/AWD): 4161/4318 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS (FWD/AWD):
Zero to 60 mph: 7.1/7.5 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 19.5/20.7 sec
Zero to 120 mph: 34.7/35.1 sec
Rolling start, 5–60 mph: 7.9/8.1 sec
Top gear, 30–50 mph: 3.8/3.9 sec
Top gear, 50–70 mph: 5.2/5.3 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 15.8 sec @ 91 mph/15.9 sec @ 90 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 128/130 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 179/176 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad*: 0.75/0.76 g
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