Hyundai Santa Fe
Hyundai Santa Fe (Russian Hyundai of Santa Fe) — the midsize crossover created on the Hyundai Sonata platform. The car was called in honor of the city in New Mexico. In 2001 this model was the first Hyundai SUV, released at the same time, as Ford Escape/Mazda Tribute and Pontiac Aztek. Santa Fe was a basis of the program of restructuring of the company in the late nineties because, despite the received criticism from journalists for his muffled look, the SUV had success in America. The SUV was so popular that a time of Hyundai had difficulties in ensuring the available demand. Santa Fe quickly became the best-seller Hyundai and promoted success of Hyundai in the United States. Since 2007 the midsize Santa Fe crossover is intermediate between the compact Hyundai Tucson SUV and the related luxury Hyundai Veracruz crossover (to which Hyundai Terracan preceded).Hyundai Santa Fe of the 2nd generation in 2008 was awarded by the rating of "Top Pick" according to the Consumer Reports magazine and was in number 10 of the best cars for 2008 presented in issue of the magazine. The magazine of annual estimates based on road tests and security tests and reliability is considered very influential among buyers.
Hyundai Santa Fe of the 2nd generation headed the "20 cars with the cheapest insurance of 2009" list on the website Insure.com. According to a research, Santa Fe had the lowest cost of an insurance. Low prices, as a rule, reflected safety of the car.