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Hyundai Santa Fe Estate (2001-2005) engines, drive and performance

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Performance rating: 2 out of 52.0

Written by Parkers Published: 6 June 2019

The economic diesel engine suits this car best as it’s not the sort of vehicle for high speed antics. If you want more speed, there is a mediocre 2.4 or Hyundai’s nice 2.7 V6.

The ride is soft and reasonably comfortable but as soon as you need to go in a direction other than straight ahead it becomes wallowy and the steering is very vague.