Hyundai is not over-touting the Santa Cruz's off-road capabilities. The items added to the vehicle do not change ride height or most clearances other than the approach angle.

It’s neat to see Hyundai taking its small pickup truck out for a tear through the desert. It has us wondering as to the possibilities of an uprated off-road trim for the Santa Cruz in the future.

Hyundai Santa Cruz reimagines what a compact utility vehicle can be by blending the practicality of a pickup with the comfort ...

The Hyundai Santa Cruz is the epitome of tiny-but-mighty. Here's why it's all the truck you might really need.

and Hyundai has unveiled a custom Santa Cruz designed for navigator Jill Ciminillo and driver Kristin Shaw. The two automotive journalists will compete in the all-women navigation and off-road ...

The Hyundai ... Road & Track, this was the core concept behind the refresh that was unveiled at the New York Auto Show earlier this week. "When [Hyundai's design team] developed the first Santa ...

We arrived in San Diego and picked up our Santa Cruz at the airport for four days ... We encountered a rock step the Hyundai’s 17.5-degree approach angle couldn’t tackle and we didn’t ...

rounding off the expansion joints, potholes, and cracked pavement most of us encounter every day on our commutes. Hyundai has kept the Santa Cruz’s tidy road manners intact, too, with the ...

With its first refresh since debuting in 2022, the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz gets a little more rugged. Along with some styling updates inside and out, the XRT trim level gets more attention and is more ...

Hyundai trucked its 2025 Santa Cruz to this year’s New York Auto ... View Monitor comes standard to improve visibility in off-road situations. Powertrains powertrains carry over unchanged.

It gets a dollop of off-road flavor thanks to a unique ... When we tested the same motor in the Hyundai Tucson SUV—on which the Santa Cruz is based—we found the acceleration sluggish.