Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid Named The Car Connection's Best Car to Buy 2025
Hyundai's Santa Fe Hybrid SUV has been named The Car Connection's Best Car to Buy 2025, earning top scores across safety, comfort, utility, fuel economy, performance, technology, and styling categories. The fifth-generation model features standard three-row seating and an innovative design focused on outdoor lifestyle functionality.
The vehicle's key features include a spacious interior enabled by a long wheelbase, fully foldable second and third-row seats creating a terrace-like space, and an enlarged liftgate for outdoor activities. The hybrid powertrain combines a 1.6-liter turbocharged engine delivering up to 231 horsepower and 271 pound-feet of torque, with impressive EPA-estimated fuel economy of up to 36 mpg combined for front-wheel-drive models and 34 mpg combined for all-wheel-drive variants.
La Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid SUV è stata nominata La migliore auto da comprare nel 2025 secondo The Car Connection, ottenendo punteggi eccellenti nelle categorie di sicurezza, comfort, utilità, economia di carburante, prestazioni, tecnologia e design. Il modello di quinta generazione presenta sedili standard a tre file e un design innovativo focalizzato sulla funzionalità legata allo stile di vita all'aperto.
Le caratteristiche principali del veicolo includono un abitacolo spazioso grazie a un lungo passo, sedili della seconda e terza fila completamente ripiegabili che creano uno spazio simile a una terrazza, e un portellone ingrandito per le attività all'aperto. Il propulsore ibrido combina un motore turbo da 1,6 litri che eroga fino a 231 cavalli e 271 libbre-piedi di coppia, con un consumo di carburante stimato dall'EPA impressionante di fino a 36 mpg combinati per i modelli a trazione anteriore e 34 mpg combinati per le varianti a trazione integrale.
El SUV híbrido Hyundai Santa Fe ha sido nombrado Mejor Coche para Comprar 2025 por The Car Connection, obteniendo calificaciones máximas en las categorías de seguridad, comodidad, utilidad, economía de combustible, rendimiento, tecnología y estilo. El modelo de quinta generación cuenta con asientos estándar en tres filas y un diseño innovador enfocado en la funcionalidad para un estilo de vida al aire libre.
Las características clave del vehículo incluyen un interior espacioso gracias a su larga distancia entre ejes, asientos de segunda y tercera fila completamente plegables que crean un espacio similar a una terraza, y un portón trasero ampliado para actividades al aire libre. El tren motriz híbrido combina un motor turboalimentado de 1.6 litros que entrega hasta 231 caballos de fuerza y 271 libras-pie de par, con una economía de combustible estimada por la EPA impresionante de hasta 36 mpg combinados para los modelos de tracción delantera y 34 mpg combinados para las variantes de tracción total.
현대의 산타페 하이브리드 SUV가 2025년 구매하기 좋은 자동차로 선정되었습니다. 안전, 편안함, 유용성, 연료 효율성, 성능, 기술 및 스타일링 카테고리에서 최고 점수를 받았습니다. 5세대 모델은 기본 3열 좌석과 야외 라이프스타일 기능에 중점을 둔 혁신적인 디자인을 특징으로 합니다.
이 차량의 주요 특징으로는 긴 휠베이스로 확보한 넓은 실내, 테라스와 같은 공간을 만드는 완전히 접을 수 있는 2열 및 3열 좌석, 야외 활동을 위한 확대된 리프트게이트가 있습니다. 하이브리드 파워트레인은 최대 231마력과 271파운드-피트의 토크를 제공하는 1.6리터 터보차저 엔진과, 전륜구동 모델 기준으로 최대 36mpg, 사륜구동 모델 기준으로 34mpg의 EPA 추정 연비를 제공합니다.
Le SUV hybride Hyundai Santa Fe a été nommé Meilleure voiture à acheter en 2025 par The Car Connection, obtenant des scores élevés dans les catégories sécurité, confort, utilité, économie de carburant, performances, technologie et style. Le modèle de cinquième génération offre des sièges standard à trois rangées et un design innovant axé sur la fonctionnalité du mode de vie en extérieur.
Les caractéristiques clés du véhicule comprennent un intérieur spacieux grâce à un long empattement, des sièges de deuxième et troisième rangées entièrement repliables créant un espace semblable à une terrasse, et un hayon agrandi pour les activités en plein air. Le groupe motopropulseur hybride combine un moteur turbo de 1,6 litre délivrant jusqu'à 231 chevaux et 271 livres-pied de couple, avec une économie de carburant estimée par l'EPA impressionnante allant jusqu'à 36 mpg combinés pour les modèles à traction avant et 34 mpg combinés pour les variantes à traction intégrale.
