Hyundai’s Santa Fe range opens with the 200kW 3.5-litre V6 petrol/eight-speed automatic/front-wheel-drive Wagon, at $44,700. Active is $48,300, Elite is $54,300 and Highlander is $61,700.
The 148kW 2.2-litre turbodiesel/eight-speed automatic/all-wheel drive Wagon, tested here, is $48,200. Active is $51,800, Elite is $57,800 and Highlander is $65,200.
The 2.2-litre turbodiesel produces hefty outputs for its size and is one of the best four-cylinder turbodiesels in the business, matching (or beating) the best German engines