Has anyone driven both the 2.0t and 2.4 Santa Fe (2019-2020)?

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05-07-20, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jrmckinley

Exactly - it's slightly larger than RAV4/CR-V but offers a much higher level of luxury in fit & finish and ride quality IMO. The Limited (I think) has a different infotainment screen - I believe it's larger AND offers both touchscreen and button control. It has 4 or 5 buttons on either side of the screen to get into menu's - it's just really intuitive and well thought out. My mom is not tech savvy at all and she had it figured out in the first 2 days of getting the car.

Happy your mother got what she wanted

. I would say the Hyundai Santa Fe is closer to a Highlander than it is to a Rav4, it is like Hyundai splits the Highlander with a now 2 row Santa Fe on one side, and a slightly larger Palisade on the other side. I did notice the Santa Fe has some groovy A-pillar covers that remind me of denim...I thought that was a nice touch.

The only real criticism I would say is that the 2.4 (and Hyundai engines) is/are seriously behind Toyota. Just my observation but the Highlander AWD with 115 more horses has the same efficiency as the Santa Fe 2.4...

Hope your mother enjoys her new car.