Der Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid SUV wurde als Das beste Auto zum Kaufen 2025 von The Car Connection ausgezeichnet und erhält in den Kategorien Sicherheit, Komfort, Nützlichkeit, Kraftstoffeffizienz, Leistung, Technologie und Styling Spitzenbewertungen. Das fünfte Generation-Modell bietet Standard-Sitze in drei Reihen und ein innovatives Design, das auf Funktionalität für den Outdoor-Lifestyle ausgerichtet ist.
Die wichtigsten Merkmale des Fahrzeugs umfassen einen geräumigen Innenraum, der durch einen langen Radstand ermöglicht wird, vollständig umklappbare Sitze der zweiten und dritten Reihe, die einen terrasseartigen Raum schaffen, und eine vergrößerte Heckklappe für Aktivitäten im Freien. Der Hybrid-Antriebsstrang kombiniert einen 1,6-Liter-Turbomotor, der bis zu 231 PS und 271 Pfund-Fuß Drehmoment liefert, mit einer beeindruckenden von der EPA geschätzten Kraftstoffeffizienz von bis zu 36 mpg kombiniert für Vorderantriebsmodelle und 34 mpg kombiniert für Allradvarianten.
- Won The Car Connection's Best Car to Buy 2025 award
- Impressive fuel efficiency: up to 36 mpg combined (FWD)
- Powerful hybrid system: 231 hp and 271 lb-ft of torque
- Standard three-row seating configuration
- Versatile interior with fully foldable seats
- Lower fuel economy in AWD models (34 mpg vs 36 mpg in FWD)
- The Car Connection says: "The Santa Fe Hybrid offers something for the driver who needs it all—space, efficiency, and style."
- Santa Fe Hybrid's long wheelbase enables standard third-row seating and a spacious, upscale interior
- Expansive liftgate opening eases loading and provides a terrace-like view
- Powerful, efficient gas-electric powertrain is EPA-estimated at up to 36 miles per galloni
"It's rewarding for our popular Santa Fe Hybrid SUV to be named the Car Connection's Best Car to Buy 2025," said Olabisi Boyle, senior vice president, product planning and mobility strategy, Hyundai Motor North America. "With standard three-row seating, outstanding efficiency and a generous compliment of advanced technologies, our new Santa Fe Hybrid is proving its appeal to more families and lifestyles than ever before."
"Hyundai continues to set a high bar for three-row SUVs with its latest Santa Fe," said Marty Padgett, Editorial Director of The Car Connection, Motor Authority, and Green Car Reports. "The Santa Fe Hybrid offers something for the driver who needs it all—space, efficiency, and style."
The fifth-generation Santa Fe adopts a unique design development strategy, first starting with an enlarged liftgate concept to better facilitate enjoyment of the outdoors, then progressing outward to the exterior design concept. Its efficient, rectangular surfacing and long wheelbase convey a confident road presence, while its strong yet delicately crafted external design cues are suited to both urban and nature-focused settings.
Leveraging a long wheelbase, the all-new Santa Fe offers superior interior space for passenger comfort. Fully foldable second- and third-row seats create a terrace-like space at the rear liftgate opening, enabling users to effortlessly enjoy outdoor surroundings. This design concept used lifestyle data to identify consumer interest in the latest outdoor lifestyle trends, such as car camping and gear-intensive outdoor adventures.
Santa Fe's available gas-electric powertrain features a 1.6-liter direct-injected, turbocharged hybrid linked with a six-speed automatic transmission, providing an estimated combined engine and motor output of up to 231 horsepower and 271 pound-feet of torque. Santa Fe hybrid front-wheel-drive models have EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 36 city/35 highway/36 combined. Hybrid all-wheel-drive models have EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 35 city/34 highway/34 combined.
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i 2025 SANTA FE Hybrid SEL, Limited and Calligraphy FWD: 36 City/35 Highway/36 Combined MPG. 2025 SANTA FE Hybrid SEL, Limited and Calligraphy AWD: 35 City/34 Highway/34 Combined MPG. All figures are EPA estimates and for comparison purposes only. Actual mileage may vary with options, driving conditions, driving habits and vehicle's condition
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