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Old 18-07-2023, 01:02 PM   #1
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Anyone else think upon first look that the new Santa Fe was a new Ford instead...or maybe an old/new Lincoln...

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Old 18-07-2023, 01:07 PM   #2
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Looks Ok, will consider later this year
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Old 18-07-2023, 02:22 PM   #3
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If it can go off-road, it would be high on my list
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Old 18-07-2023, 07:14 PM   #4
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Looks ok from that angle. It looks horrendous from the rear.
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Old 18-07-2023, 07:45 PM   #5
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Yes the Rear......is........a shame.

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Old 18-07-2023, 08:38 PM   #6
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This is Hyundai's series 1 whale mouth AU Falcon moment.
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Old 18-07-2023, 08:58 PM   #7
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Type 2 Kombi inspired from the rear
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Old 18-07-2023, 09:31 PM   #8
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so is the front..
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Old 18-07-2023, 09:51 PM   #9
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If it can go off-road, it would be high on my list
About as far offroad as a Kluger
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About as far offroad as a Kluger
Off the list then
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Old 18-07-2023, 09:59 PM   #11
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Old 18-07-2023, 10:12 PM   #12
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Can’t wait to see the LEGO version…
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Old 18-07-2023, 11:20 PM   #13
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Can’t wait to see the LEGO version…
I think you just did
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Old 19-07-2023, 01:55 AM   #14
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What a pity - the frontal aspect was pretty brave and pulled it off. Must have been a different shift that designed the rear...
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Old 19-07-2023, 05:27 AM   #15
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Old 20-07-2023, 11:25 AM   #16
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He'd be horrified i cut and paste him, but a Santa Fe buyer (always top of the range) pretty much since they appeared... "It’s a box don’t like it "

Maybe a bridge too far for some of the older entrenched buyers.... (as he is)

I'm a 'bit' younger, do like the front, too much Range Rover/LR in the queues department i'd get confused from a quick glance. That rear end, what'd it say in the cars dont see much of anymore thread, cardboard aided design. Course Hyundai have had some notable misses in the passenger vehicle updates as well they're only reigning in after getting too adventurous (adventurous = designers who think something looks good and innovative and dont bother the public who have to buy them)
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Old 20-07-2023, 03:35 PM   #17
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They had me interested at the front end/front 3/4 angle but damn, its got an a## that only a mother could love....
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Old 20-07-2023, 04:54 PM   #18
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It Looks massive. If it’s the size of a regular Santa Fe it might looks awkward
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Old 20-07-2023, 05:50 PM   #19
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Backend looks like some 80s American minivan.
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Old 20-07-2023, 07:56 PM   #20
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ries%29_02.jpg

Franco, don’t lie, did you have I put in the rear design?
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Looks awesome, tho that rear gives me 90s Suzuki swift vibes.
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Looks awesome, tho that rear gives me 90s Suzuki swift vibes.
I like it also. Im really liking the looks of current Hyundai's!
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Yeah it's taken a page from the Discovery 5 'how to style a polarising rear end' book.
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With a lot of current design getting more square again it's like going back to the XD Falcon's times in lego block edgy design
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Surely they could have looked for inspiration in designing the look of the rear off the Ioniq5.

It is like a totally different team did the back with no knowledge of the rest of the vehicle.

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They tried to hard squaring off the body and over cooked it, the back is ugghhh but front vaguely reminds me of Land Rover
which was probably the intent, sneak a bit of the design in there to appeal to broader group of buyers…
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Old 29-07-2023, 01:21 PM   #27
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With a lot of current design getting more square again it's like going back to the XD Falcon's times in lego block edgy design
Oh, goody, the door handles.
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