Hyundai introduced the creation of its 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV with a freshened layout motif, superior the front and rear lighting fixtures signatures, new hybrid powertrain with all-wheel pressure and giant new motive force protection and comfort functions. The hybrid propulsion machine is the primary utility of its type withinside the Hyundai SUV line-up. In addition, a brand new, upscale Calligraphy trim can be presented for the primary time. Santa Fe inner combustion fashions can be produced at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama and could arrive at dealerships with the aid of using the give up of the year, whilst the Santa Fe Hybrid version can be produced in Ulsan, Korea and could arrive withinside the first area 2021. In addition, a Santa Fe Plug-in Hybrid version will arrive later in 2021.
Bold New Look
The ambitious new face of the Santa Fe is greater with a much wider, 3-dimensional grille and a putting T-fashioned LED illumination signature, together with daylight hours walking lights. The new silhouette sports activities a horizontal cabin profile, scalloped decrease door panels and a long, highly-described hood, with person strains extending from the front to rear. Sharp shoulder crease strains join the front and rear LED lights, whilst rear reflector accents visually hyperlink the LED rear taillights.
Interior Design
Santa Fe Calligraphy Trim
2021 Hyundai Santa Fe provides a brand new top rate Calligraphy trim for consumers searching for the closing in styling differentiation, top rate materials, unique functions and superior technologies. Calligraphy builds upon the Santa Fe Limited version with the greater effective 2.five-liter turbocharged engine, including HTRAC® AWD with downhill brake manipulate, unique-layout 20-inch alloy wheels, quilted Nappa leather, complete-colour heads-up show, top rate-end the front grille, top rate door and seat accessory trim, eco-suede headliner, increased ambient lighting fixtures subject matters and vehiclemobile up/down rear home windows.
Powertrains
2021 Hyundai Santa Fe now gives 3 new and stepped forward powertrain options. The trendy powertrain is a Smartstream 2.five-liter direct-injected (DI) and multi-factor injected (MPI) 4-cylinder engine mated to an 8-velocity computerized transmission, changing the previous 2.4-liter engine. This trendy 4-cylinder engine produces an predicted 191 horsepower at 6,a hundred rpm and an predicted 182 lb.-ft. of torque at 4,000 rpm for handy riding in a huge type of situations. The powertrain additionally functions Idle, Stop and Go (ISG) functionality to maximise performance in diverse heavy site visitors situations. The new 2.five-liter engine gasoline economic system is focused to growth about 8 percentage over the 2020 powertrain from those upgrades.
Santa Fe additionally gives a excessive-output Smartstream 2.five-liter direct-injected 4-cylinder turbocharged engine coupled with an all-new 8-velocity moist twin-take hold of transmission (DCT), changing the previous 2.0-liter turbocharged engine and enhancing top horsepower with the aid of using 18 percentage. This all-new powerplant produces an predicted 277 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and an predicted 311 lb.-ft. of torque at 3,500 rpm for brisk acceleration and handy motorway cruising. The moist twin-take hold of transmission gives severa blessings whilst mated to the turbocharged engine, together with excessive-precision shift response, extra performance thru decreased parasitic losses and extended torque potential thru the improved lubrication of the oil-primarily based totally moist take hold of layout. The new 2.five-liter faster engine gasoline economic system is focused to growth about 4 to 5 percentage over the 2020 powertrain from those upgrades.
Combined Engine Injection Systems
Eight-Speed Automatic Transmission
The 8-velocity transmission for the same old 2.five-liter engine gives brief and crisp shifts for a fascinating and green riding experience. The computerized transmission provides ratio variety at each the pinnacle and backside of output speeds permitting for additonal thrust off-the-line and a quieter, greater gasoline-green ride at the interstate. A multi-disc and for my part managed hydraulic channel torque converter improves responsiveness with the aid of using increasing the direct connection band, whilst a downsized oil pump and double ball bearings decrease frictional losses.
All-New Hybrid Propulsion System with HTRAC® All-Wheel Drive
The HEV starter-generator and the electrical pressure motor are each permanent-magnet kind structures, with the hybrid starter-generator rated at 13kW and the electrical pressure motor rated at 44kW (fifty nine horsepower). The machine makes use of a lithium-ion polymer battery rated at 1.five kWh and 270V/five.five Ah, with a most battery output of 64kW, effectively storing the hybrid's electric powered power effectively in a compact and light-weight package.
