Hyundai launched a redesign of the Santa Fe on 14 February 2012.

Unveiled at the 2012 New York

International Auto Show on 4 April,[37] the third generation Santa Fe features two wheelbase variants:
shorter 5-seat Sport variant (7-seat is optional in several markets) and the long-wheelbase version
(called Santa Fe XL in Canada) with three rows of seats and available seating for six or seven
passengers. Both models feature the new "Storm Edge" design prototype, eventually to launch on all
other models, and feature refreshed Santa Fe unibody crossover platform, akin to most of today's
SUVs.

Short-wheelbase version (DM)[edit]

The short-wheelbase version is marketed as the Santa Fe Sport in North America, and simply
Santa Fe in other regions. While the Santa Fe Sport is solely available in two-row in the North
America, a third-row seat option is available as standard or optional in most regions outside North
America.
The 2013 Santa Fe Sport models arrives with an all four-cylinder engine lineup. The standard engine
is a 2.4 L developing 190 horsepower (142 kW), with a 264 hp (268 PS; 197 kW) 2.0 L turbo four on
offer. Front-wheel drive is standard, with all-wheel drive being optional. The Santa Fe Sport has
Hyundai's Torque Vectoring Cornering Control feature for upgraded drive performance. Both engines
shift through a six-speed automatic transmission (already found in the Azera sedan), returning up to
33 mpg-US (7.1 L/100 km; 40 mpg-imp) for the naturally aspirated model and 31 mpg-US (7.6 L/100 km;
37 mpg-imp) for the Santa Fe Sport 2.0T model.
The Korean-spec Santa Fe was launched in Asia since 19 April 2012, in short wheel base form with
7-seater capacity. Available engine types are a 2.0L E-VGT R-Line and 2.2L E-VGT R-Line diesel
engines.[38]
 Rear view (pre-facelift, SWB)
 

Interior

Facelift[edit]
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Facelift (SWB)
 
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Rear view (facelift, SWB)

North America[edit]
The Santa Fe Sport went on sale in June 2012 as a 2013 model. It is available in one basic trim
level, but with two engines, and multiple packages that add many features. Engine choices are either
a 2.4-liter petrol GDi engine, or a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, offered as the 2.4 and 2.0T trim
levels respectively.
For the 2017 model, both the LWB Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport has received a facelift with restyled
headlights and taillights. In the domestic Korean market, this facelifted model was named "Santa Fe
The Prime".
Powertrain[edit]

Santa Fe

0–100 km/
Model Year Transmission Power Torque h Top speed
(Official)

Petrol

6-speed 268 PS (197 kW; 37.2 kg⋅m

2012–
automatic 264 hp) @ (365 N⋅m; 269 lbf⋅ft)
2015
6,000 rpm @ 1,750–3,500 rpm
Theta
II 2.0 T-
GDi 240–243 PS
36 kg⋅m (353 N⋅m;
2015– (177–179 kW;
260 lbf⋅ft) @ 1,450–
2018 237–240 hp) @
3,500 rpm
6,000 rpm

2012– 176 PS (129 kW; 23.1 kg⋅m

Theta 10.9s (FWD)
2018 174 hp) @ (227 N⋅m; 167 lbf⋅ft)
II 2.4 MPi 11.6s (AWD)
6,000 rpm @ 4,000 rpm
190 km/h
(118 mph)
191–193 PS 24.6–25.0 kg⋅m
Theta (140–142 kW; (241–245 N⋅m; 10.0s (FWD)
II 2.4 GDi 188–190 hp) @ 178–181 lbf⋅ft) @ 10.5s (AWD)
6,300 rpm 4,250 rpm
Lambda 270 PS (199 kW; 32.4 kg⋅m 8.5s 210 km/h
 266 hp) @ (318 N⋅m; 234 lbf⋅ft)
II 3.3 MPi
6,400 rpm @ 5,300 rpm
286–294 PS (130 mph)
34.4 kg⋅m
Lambda (210–216 kW;
(337 N⋅m; 249 lbf⋅ft)
II 3.3 GDi 282–290 hp) @
@ 5,200 rpm
6,400 rpm
Diesel
39.1–40.8 kg⋅m
150 PS (110 kW;
2.0 R 2012– 6-speed (383–400 N⋅m; 11.0s (FWD) 187 km/h
148 hp) @
II CRDi 2018 automatic 283–295 lbf⋅ft) @ 11.3s (AWD) (116 mph)
4,000 rpm
1,750–2,500 rpm
200 PS (147 kW; 43.0 kg⋅m
2012– 6-speed
197 hp) @ (422 N⋅m; 311 lbf⋅ft)
2015 manual
3,800 rpm @ 1,800–2,500 rpm
2.2 R
II CRDi 193–200 PS
45.0 kg⋅m
2012– 6-speed (142–147 kW; 8.7s (FWD) 203 km/h
(441 N⋅m; 325 lbf⋅ft)
2018 automatic 190–197 hp) @ 9.0s (AWD) (126 mph)
@ 1,750–2,750 rpm
3,800 rpm

