First Santa Cruz Test Drive Review (that I've found)

[pxpaulx]

Have you checked their door jamb stickers? Hyundai never announced GAWR or GCWR of the SC. I am a little curious about those numbers but not curious enough to visit a Hyundai showroom personally.

BTW, there is one thing Hyundai has done better - supply chain and production line management. I hope to see 5 or 6 Mavs in my dealer's lots, even if they are not mine. I think it can explain why Mav has limited interior color options or things like that. They need to focus on what they can do to make the Mav come true as a leader in this segment.

I'm not sure you've got that quite right. The Santa Cruz was announced on April 15th, and they are now hitting dealers just shy of 4 months later. The Maverick was announced June 8th, builds are starting in September and will likely hit dealers the beginning of October. Same timeline, approximately 4 months later.

Perhaps the Santa Cruz hitting dealer lots might be spoken for? I already see 9 listed on dealer sites in the Twin Cities, and have read their reservations weren't anything like the Maverick reservation-to-order process. I do not expect my Maverick will be listed as available to buy on my dealer's inventory/web advertising. I've also read some comments about dealers saying the ones they have received are not spoken for. Contrast that with the Maverick, which has several months (minimum) of paying buyers waiting for builds.

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[Olyeller]

What I found interesting is that on the Hyundai dealership website they showed 5-6 Santa Cruz’s in inventory. That was not true. The pop up bot on the webpage confirmed they had them and wanted to turn me over to “her” Sales manager. I sent a request to have someone call me. When they called, they claimed that Hyundai put those SCs in their inventory, complete with Mulrooney stickers and VINs even though they hadn’t been shipped yet. The dealership then called those folks with “reservations” and offered those vehicles to them. All were sold before they were shipped. His next allocation will be available in 2 weeks. As there are no VINs assigned yet they can’t sell them yet. He offered to give me first refusal if there’s a Limited in the batch. I didn’t ask him how long for actual delivery. I’d assume 4-6 weeks.This does seem to indicate that there isn’t a pent up demand waiting for the Santa Cruz like the Maverick. As an aside, I tried calling the dealership around 9AM on Tuesday. I got an auto attendant that gave me the option to select New Car Sales. It went to a full mailbox. I called again and hit 0 to speak to the operator and again went to a full mailbox. Customer service?

Anecdotally I have heard of Additional Dealer Mark-ups on the Santa Cruz from some dealers in the amounts of $4,000-$10,000. That’s insane. My dealer said they sell at MSRP.