Vehicle
Hyundai Santa Cruz
A unibody pickup built on the Tucson's NX4 platform, which is the single most useful fact about it: it is diagnosed as a crossover, not as a truck, and its running gear, HTRAC coupling and electronic architecture are the Tucson's. Two 2.5 Smartstream engines — a naturally aspirated one with a conventional eight-speed torque-converter automatic, and a turbo with an eight-speed dual-clutch, whose low-speed shudder and clutch-adaptation faults are a different family of complaint from the automatic's.
Generations
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NX4a 2021–present
Built in Montgomery, Alabama. The 2025 facelift changes the interior electronics substantially; production is due to end in 2026.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Hyundai N3
- Engines
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- 2.5 Smartstream GDi — G4KP · petrol · 142 kW (191 hp)
- 2.5 Smartstream turbo — G4KN · petrol · 210 kW (281 hp) · 422 Nm (311 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 8-speed dual-clutch · 8-speed A8F27 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · All-wheel drive
Service information
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