Most pickup trucks use old-school body-on-frame construction, where the body shell and frame are separate pieces, but the Santa Cruz utilizes a unibody platform similar to Hyundai’s cars and SUVs. One look at the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz, and it’s apparent this is no ordinary pickup. Hyundai does at least provide a standard tonneau cover, plus storage bins in the bed and under the rear seats for smaller items. The Santa Cruz’s bed is 52.1 inches long, compared to 60.5 inches for the shorter of the Tacoma’s two available bed lengths, and is too small for even a bicycle. That makes for less stressful driving in tight spaces, but also a smaller pickup bed. Available only in a four-door crew-cab body style, the Santa Cruz is over a foot shorter than a Toyota Tacoma, albeit almost as wide. This is the first truly compact pickup sold in the United States in over a decade. The only thing more remarkable than the Santa Cruz’s exterior styling is its size. Instead of simply ending, the cab is blended into the bed, and the wheels stick out from the sides of the body in muscular bulges. While most trucks are about as sleek as the buildings they’re often used to help construct, the Santa Cruz has a streamlined shape, made more distinctive by the alien-looking grille and headlight styling from the 2022 Hyundai Tucson SUV. Our test vehicle was a top-of-the-line Limited model, with added features like all-wheel drive, a more powerful engine, and leather seats, with a $40,455 base price. Hyundai is gearing up to release an American-made pickup truckīuilt in Alabama and scheduled to go on sale around the time you read this, the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz has a $25,175 base price (including destination). 2022 Toyota Tundra hybrid first drive review: New dog, old tricksĢ022 Rivian R1T first drive review: The first EV pickup sets a high bar
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