Long-wheelbase version (NC)[edit]

The long-wheelbase variant was released in South Korea as the Maxcruz on March 7, 2013.[39] The
longer Santa Fe receives a unique grille design, optional 19 inch alloy wheels, flush dual exhaust
tips, and a body shape that accentuates the crossover's added passenger and cargo room hind-wise
from the B-pillar.
In some markets, the long-wheelbase Santa Fe is also marketed as the Grand Santa Fe.

Hyundai Grand Santa Fe (pre-facelift)

 

Hyundai Maxcruz (pre-facelift)

 
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2018 Hyundai Santa Fe (facelift)

 

2018 Hyundai Santa Fe (facelift)

 

Comparison between LWB (left) and Sport (right) rear quarters

North America[edit]
The long-wheelbase is offered in North America exclusively with a 3.3-litre, 290 hp (294 PS; 216 kW)
V6 petrol engine, the highest output of any vehicle in its class at the time. The Santa Fe in the U.S.
is available in two distinct trim levels: the SE (called the GLS until the 2016 model year), and the
Limited.
As the fourth generation Santa Fe was released in 2018 for the 2019 model year in North America,
replacing the Santa Fe Sport, the long-wheelbase Santa Fe (previously simply called the Santa Fe)
was renamed Santa Fe XL, in the USA (having been named that in Canada from the model's
inception). In 2019, the Santa Fe XL was replaced by the Palisade.
Powertrain[edit]

Grand Santa Fe/Santa Fe XL/Maxcruz[40]

0–100 km
Model Year Transmission Power Torque /h Top speed
(Official)

Petrol
 8.7s
270 PS (199 kW; 32.4 kg⋅m
Lambda (FWD)
266 hp) @ (318 N⋅m; 234 lbf⋅ft)
II 3.3 MPi 8.8s
6,400 rpm @ 5,300 rpm
(AWD)
2013– 6-speed 207 km/h
2018 automatic (129 mph)
286–294 PS (210– 34.4–34.8 kg⋅m
Lambda 216 kW; 282– (337–341 N⋅m;
8.3s
II 3.3 GDi 290 hp) @ 249–252 lbf⋅ft) @
6,400 rpm 5,200 rpm

Diesel

2013– 6-speed
2016 automatic 193–202 PS (142–
45 kg⋅m (441 N⋅m;
R II 2.2 149 kW; 190– 201 km/h
325 lbf⋅ft) @ 1,750– 9.9s
CRDi 199 hp) @ (125 mph)
2,750 rpm
2016– 8-speed 3,800 rpm
2018 automatic

Marketing[edit]
As part of the Super Bowl XLVII campaign, 3 TV commercials developed by INNOCEAN USA were
premiered during Super Bowl XLVII:

 In "Epic Playdate", a father takes his family on a trip in a long-wheelbase Santa Fe consisting of
various increasingly unorthodox activities, which include driving around in mud to getting away
from bikers behind them and bowling in a human-sized inflatable hamster ball. The commercial
features a cameo appearance by The Flaming Lips.[citation needed]
 In "Team", a young boy recruits his own team to take on a group of children who took his
football, with the long-wheelbase Santa Fe being used to gather various members of his team,
all of which are shown to do various tasks that would typically require adults (such as wrestling a
bear, rescuing a man from a burning building and welding). [citation needed]
 In "Don't Tell", a father and his children in a short-wheelbase Santa Fe perform various activities
to somewhat extreme extents, including skiing down a dangerous (black diamond-rated) ski trail
and watching a horror film, during all of which the father tells his children, "Don't tell mom". In the
last activity, the mother goes parasailing with her son, to whom she says, "Don't tell dad". [citation
needed]

Fourth generation (TM; 2018)