The 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe falls is a good-looking, practical compact SUV that offers families a roomy cabin, plenty of desirable features, and a hybrid power train to ensure maximum performance. The car also sits on a price point that makes it more preferable than its bigger SUV competitors. Inside, you’ll also find premium features to keep you comfortable, such as heated front seats, passive keyless entry systems, and premium sound systems. 
Let’s dive into the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe to find out all the features that the vehicle is equipped with this year.
What’s New?
The 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe has been redesigned for to be more stylish and refined. It’s been refreshed with a new rectangular grille pinched on the outside and it’s accented with a vertically placed LED. The vehicle has a new T-shaped taillight design and a horizontal light bar that connects those T-shaped taillights. Some of the wonderful interior improvements include the shift to a transmission button instead of a shifter and a bigger touch screen. It also now comes with three available engines. Let’s find out what more the vehicle has to offer.
More Standard Features
The 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe’s best interior features include standard Android Auto and Apple CarPlay compatibility, an 8.0-inch touch screen, and auto emergency braking with cyclist and pedestrian detection. Other advanced available safety features include rear traffic alert, adaptive cruise control, active lane control, and a blind-spot monitor.
The Hyundai Santa Fe 2021 is expected to crush crash tests and earn a high safety rating just like the 2020 model did. Hyundai is yet to release the feature sets on the trim levels, but the already uncovered features include a remote parking feature, a remote feature that has the ability to warm or cool the car seats, and improved car features connected via the Blue Link System.
Power and Performance
The Hyundai Santa Fe 2021 has replaced the previous 2.4-liter inline-four and comes with a new 2.5-liter inline-four base engine that is paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission with available all-wheel drive or front-wheel drive. Hyundai Santa Fe is estimated to have a 4% increase in fuel efficiency in front-drive.
Hyundai also upgraded the old 2.0-liter turbo-four to a 2.5-liter turbo-four in the new 2021 model. It boasts a torque output of 311 pound-feet of torque and 277 horsepower. This is a great improvement from the previous engine, which made 51 pound-feet and 42 horsepower. To improve efficiency and shift responsiveness, the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe uses a wet dual-clutch eight-speed automatic transmission. According to the automaker, the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe’s engine is estimated to be 2 mpg more efficient than the 2020 model.
One key thing that has not changed is Hyundai’s peerless 60,000-mile or five-year warranty and the 36,000-mile or three-year complimentary maintenance. Because of its durability, the vehicle will serve you for many years, as you commute everyday through the city. Don’t take our word for it though — visit Crain Hyundai North and schedule a test drive so you can learn more about this compact SUV.


