I think Ford was smart about the interior and the packaging. I don't mind the abundance of hard plastics in the Mav. I would mind paying $3000 more for base. That... And if you put up a picture of a Santa Fe next to a Santa Cruz at a distance, they're the same.So Hyundai FINALLY dropped the pricing of the Hyundai. (After Destination) the Hyundai starts about $3,700 over Maverick and tops out $7,000+++ over a loaded Maverick. At that point you could get a loaded Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy or Ford Edge Titanium. Or better yet. Ford Ranger Supercrew 4x4 Lariat Lux package. Seams like Hyundai dropped the ball.
You might be on to something here with the built in rebates.... The build to order system may work more like that.
#agree... Where the profits go is important to me.
Great, but why are they planning to make more Ecoboost Maverick's than hybrids and giving those first priority?
Bc they might use a different mix of supply parts that are not as constrained as other parts on the hybrid? Pure conjecture on my part, but as a prior product manager, a good guess.
It will be interesting to see if it suffers from poor sales as it’s larger brother; the Honda Ridgeline
Tucson, not Santa Fe (two base models side by side):
The Santa Cruz was designed by a team of American engineers and the powertrains are built and vehicles assembled here in the US, and won't even be sold in Korea as its designed to be a North America market only vehicle. Domestic parts content is 53%, higher than a lot of "domestic" brands:
I wasn't trying to convince anyone that is the same car; just that the styling cues are very very similar.Tucson, not Santa Fe (two base models side by side):
You can tell the only reason the body width of the SC is higher than the Tucson is because the SC gets pretty big fender flares and wider wheels. That said, surprisingly they don't share a single panel of body work, although I suspect many parts such as the windshield, mirrors, door handles and the like are identical to reduce costs.
Of course from the side and back they look nothing alike (base model SE w/ black wrapped stock wheels IIRC):
BTW, they just released this Canadian commercial, and aside from the warranty not being 10 years 100K miles like in the US, everything else is more or less the same at least in the top trim. Great commercial, really shows off all the features! For example, I didn't even realize the SC could do the same angled tailgate trick.
That's fine. I hope you enjoy your Santa Cruz.The Santa Cruz was designed by a team of American engineers and the powertrains are built and vehicles assembled here in the US, and won't even be sold in Korea as its designed to be a North America market only vehicle. Domestic parts content is 53%, higher than a lot of "domestic" brands:
I don't think we know what the domestic parts content will be of the Maverick, but its not made in the US, and it could be like the Chevy Trailblazer that only has 1% domestic parts content, even though its an American brand name.
The Ford Ranger is a VERY American vehicle, but the Maverick probably not so much.
Can't know everything until we see a similar release from Ford.
I know, but you said Santa Fe, the Santa Fe looks nothing like the Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz is based on the Tucson, and shares the Tucsons front styling, not the Santa Fe.
I see. Yup. You're right!I know, but you said Santa Fe, the Santa Fe looks nothing like the Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz is based on the Tucson, and shares the Tucsons front styling, not the Santa Fe.
This is the Santa Fe:
