welcome to CarSceneKorea, I introduce newly released Genesis, Hyundai and Kia cars. And I have
in front of me 2021 face lifted Santa Fe. Some quick facts about the Santa Fe is that
they have set the highest number in pre-orders thus far and santa fe alone has sold over 200,000
in quantity in korea alone and this car has increased space inside focusing on family SUV and
Hyundai utilized the calm technology or contact they call it targeting the people in the 30s
and 40s although it's a facelifted version much of the exterior has been changed almost
as if it's a full change because the front grille has been completely changed as well as the DRL and
the design overall which i'll touch in a bit but most importantly what's not shown in the exterior
and that's very distinctive to the space lifted santa fe is the platform or the chassis as for the
headlights they have maintained this composite headlamp design but changes are significant
if you look at the front grille or front face one by one starting off
this cascading grill has gotten much bigger and is now connected the headlights both to the front
and to the sides and depending on the trim level this grille has been accented
with chrome which differentiates or splits the headlamps to left and right a little bit
so it does not look as a big giant one whole piece but but if you look at the one that has the matte
finish which is this trim right here it's got a little bit of um dark chrome gloss like and
if you look a little bit away it looks like the one gigantic piece so with this grill you get the
color matched fenders and other plastic pieces and this T-shaped DRL Hyundai calls it the eagle's eye
and also the rear of the bumper has been completely redesigned this area right here
the arch of the wheel here has gotten bigger by a little bit and they are now offering this 20 inch
rims on this 2021 Santa Fe with the size of 55 45 20 same goes for the back to 55 45 20. so it's a
score set up and what's been notably changed on the rear exterior is this one big led bar which
we've seen on other latest Hyundai cars just off my head i can think of Elantra, Azera so on and so
on so nowhere does it say but it would resemble that h of Hyundai starting right here connected
h and to some people this could be a major change because for the previous model
this area right here was finished in chrome and it's invisible from the outside
or more say from where i am right now the undercover has been changed and
upgraded in order to help out the airflow of the car at the bottom from the engine bay
undercover to sub frame undercover center flow under cover and finally to the rear side
under covers it suits the airflow of the car overall and reduces the voltage generated at the
back of the car which helps lower the coefficient of drag in other words it increases the mpg
i'm going to hop in this model right here and automated trunk and this model is a five-seater
i'll show you seven-seater in a bit that led stuff i'll show you in a bit the highest trim of all
so this is the calligraphy model color matched with the body and the grille like i showed you
so probably that's how you could easily distinguish the car from the two
like so so uh without further ado let's hop in i love white interior and uh let me give you a
wider angle all right the biggest change and upgrade that's been made here is the
increased space inside due to the new chassis the face lifted Santa Fe has gotten much bigger
inside and second row's leg room got bigger by 39 millimeters and for the seven seater it got
bigger by or slight 1.04 millimeters and as for the perspective from the driver's seat
the significant differences and upgrades has been made on the interior rather than the exterior the
center console has been completely redesigned and along with that infotainment system from
the previous 8 inch it got bigger by 10.25 inch and they got rid of all the physical buttons
now it's um fully interactive via your fingertips and that traditional
gear selectors has been changed to a button type a push button gear selector and a dial terrain modes
like this and also probably a little hard to catch on camera but alcantara here has been used or
well i really have to double check on this but it's more like a soft material suede i don't
think that's alcantara well anyhow this overall they have used soft materials here and there
giving upgraded and luxurious feel overall i'm not going to rub too much it's white interior so uh
that's how i see and i love the white interior and color i love this two tones brilliant touch and
this is we've seen on other Hyundai I was blown away by the way when i first saw this for the
first time on Elantra that animation that we've seen since i like it sports put in the sports
and let me move back to the seat and tell you a little bit more about the chassis i told you about
let's hop on on the second second row seat so that's how much leg room it has on the back
well one thing for sure it's much bigger than Sorento that's for sure
again that's due to the new chassis that they have thrown on on this some face lifted Santa Fe and
that is the third generation platform and it's also been used on eighth generation sonata as
well and that trash is I cannot I can't show it to you unfortunately due to obvious reasons but from
the h design that they had before now it's shaped more like a pound sign so it is more connected it
performs better in crash and it also distributes the impact more evenly throughout the body and
chassis hot stamping technology has been used up to 14.6 percent so that's increased rigidness
and support and the chassis is really performance oriented and driven with the brand new chassis
it lowered the center of gravity with better handling and almost better in every single
way especially for a suv in terms of safety because for suvs most of the fatality occurs
from a rollover at accidents not saying that it will prevent the rollover from happening
but it will certainly reduce the probability of the fatality for sure and last but not least it's
lighter lighter car always better and this fourth generation Santa Fe facelift especially focused on
safety and they got high scores on many tests including but not limited to KNCAP
which is um Korean crash test and also European and us tests as well
and this is a seven seater the second row there's a bun button for the tilt
always useful although it does not go back up automatically so that's a third row it's almost
mostly um typical thing not meant to be set for a long time especially for adults but kids well they
will fit in but it's not the best concrete seats in the world and let me see it on the back for the
record um best third row space and the comfortness i had as far as palisade i would say is somewhere
close to um that of uh Sorento's let me just guesstimate but i think it's slightly slightly
smaller than Sorento's I'm not so sure about that but again not a deal breaker the third row
is always an option all right so that's that and the button for the third row passenger to get off
works exactly the same and as for the power and the engine currently Korea is only offering
a 2.2 liter diesel engine and but it has been significantly upgraded from the previous one now
they are meeting the European RDE2, Real Driving Emissions Step Two and in order to do so they
have gone through the hassle of changing a lot of components within the engine the components
inside the engine has been redesigned as well from the cast block to an aluminum that's a significant
change in upgrade because that alone they have reduced 19.5 kilograms from the engine and engine
alone and injectors have been increased to meet 2200 bar and crank needle bearing camshafts needle
bearing balance shaft improved frictional resistance which maximized the efficiency
and i have not test driven this car yet but on other media outlets they actually clocked
20 kilometers per liter on freeway well and that's with a diesel engine but anyhow it's outrageous
mpg considering how big the Santa Fe is and it's only a pumping 2.2 liter diesel engine
and as for the power the power is either sent to the front wheels or all wheels via
eight speed dual clutch transmission that they have a first throw on on on Sorento
next Veloster N than this Santa Fe it is only a speculation but European market is likely to
get a hybrid model with 1.49 kilowatt lithium-ion polymer battery pack and 44.2 kilowatts electric
motor and it is said that with the electric motor alone that it can travel up to 60 kilometers
and currently this santa fe is available in two engine choices for american markets
only one the diesel model for korean markets so the two engines are
2.4 liter four-cylinder that pushes 185 horsepower with 178 pound-feet of torque or
another engine being the 2.0 liter four-cylinder turbocharged that pushes 235 horsepower
with 260 pound feet of torque so wrapping it all up um for this 2021 Santa Fe facelift
some say the changes are significant and some say that it is not well from the exterior
that's where the um ideas diverge to some people the front grille is just as big of a all change
whereas some people they think that to be just the minor change which is the facelift version of that