HTRAC® Advanced AWD System
Santa Fe gives Hyundai's HTRAC® All-Wheel-Drive (AWD) machine. The HTRAC AWD machine turned into evolved as a multi-mode machine, offering an electronic, variable-torque-cut up take hold of with lively torque manipulate among the the front and rear axles. The motive force-selectable HTRAC Normal, Sport and Smart modes assist offer assured manipulate in all climate situations. The Sport placing offers a greater agile experience with the aid of using sending greater to be had torque to the rear wheels, for a sporty dynamic experience whilst desired. This machine has a much wider variety of torque distribution variability than many aggressive structures and has been tuned to situations together with straight-line acceleration, medium- and excessive-velocity cornering, and hill starts. The new Santa Fe Hybrid version consists of HTRAC all-wheel pressure as trendy equipment.
Ride Comfort and Driving Confidence
Ride comfort, dealing with and riding self belief are greater thru key traits withinside the frame shape, braking machine and pressure of the 2021 Santa Fe. The braking machine turned into notably greater with a excessive-potential booster, extended rotor length and refinements to the ABS/ESC machine for easy and assured feature in a greater diversity of unfavourable riding situations.
The 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe frame shape consists of extended excessive-tensile metallic for extra frame pressure, enhancing trip and dealing with whilst lowering weight. Noise from acceleration is decreased from a redesigned isolation pad withinside the device panel shape. In addition, the aerodynamic coefficient of drag (Cd) for Santa Fe has stepped forward from 0.34 to 1/3 Cd thru redesigned undercovers for the subframe, engine compartment, and middle/rear ground areas.
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Santa Fe functions Hyundai's brand new SmartSense superior motive force help structures (ADAS). A collection of sensors and structures regularly constrained to luxurious SUVs combines to probably warn the driving force and assist take movement withinside the occasion of a ability collision. Meanwhile, different ADAS structures can assist the driving force carry out sure duties the use of the SUV's more than one radar sensors, ultrasonic sensors and cameras.
- Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist with Pedestrian, Cyclist and Junction-Turning Detection
- Blind-spot Collision-Avoidance Assist, Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist
- Lane Keeping Assist and Lane Following Assist
- Highway Driving Assist
- Blind Spot View Monitor
- Safe Exit Assist and Ultrasonic Rear Occupant Alert
- Driver Attention Warning
- Smart Cruise Control with Stop and Go
- Parking Distance Warning (Forward and Reverse)
- Parking Collision-Avoidance Assist (Reverse)
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist with Pedestrian, Cyclist and Junction-Turning Detection
The 2021 Santa Fe is equipped with trendy Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) with pedestrian, bike owner and junction-turning detection, a sophisticated lively protection function this is activated whilst a car, pedestrian or bike owner is sensed in the front of the auto with ability for a collision.
Blind-spot Collision-Avoidance Assist, Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist
Blind-spot Collision-Avoidance Assist and Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist assist discover automobiles coming near from at the back of and assist to keep away from ability collisions. This machine now consists of parallel parking conditions as a part of its help.
Lane Following Assist
Lane Following Assist (LFA) may also routinely modify guidance to assist maintain the car targeted in its lane of journey and may assist maintain the car targeted on each highways and metropolis streets.
Highway Driving Assist
Highway Driving Assist (HDA) is a riding comfort machine that assists drivers in preserving the middle of the lane, whilst maintaining a secure distance to the auto in the front and may assist preserve car speeds consistent with published velocity limits on federal interstate highways.
Blind-Spot View Monitor
The Blind-Spot View Monitor with the Santa Fe's out of doors replicate-installed cameras gives the driving force an greater subject of vision, scanning for automobiles getting into the driving force's blind spot. When a flip sign is activated, an photograph of the view from the corresponding wing replicate is displayed withinside the 12.3-inch cluster show.
Surround-View Monitor
Ultrasonic Rear Occupant Alert
Ultrasonic Rear Occupant Alert video display units the rear seats to discover the moves of youngsters and pets, reminding drivers to test the rear seats whilst exiting the car; if the machine detects motion withinside the rear seats after the driving force leaves the car, it'll sound the horn and ship an alert to the driving force's telephone thru Blue Link.
Safe Exit Assist
Santa Fe additionally functions Hyundai's trendy Safe Exit Assist machine that makes use of radar to assist discover motors coming near from the rear and cautions passengers searching for to go out the car. If a passenger tries to open the door whilst a vehicle is coming near from at the back of, a visible and acoustic caution at the middle cluster may also alert the driving force and the door can be locked.
Advanced Technologies, Connectivity and Convenience
2021 Hyundai Santa Fe additionally gets a brand new 10.25-inch widescreen complete-contact navigation machine for clean viewing and an to be had, segment-main 12.3-inch fully-virtual device gauge cluster. Wireless tool charging makes it less complicated than ever to maintain gadgets fully-charged at the go. Even greater, Dynamic Voice Recognition is a sophisticated voice popularity machine that makes use of easy voice instructions to effectively carry out unique controls for the cabin together with: temperature adjustment, radio, hatch opening/closing, heated guidance wheel, heated/cooled seats, and others. The machine also can help with diverse factors of interest (POI), climate repute and inventory marketplace statistics.
