We finally have our first clear images of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe that's set to debut in April at the New York International Auto Show. The folks over at Hyundai Blog managed to snag these two spy shots of a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe.
Back in October we brought you these exclusive spy shots of a camouflaged 2013 Santa Fe rolling around the streets of New York. From what we could tell, the new Santa Fe would be bigger than the outgoing model, and wears Hyundai's trademark fluidic design language. The camouflaged mule also gave us a slight glimpse of the 2013 Santa Fe's new grille which looks to be very similar to Ford's old tri-bar grille.
These spy shots from the Hyundai Blog clearly show what that Santa Fe we spotted in New York was hiding under all that camo. Up front, the 2013 Santa Fe gets a chrome three-bar grille in a trapezoidal opening reminiscent of the Veloster's. The new Santa Fe also gets new headlights that follow the same design language of the recently-debuted 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Around back, the 2013 Santa Fe gets a rear that at first glance looks like it could belong on the Audi Q7.
The 2013 Santa Fe's power plants aren't currently known, and details likely won't leak out until the official debut in New York. We're expecting the next-gen Santa Fe to make full use of Hyundai's gasoline-direct injection four-bangers, and possibly the 293-hp 3.3-liter GDI V-6 from the recently-introduced Azera. Rumors are also floating around that the 2013 Santa Fe may get a version of the 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4 that's currently found in the Veloster Turbo and Sonata to help it go head-to-head with the EcoBoost-equipped Ford Explorer.