Car reviews

The new Santa Fe is undoubtedly the best car Hyundai has produced to date. It has a versatile seven-seat option, good quality interior, comfortable ride and a great new diesel engine. It would stack up well alongside mainstream competition - if there was any. It is in a different class to the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V and Nissan X-trail, being larger and offering seven seats, but isn't aspirational enough to be measured against more expensive rivals like the Volkswagen Touareg and Volvo XC90. However, the Santa Fe is a good effort whichever way you look at it, and anyone deciding to take one for a test drive is guaranteed to be pleasantly surprised.