
Test drive: The 2021 Hyundai Santa Cruz reboots the American compact pickup
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The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is the brand's first pickup and the smallest one on sale in the U.S. The Alabama-built vehicle is aimed at outdoor lifestyle customers.
The first was the midsize Honda Pilot/Passport-based Honda Ridgeline, which has now been joined by the compact Hyundai Santa Cruz that shares its platform with the compact Hyundai Tucson SUV manufactured alongside it.
The Santa Cruz is also the first pickup Hyundai has ever sold in the U.S. and this summer became the first compact pickup available here since the Subaru Baja went out of production in 2006, but now it has the recently-introduced Ford Maverick to contend with.
The Santa Cruz is a little smaller than the Maverick and about the same length as a full-size Hyundai Palisade SUV. It comes standard with front-wheel-drive and a 191 hp four-cylinder engine at a starting price of $25,215, but all-wheel-drive can be added and is available with a 281 hp turbocharged four-cylinder with 311 lb-ft of torque.