Hyundai Santa Fe (Gen. 2) Thread

**ghost recon** · November 23rd, 2009 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by mikmik316

Teka sir i'm talking about the Customer Service Rep. Yung CSR na sinasabi mo papeles from the planta? kung ganun palpak sila lumabas yung CSR na yan Nov. 11 lang and we were not informed of that before hand puro pangako na inaasikaso raw nila yung plaka.

it's most likey the case. you could not get your car registered without the CSR coming from the customs office. as i said earlier, HARI and the rest of their dealers are only after for sales and tell theier customers that they can have their car registration and plate number after a month. well to tell frankly, you can have your car registered and the plate number in one day if you have this documents and process it by yourself at LTO. hope this help.

**ek2jayvee** · November 23rd, 2009 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by jaejae

good day sirs! i'm just confused, my father bought a new sta. fe... the dealer told him it's a 2010 model, what are the key difference between 2010 and 2009 sta. fe models? thanks

Sir there is a new facelifted version of the santa fe. I hope it's the model that your dad purchased. The hyundai casas still sell the pre-MMC model. Maybe they are just consuming the old stocks.

Here's the new look: (photo borrowed from the net)

**harold13** · November 24th, 2009 07:42 PM

parang nakakita na ako nito sa kalsada assuming binago na din bila pati yung tail lights.

**LeOxe** · November 25th, 2009 07:34 AM

eto yung rear ng 2010 facelifted sta fe

eto naman ang front

**tidus1203** · November 25th, 2009 08:00 AM

^^That's the Euro spec Santa Fe, we are not getting that one unfortunately we are getting the Korean spec.

**sprinter73** · November 26th, 2009 02:38 PM

wow, ganda ng euro grill ng 2010 SF, parang gusto ko hehehe. sana fit dun sa 2008 model

teka, kung euro version yan eh bakit left hand drive? hmmm

**tidus1203** · November 26th, 2009 05:27 PM

Not all EU countries are RHD. Germany for example is LHD, while the UK is RHD.

**jaejae** · November 27th, 2009 11:25 AM

thanks sa mga replies nyo sir! my father's SF aint like any of the pics you posted...while it almost look the same, i can see the difference on the fog lamps, grille, and tail light design...the models you posted, are they really the 2010 models we get here in the phis? coz if that's the case and the dealer keeps on pushing that what we got is a 2010 model, then that's questionable, ryt? thanks po talaga sa inyo guys!

**asiastreak** · November 28th, 2009 12:05 AM

I just saw a black 2010 SF with Euro grill earlier along SSH, looks like it's going towards Villamor... I am quite sure it is the new one, the back looks flatter with the new tail lights, the front has the new fog lights design.
there's no plate yet, it still had a for registration sign written at the back.

**parakitoJDM** · December 1st, 2009 10:28 AM

eto yung Test drive report nung 2010 Kia Sorento twin.....
the Hyundai Santa Fe ver2.5? hehe.

for those keeping track of the numbers....
acceleration has improved fm. 12.6sec (5A/T)150ps down to
9.9sec (6A/T) 197ps.... both are the Four(4)wheel driver version with seven seats.....

i thought with that much torque, it could make that run around 7 or 8sec..... di pala kaya talunin ang Civic FD in 0-100kph acceleration run. haha.
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Hyundai Santa Fe 2010 Road Test
Sun, 15 Nov 2009
"http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road_tests/index.htm?id=418&section=main"

The 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 diesel auto was always a good 4x4. Especially good to drive quickly on rough tracks.
For 2010 it’s gone through some mid-life changes. You can’t get the petrol V6 any more. Power of the 2.2 diesel is up, from 154bhp to 194bhp. Yet economy is also up, and emissions are down, all well under 200g/km. The manual is in VED Band I, and the auto in Band J.

Instead of 5 gears you now get six, whether you go for the manual or the automatic, and that will bridge the gap of the old 5-speed manual between 2nd and 3rd. Yet prices are down, starting at just £21,495 for the 5-seater manual in Style trim, and rising no higher than £25,495 for the 7-seater Premium 6-speed automatic.

The 2.2 engine is now chain cam and up in capacity slightly to 2,199cc. Torque is a stonking 422Nm at 422Nm from 1,800 to 2,500rpm. And the automatic gets even more. A frankly astonishing 436Nm, and all this from just 2,199cc. Amazing. The latest Toyota Landcruiser LC develops nothing like this from an engine 800cc bigger.

I remember the original Santa Fe in this body as being less than great on the road, but absolutely stunning on rough dirt tracks where it would romp along at 70mpg as if they were race circuit smooth asphalt. This one, on its 245/60 R18 tyres was totally unruffled on the roads.

I’m a bit circumspect hustling something as tall as this round bends but discovered I had nothing to worry about at all. It just went round. I guess the boys at Autocar would push it further until they found the limits, then compare it to an X5 or something, but I was simply happy enough with what it would do. It isn’t a sportscar and I wouldn’t drive it like one.

But it is a very pleasant thing to drive. The 6-speed box slurs its changes and keeps the revs quite high until everything is warmed up. Then the dash shows a little green ‘ECO’ light when you’re behaving yourself and anyway there’s little need to venture beyond 2,000rpm because that gets you 70 in 6th.

Cruise control is on the steering wheel and the buttons are shaped like Braille so you can switch between its various functions without having to look. It’s actually very good cruise control, easy to operate first time out, easy to over-ride and ideal for those endless 50 limits on the M1 these days.

As before, you get 7 seats and the load deck is a doddle to rearrange. The rearmost seats simply pull out of the floor in one simple cantilever movement. The centre seats flop down 35/65 in one go, using a similar cantilever mechanism. And the nearside single seat double folds with a catch at back and side to let the nippers out of the rearmost seats. These don’t have the legroom or toe-room of a Mercedes GL, LandRover Discovery or even a Chevrolet Captiva. But they are on a par with a Volvo XC70, an Audi Q7 or a Nissan Pathfinder.

The Premium version I was driving came with very sturdy feeling leather seats, heated in the front, electric folding mirrors and lots of convenient places to put things in the sensibly designed console between the front seats. There are USB/Ipod dockets, an Aux socket, power sockets front and rear (as well as a fag lighter).

For off roading you can switch off the ESP and switch on a centre diff lock. The 6-speed manual will haul a 2,500kg caravan, and even the auto is rated to tug 2,000kg. You can tell the new car from the old by its revised (unaggressive) grille, new clear headlight clusters, new front and rear bumpers, different alloy wheels, and new big fat dual exhaust tailpipes.

I suppose as someone who has virtually given up and merely drives a FIAT 500, the most telling discovery was how well I got on with this comparative monster of a car. It’s light and easy to drive, very easy to get on with, and doesn’t irritate in any way.

Even though the new Santa Fe is totally inappropriate for my needs, I could get on with it fine. And that’s not something I could say about any other large SUV in near, mid or distant memory.