Inovev forecasts 300,000 units a year (excluding China) for the Hyundai Santa Fe
- Hyundai presents the fourth generation of the Hyundai Santa Fe SUV (D segment), at the Geneva Motor Show 2018 , which replaces the previous model launched in 2012.
- This SUV is located in the Hyundai range between the Tucson and Grand Santa Fe. It competes with D segment SUVs such as Renault Koleos, VW Tiguan Allspace, Skoda Kodiaq, Seat Tarraco, Ford Edge, Peugeot 5008, Citroen C5 Aircross and Kia Sorento. Even if the production of the model is planned for 2018, the Santa Fe will be marketed only from 2020 in France, because the current generation of engine would be too penalized by the system of ecological malus to achieve sufficient sales.
- The engines announced for the new generation of the Santa Fe are: a 4-cylinder 2.4 petrol engine developing 186hp, and two 4-cylinder diesel engines 2.0 (179hp) and 2.2 (197hp).
- Unlike Honda, which is abandoning the diesel engine on the new CRV, Hyundai is keeping this type of engine on the Santa Fe.
- The new Santa Fe, which is available in five-seat or seven-seat versions, will be produced, as previously, on the Korean site of Ulsan and on the American site of West Point (Georgia). It should also be manufactured in China at the Rongcheng site. Inovev expects a production volume of 300,000 units per year without China.
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