It's not easy to pigeonhole the new Hyundai Santa Fe. A rival to the popular Honda CR-V and increasingly popular Mazda CX-5? Could be, but isn't that a job for younger sibling Hyundai Tucson?
Under the RM200k mark, we have the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and Toyota Fortuner, which also have three rows of seats, but those SUVs are essentially canopied pick-up trucks, whereas the monocoque Santa Fe is a much more sophisticated machine. Then there's newly updated sister SUV Kia Sorento, which unfortunately doesn't come with a diesel engine in Malaysia, seriously limiting its punch next to the Hyundai.
So it's no cliche when we say that the Santa Fe is in a class of its own, but our preview drive of the third-generation DM in Morocco also revealed that it's a great family SUV, one that has progressed on several fronts compared to its predecessor, which we know quite well as our faithful company workhorse.
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