Digital Key
Santa Fe's Digital Key is a segment-unique function this is now supported thru a devoted telephone app. The Hyundai Digital Key app additionally permits smartphones to manipulate decided on car structures remotely. Users can lock and free up the car, prompt the panic alert and begin the engine.
Digital Key permits proprietors to depart conventional keys at domestic and permits steady sharing of keys with own circle of relatives and friends. The degree of get admission to to one-of-a-kind car features may be tailor-made to every shared key consumer for a described period. For extra comfort in instances together with the use of a valet service, Digital Key also can paintings thru a Near Field Communication (NFC) card. Digital Key is presently well matched most effective with telephones the use of the Android working machine.
Remote Smart Park Assist
Remote Smart Park Assist, a segment-unique car generation, permits proprietors to park and retrieve their Santa Fe from the tightest of parking areas from out of doors the car, a completely handy function. Before a motive force tries to load passengers or luggage, the faraway parking feature can show specifically useful, bringing the car out of a good space. The motive force in reality makes use of the clever key to pressure the SUV ahead or backward, into or out of a parking space, storage or any tight parking situation.
Remote Start with Heated and Ventilated Seats
Remote Start makes use of a mobile statistics connection thru the Blue Link app that permits an proprietor to heat up or quiet down a Santa Fe remotely, together with its heated or ventilated seats, a segment-unique function. Santa Fe introduced Remote Start to the 2021 Santa Fe's key fob for fashions with Push Button Start.
Premium Infotainment and Sound Systems
Santa Fe gives a top rate sound machine this is flawlessly tuned to the acoustic features of its upscale indoors. A 630-watt, 12-speaker, Harman-Kardon top rate audio machine with an 11-channel amplifier functions Clari-Fi™ song recovery generation and Quantum Logic™ Surround Sound generation. Clari-Fi works in real-time to rebuild audio info misplaced in digitally compressed song, whilst Quantum Logic™ extracts indicators from the unique recording and redistributes them into an authentic, multidimensional soundstage for playback this is clear, delicate and complete of detail. The end result is an improved and exciting on-avenue listening experience.
Wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto® are actually to be had on Santa Fe fashions now no longer prepared with navigation, whilst trendy Apple CarPlay and Android Auto features stay trendy on navigation-prepared fashions. For passengers, twin the front and rear USB retailers are to be had (one for strength/statistics and 3 for strength). Even greater, Santa Fe gives a rear seat quiet mode which permits the driving force and passenger to experience their very own song or media whilst lowering disturbance to the rear passengers.
Heads-Up Display (HUD)+
The to be had Heads-Up Display (HUD) tasks an 8.five-inch digital colour photograph onto the windshield, permitting the driving force to maintain his or her eyes at the avenue. Key riding statistics together with velocity, Smart Cruise Control repute, navigation, protection functions, velocity limit, and audio machine statistics is projected at a perceived digital distance about seven toes beforehand of the driving force for max legibility.
Blue Link® Connected Car System
The 2021 Santa Fe gets many Blue Link® Connected Car System enhancements. As with maximum Hyundai fashions, Blue Link is complimentary at the 2021 Santa Fe for 3 years and consists of Remote Start with Climate Control, Remote Door Lock/Unlock, Stolen Vehicle Recovery and Destination Search with the aid of using Voice. Blue Link functions may be accessed thru indoors controls or thru the MyHyundai.com net portal, the MyHyundai with Blue Link telephone app, the Amazon® Alexa Blue Link ability and the Blue Link Google Assistant app. Some functions also can be managed thru Android Wear™ and Apple Watch™ smartwatch apps.
2021 Santa Fe upgrades include:
- Remote profile management-shops choose car settings to the Blue Link cloud, with the capacity to remotely replace them and push them again to the car so it's far customized to motive force preferences
- Remote begin enhancements:
- Remote seat heating and ventilation (on/off/degree for every person heated/cooled seat)
- Profile selection (preloads person motive force settings for seating function/aspect mirrors)
- Vehicle Status Notifications-if the car is left with doorways unlocked or home windows open, clients will acquire a notification
- POI Send to Car now with Waypoints (capacity to feature up to a few manner factors, to be brought to the car collectively and routinely set order of destinations)
- Maintenance Alert Enhancement-preservation c program languageperiod monitoring is now seen withinside the multimedia machine, with capacity to reset
