最近谍照记者拍到了正在纽伯格林赛道测试的下一代现代胜达，该车曾在今年6月份被记者拍到，当时采用了Recaro桶形座椅。现在可以确定的是，当新一代胜达在2020年晚些时候上市时，将采用类似Kona小型跨界车的分立式前大灯以及更大散热孔格栅。新车将比现行版略大，外观更突出肌肉感。从测试原型车看，现代准备推出更具运动版的车型。从车厂在纽伯格林赛道对车辆进行测试就能确定现代正在开发基于标准版的高性能版本，但目前这只是推断，还无法证实。不过，现代将提供一款更大的胜达，内部可搭乘八名乘客。新车预计将采用新的名称，因为现代认为，消费者容易将五座胜达运动版和七座胜达搞混。目前还不清楚新车动力系统细节，预计将有全驱和前驱版本，但现代未透露动力系统细节。预计新车将作为2020款车型于2019年发布。
New Hyundai Santa Fe Spied Tackling The Nürburgring
We keep asking ourselves why is Hyundai testing the next generation Santa Fe with sports seats. The South Korean company is back on the Nurburgring with the same prototype of the SUV we spotted back in June this year and it keeps using Recaro buckets.
One thing is for sure though - when it arrives on the market later this decade, the new Santa Fe will feature split headlamps like the Kona small crossover, as well as a large radiator grille with similar shape. The new people carrier, judging by this new spy video, will be slightly larger than the current model with even more muscular appearance.
One possibility for the test prototype here is that Hyundai is preparing a sportier version of its large SUV. Seeing the vehicle being pushed to its limits through the corners of the famous German track tempts us to believe the automaker is working on some performance upgrades for the regular model, but nothing can be confirmed at the moment. However, we already know Hyundai will offer a larger Santa Fe, which will be able to accommodate up to eight passengers. This new variant is expected to receive a new name, because managers in the manufacturer believe customers confuse the five-passenger Santa Fe Sport and seven-passenger Santa Fe.
Unfortunately, at this point we have no information as to what will power the new Santa Fe. We expect to see versions with all-wheel drive and FWD layouts, but Hyundai is not giving any indications regarding the engine lineup.
The Santa Fe was refreshed for the 2017 model year, so the truly new generation of the model should debut sometime in 2019 as a 2020 model year vehicle.