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.

Hyundai Santa Cruz continues to carve out its own niche in the compact truck segment, offering a compelling alternative to ...

Hyundai is revamping its pseudo-pickup, the Santa Cruz, for 2025 with a new face, improved off-road capability, and upgraded technology. All trim levels are benefiting from a new front fascia for ...

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 revised Santa Cruz’s new off-road trim level has a few more hairs on its chest. We’ve had a few years to consider the Hyundai Santa Cruz’s merits as a pickup truck, even keeping one for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.