Hyundai's Commencement Pickup, The Santa Cruz, Is Greenish Lit For Production

After four years of volition they or won’t they, Hyundai has announced that they’re lastly getting into the pickup game alongside the Santa Cruz.

The confirmation was made later on Hyundai says their novel pickup volition live made at their manufacturing facility inward Alabama—the same constitute that manufactures the Santa Fe, Sonata, together with Elantra for the U.S.A. of America market. Suffice to say, the Santa Cruz is destined solely for the North American continent for now.

Unlike tell a Ford Ranger or Toyota Hilux, the Hyundai Santa Cruz takes its cue from the Honda Ridgeline inward that it’s made from unibody architecture (likely shared alongside the upcoming all-new Tucson or peradventure related to the Santa Fe). With that, Hyundai promises it to lead maintain “all the traditional attributes of a compact utility vehicle, simply alongside the day-to-day versatility of an opened upwardly bed.” And yes, Hyundai says it volition cater to an all-important segment: Millennials.

The production version of the Santa Cruz is expected to curlicue into showrooms yesteryear 2021 every bit a 2022 model.