The top-of-the-line “Ultimate” adds bigger wheels and Hyundai’s blind-spot video cameras in the digital gauges, as well as LED headlights and ventilated front seats. Spend the extra for the $41,399 “Preferred Trend” and you’ll get the better Bose sound system, leather seats, a larger 10.25-inch touch screen, adaptive cruise control and Hyundai’s “junction turning detection” that helps anticipate vehicles turning in front of you at junctions. The most basic Santa Cruz is pretty loaded in Canada, with heated front seats and a heated steering wheel, blind-spot collision avoidance and an 8-inch colour touch screen. This could be a mistake, though, because the Maverick will be sold as standard with a 2.5-litre hybrid engine (a 2.0-litre Ecoboost is a more costly option), and that hybrid has an official combined average of 5.9 L/100 km. This puts it thousands above the lowest-priced Ford Maverick. Hyundai says there are no plans for a hybrid version of the Santa Cruz, presumably because it doesn’t expect to sell that many and it wanted to emphasize its truck-like strength. The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is a stylish, innovative pickup truck that combines the convenience and comfort of a car with the utility and power of a truck. Our test Santa Cruz Limited rang in at more than 40,000, which is a lot for a compact truck, but it was also fully loaded. The starting price is revealing: a 2022 Santa Cruz SE, with front-wheel-drive and the base 2.5-liter I-4, will retail for 25,175. The Tucson AWD has an average of 9.0 while the Santa Fe, with the same engine, is 10.0. These days, however, performance is also judged by fuel consumption and the Santa Cruz is relatively thirsty with a combined average consumption of 10.6 L/100 km. While we’re comparing the two, the Santa Cruz has a tow capacity of 5,000 lbs over the Maverick’s 4,000 lbs with the Ecoboost engine, or 2,000 lbs with the hybrid. Our test Santa Cruz Limited rang in at more than 40,000, which is a lot for a compact truck, but it was also fully loaded. It’s also greater than the Maverick, which has a payload of 1,500 lbs in a bed that’s five cm longer. Hyundai says its maximum payload in the bed is 1,785 lbs (810 kg), which is quite respectable for its size. It was a smart move to fit the Santa Cruz with the larger engine from the Santa Fe, so it can handle truck-like hauling tasks.
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