2024 Santa Fe
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[QUOTE="I Ford Flex called. They want their design back.
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I thought perhaps it was made of legos.
not sure why the reversion to poorer aerodynamics…
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I thought perhaps it was made of legos.
not sure why the reversion to poorer aerodynamics…
Seems the German's that had all the design influence the last 10 years at Hyundai are gone. The new 2024 Kona now looks like it was designed by Mitsubishi, where the 2017-2023 Kona was designed by an Audi designer and a BMW engineer. The 2023/24 Elantra and Elantra N with it's triangle door panel design, clearly is not a German design, but an K-POP 
Asian design.
I agree, Ford Flex look is a sub par look on the new Santa Fe.
Asian design.I agree, Ford Flex look is a sub par look on the new Santa Fe.
The panel looks like from BMW vehicle.Seems the German's that had all the design influence the last 10 years at Hyundai are gone. The new 2024 Kona now looks like it was designed by Mitsubishi, where the 2017-2023 Kona was designed by an Audi designer and a BMW engineer. The 2023/24 Elantra and Elantra N with it's triangle door panel design, clearly is not a German design, but an K-POP
I agree, Ford Flex look is a sub par look on the new Santa Fe.
AC gauges are borrowed from VW, while VW went on screen AC which absolutely no one likes it.
Hyundai stated last year that all vehicles will have physical buttons for the most commonly used functions.
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Rear visibility? The pillar is huge!
The interior finishes are nice, but I'm not a fan of a flat dash with protruding steering wheel a la bronco, wranger. I'm guessing the steering wheel is fully retracted in the pictures.
I liked the Ford Flex, so the Santa Fe is good for me!
The interior finishes are nice, but I'm not a fan of a flat dash with protruding steering wheel a la bronco, wranger. I'm guessing the steering wheel is fully retracted in the pictures.
I liked the Ford Flex, so the Santa Fe is good for me!
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Bronco & Wrangler are setup for mechanical function in limited space - why else would a new design (Ford) be so much like an old design Jeep … (windshield flat and folds etc) …
Why compare to a bling-bling soccer mom unit …
Seems like alot of work to hoist a vehicle up on the wall like that.
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Found this: Despite the Santa Fe's boxy looks, designers and engineers have reworked many exterior elements to reduce the drag coefficient to just 0.29 (0.33 on the current model).
It kind of looks like a wagon now - I dig it.
Yes!
I thought that was a customer returning from a test drive……….
All these vehicles with a surf board between the front seats?
A real option would be to get that "central furniture" out of a vehicle and give the customer a choice among wider seats, a center seat or a center console kinda thing.
The worst was a friend's Land Rover. It had a super wide panel with toggle switches between the front seats.
Dead space.
A real option would be to get that "central furniture" out of a vehicle and give the customer a choice among wider seats, a center seat or a center console kinda thing.
The worst was a friend's Land Rover. It had a super wide panel with toggle switches between the front seats.
Dead space.
We went through the egg phase. It’s back to the box.
