Hyundai Santa Fe Facelift Spied In The US: Major Improvements Expected
Key takeaways
- It seems Hyundai’s design headquarters has been listening closely to global backlash.
- Due to extreme summer heat, test drivers were forced to peel back the heavy black vinyl camouflage, giving us our first-ever look at how Hyundai is scrambling to fix its most controversial family SUV.
- When the current-generation Santa Fe debuted globally, its front profile split opinions, but its rear tailgate, with low-slung, ‘H’-shaped horizontal taillights, was almost universally panned.
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It seems Hyundai’s design headquarters has been listening closely to global backlash. According to Car Scoops, just a couple of years after gambling on a Land Rover-esque ‘brick aesthetic, spy photographers in the United States have caught the mid-cycle facelift of the Santa Fe undergoing high-altitude testing.
Due to extreme summer heat, test drivers were forced to peel back the heavy black vinyl camouflage, giving us our first-ever look at how Hyundai is scrambling to fix its most controversial family SUV.
When the current-generation Santa Fe debuted globally, its front profile split opinions, but its rear tailgate, with low-slung, ‘H’-shaped horizontal taillights, was almost universally panned.