By Theodore Opara

The newly-introduced Hyundai Grand Santa Fe is no doubt one of the most attractive crossover around given the enormous make over  the South Korean automaker has carried out on the sport utility vehicle. Emerging from a total makeover, the new Grand Santa Fe, according to Hyundai Motor Company, replaces its predecessor, Vera Cruz, but essentially remains the same SUV, except that it fulfills the criteria for a typical 6-seater SUV commonly referred to as ‘Captain’s Chair.’

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The Grand Santa Fe is 225mm longer than the regular Santa Fe, incorporating an extended 100mm wheelbase with higher and wider dimensions, which incidentally gives the Grand Santa Fe a deserving place in the entire large SUV market.

The Grand Santa Fe indeed feels more at home in the city owing to its sophisticated styling and dynamic attitude – thanks to Hyundai engineering design characteristics.

Hyundai Grand Santa Fe SUV would no doubt appeal to drivers that appreciate details and novelty like the three split-folding seats in the second row and fully-folding seats in the third row yet with a total of 634-litre of boot space behind the second row of seats.

The six-seater Hyundai Grand Santa Fe is indeed ideal for the large families. It comes equipped with ample knee and leg room with enough room for three adults in the rear and one kid in the third row.

The seats themselves are more shapely and supportive than in the previous Santa Fe, with very good bolstering on the bottom cushion that’s not overly firm. Couple with these is storage for small items in the glove-box and console, as well as for drinks in the door pockets and dual cup holders with plenty of configurations in case you’re transporting cargo.

The Santa Fe’s rear seats also folds down as a trio or individually, and flatly, to free up more space while the front passenger seat folds flat too, for carrying very long objects.  Hyundai’s Grand offers loads of striking features such as rear packing assist, auto light control cooling glove box, integrated memory seat, cruise control, full auto air-conditioning and rear air conditioning.

It also has full leather upholstery, a premium 6 speakers virtual surround sound system, driver/passenger side and curtain air bags, smart key with button start and sun roof/ roof rack with motor-driven power steer and anti-lock brake system. For easier boot access, the rear loading height has been lowered by 18mm with an optional power tailgate feature and a remote-folding function for the second-row seats.