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Mavericks are problematic so you'd rather have a Sante Fe?

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Plot twist: this was by design. Marketing genius for all the people buying them.

looks just like the rest of the thing.
 

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I thought the title of the thread was wrong. Not sure how the santa fe is related to the maverick.
People always mix up the Santa Cruz and Santa Fe since the names are so similar, with the former being the pickup competitor to the Maverick.

This only effects the Santa Fe hybrid, which is basically like a Ford Edge.
 

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Apparently the instrument cluster identifies as a video game.
 

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People always mix up the Santa Cruz and Santa Fe since the names are so similar, with the former being the pickup competitor to the Maverick.

This only effects the Santa Fe hybrid, which is basically like a Ford Edge.
This whole time I thought they had 2 big ole fat guys dressed in red delivering toys every December 24th..

Thanks for clarifying! 😀
 
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Trivia time.

In the 1930s Studebaker covered all the bases, selling separate models named President and Dictator.
Wikipedia said:
One writer began a history of American perceptions of dictators with the introduction of the Studebaker Dictator. He noted there were political problems in the name 'Dictator', making it unusable in European monarchies. The same applied in British Empire countries which imported the car. Diplomatically, Studebaker marketed its Standard Six as the Director in these countries. In the United States the name initially caused no problems.
Oof. Not a great look in retrospect.
 

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CTRL + ALT + Down Arrow? :p
 

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When you buy into a Korean car that uses American city names to market its vehicles
Its more than just marketing, as the Santa Cruz is actually way more American than the Maverick sadly.

The Maverick has almost no domestic parts content, and is made in Mexico, whereas the Santa Cruz was designed by a team in California, built/assembled in Alabama, and even the engine and transmission are both made in the US with domestic parts content of 53%. Even Ford's most domestic vehicles like the F-150 are at 60% domestic parts content, so that's very high US investment for a Korean brand.

Doesn't Honda now rank as having the most American vehicle in the US as "domestic" manufacturers continue to move away and source more and more foreign made parts? I remember reading the Chevy Trailblazer is made in Korea with 0% domestic parts content... LOL!
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