New V6 for Hyundai Santa Fe
July 31, 2007 by George Skentzos
Hyundai’s medium SUV, the Santa Fe has been given a power upgrade and is now available with a 3.3L V6.
The new engine develops 180 kW of power at 6000rpm and 309 Nm of torque at 3500rpm (up 7 kW and 5 Nm respectively over Sonata) on standard unleaded petrol, driving the front wheels through Hyundai’s five-speed Selectronic automatic transmission with adaptive control logic and sequential manual override.
This new 3.3L V6 range will be available in three variants which start at $37,990 for the five-seat SX. A step up from this is the seven-seat SLX at $40,990 and the seven-seat luxury Elite model tops out the range at $46,490. All models are equipped with Electronic Stability Control (ESP) and Traction Control System (TCS) as standard.
This is yet another step forward for Hyundai in revamping their image – with the figures to prove it – rounding out the top 8 in a list of the most valuable car brands, not to mention the new RWD Tiburon is just around the corner.
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Lazurus has awoken and Alan Bond had the insight to bring this small car manufacturer to Downunder way back in the 80’s, and boy aren’t they flexing there muscles… And giving the industry a deserved shakeup
The engine and transmission is shared with the Kia Sorento.
Not surprising that they share parts. Just wonder why the Hyundai has 5 yrs wty and the Kias only have 3.
Probably cause Hyundai are bigger brand in various industries; whereas Kia establishing itself (this poses less exposure to risk)
I’ll wait to see the fuel consumption and power figures but can’t see this engine making more sense than the unbelieveably good diesel already in the range. 340+ nm or torque and Hans Tholstrop managing 1777km across Oz on one tank in the diesel (4.65 l/ 100k). Hard to beat that!