2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz pick up ...

[odie]

Would consider as an 2 door and 30+ m.p.g.. Arrival is late summer / early fall . https://www.caranddriver.com/hyundai/santa-cruz

 

[Skippy722]

Aannndddd it’s likely FWD… immediate hard no. Otherwise I like it.

 

[oggb]

Front says Mach-E, back says "Mock me".

 

[dareo]

Let me guess, they won't make nearly enough, and nobody will be able to see/buy one like a Telluride or SX Carnival.

 

[CKN]

Aannndddd it’s likely FWD… immediate hard no. Otherwise I like it.

Hyundai has stated they are marketing this as a "life style" vehicle and not a pickup. Seeing how there are many pickups that haul around nothing but air in their beds, and never go off road-this may very well be the right time to have such a vehicle. If you don't really need a bed-if you compare this to the upcoming Ford Maverick it looks really attractive and the Maverick looks like a 10 year old Frontier.

 

[Skippy722]

Hyundai has stated they are marketing this as a "life style" vehicle and not a pickup. Seeing how there are many pickups that haul around nothing but air in their beds, and never go off road-this may very well be the right time to have such a vehicle. If you don't really need a bed-if you compare this to the upcoming Ford Maverick it looks really attractive and the Maverick looks like a 10 year old Frontier.

My bias against FWD is purely because I don’t like the way it feels while driving. For 99.999% of people, they won’t care/it doesn’t bother them and that’s alright, but I’ll personally be sticking to RWD/RWD biased AWD vehicles.

 

[CKN]

Let me guess, they won't make nearly enough, and nobody will be able to see/buy one like a Telluride or SX Carnival.

To be constrained by capacity is a good problem to have. It beats shutting down factories and assembly lines. How many people own cars that blow up and have to have a replacement vehicle the same day? HINT: Not many.

 

[dareo]

To be constrained by capacity is a good problem to have. It beats shutting down factories and assembly lines. How many people own cars that blow up and have to have a replacement vehicle the same day? HINT: Not many.

Telluride is nearly a 1 year wait for orders. Many full size trucks/suburban type things are simply gone. They are losing the number of units sold but making a lot more margin through reduced incentives. My guess is they would all love to crank out a few more units right now.

 

[2EHA]

i rented one of these. not as bad as you’d think

 

[Quattro Pete]

Telluride is nearly a 1 year wait for orders.

Is it due to that general chip shortage?

 

[CKN]

Telluride is nearly a 1 year wait for orders. Many full size trucks/suburban type things are simply gone. They are losing the number of units sold but making a lot more margin through reduced incentives. My guess is they would all love to crank out a few more units right now.

How do you know they are losing sales? You are right about your one point-they don't need incentives to sell this vehicle.

 

[4WD]

i rented one of these. not as bad as you’d think

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Rode in a Dacia Duster once … very basic transportation

 

[dareo]

How do you know they are losing sales? You are right about your one point-they don't need incentives to sell this vehicle.

Well, due to the fact that they don't have any for us to look at, they lost a Denali Yukon sale. No thanks on waiting an estimated 3 months for an order.

 

[CKN]

Well, due to the fact that they don't have any for us to look at, they lost a Denali Yukon sale. No thanks on waiting an estimated 3 months for an order.

A Denali Yukon is at least 10,000 more. Isn't it?

 

[Quattro Pete]

Well, due to the fact that they don't have any for us to look at, they lost a Denali Yukon sale. No thanks on waiting an estimated 3 months for an order.

Sounds like you may have sold your TourX a little too soon.

 

[WylieCoyote]

This thing has been in development for a really long time. If memory serves, the concept renderings started showing up back in 2011, the same time I got my Optima. Looks good to me, just don't need it for anything.

 

[dareo]

A Denali Yukon is at least 10,000 more. Isn't it?

10k more than what? I'd get a Yukon Denali "base" model at 75k sticker, in a normal market it would have 5-10k of discount. You can't option the 6.2 engine with lessor trims, and i must purchase the largest engine option. So 65k vs 43k for a nice mini van isn't that big of a deal in terms of payments and would be worth it for having real 4x4 and towing in our family hauler. Your making a rather large car payment either way.

Sounds like you may have sold your TourX a little too soon.

Yes, but the offer was quite good, and i may be getting a Carnival SX as soon as this weekend. My wife has not been enjoying driving a lifted truck everywhere. I felt like that if i waited too long i would take a big depreciation hit if the car market cooled even a bit.

 

[ryster]

Telluride is nearly a 1 year wait for orders. Many full size trucks/suburban type things are simply gone. They are losing the number of units sold but making a lot more margin through reduced incentives. My guess is they would all love to crank out a few more units right now.

Orders may take that long, but larger volume dealers have Tellurides and Carnivals on the lots for those that don't mind buying from dealer inventory. My local Kia dealer has 7 Tellurides in stock (2 SX...both white with black wheels which would work for me if I wanted one) and 6 Carnivals (3 SX...red, white, and gray).

 

[KCJeep]

The Subaru Brat lives!

 

[CKN]

The Subaru Brat lives!

This one will probably be more successful. Truck buyers who don't need the capability but buys them because of "the look"=Santa Cruz.