We took a second look at the latest Santa Cruz, and it looks as fresh and unique today as the day Hyundai first unveiled it.

By DAN FRIO If you wanted a midsize truck 10 years ago, your choices included an aging Toyota Tacoma or an even older Nissan ...

Why I want it: I loved Hyundai’s little sport truck the first time I drove one on the press intro four years ago. Nothing has changed. The Santa Cruz looks as fresh and unique as the day Hyundai ...

Off-road packages have become the cowboy boots of the current pickup truck trend set, an accessory of dubious practical use ...

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

But right off the bat, the XRT treatment can’t match the Tremor-spec off-road upgrades Ford offers on the Santa Cruz ... Since tires were really the only thing holding the Hyundai back on ...

Join us this week for the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT and Hyundai ... a little more road noise from the more aggressive tires, but it's far from being annoying. And the Santa Cruz's size makes it ...

Hyundai introduced the Santa Cruz XRT in 2024, but it was mostly about looks instead of off-roading ... TerrainContact tires offered good grip in the kinks of the trail, and on washboard gravel, they ...

That said, I’d take the Santa Cruz’s bed over the 413 L of cargo space behind the Santa Fe’s third row of seats. I didn’t put it through any off-road treks but we did have a massive dump ...

The Hyundai Santa ... so was the Santa Cruz. That brought with it the slightly more blocky front end, an updated interior with much screenage and a refreshed, off-road ready XRT trim.

Based on the same platform as the Tucson SUV, the Santa Cruz is Hyundai's version ... Then, there are the all-terrain tires which give it more grip in slippery off-road scenarios, and the two ...

which Hyundai calls a “Sport Adventure Vehicle,” that's manageable to drive on the road while providing some off-road utility. With everything it has to offer, the Santa Cruz is a formidable ...