See How the Hyundai Santa Fe Fares Head-to-Head with Another New SUV Like the Honda CR-V
Whether you're traveling through Dayton or you're exploring the Ohio River Valley, you deserve an adventurous compact SUV like the 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe. Because Dayton SUV buyers want to know all about the crossover they're purchasing, Voss Hyundai compares the Santa Fe to the Honda CR-V, a top competitor in the compact class.
Hyundai Santa Fe vs. Honda CR-V Engines
The Honda CR-V's 190-horsepower 1.5-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine delivers 179 pound-feet of torque. The Hyundai Santa Fe is more powerful and gives Dayton drivers an additional powertrain choice. Hyundai's SUV gets a horsepower jump to 281 ponies for the 2023 model year with its 2.5-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that delivers 311 pound-feet of torque. The Hyundai Santa Fe's base engine is a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder outputting 191 ponies and 181 pound-feet of torque.
Hyundai Santa Fe vs. Honda CR-V Performance
The Honda CR-V offers Real Time AWD™ with its Intelligent Control System, while the Hyundai Santa Fe puts Dayton drivers in control with HTRAC AWD. The Honda CR-V can only haul trailers up to 1,500 pounds, while the Hyundai Santa Fe helps Dayton families take on more with a maximum towing capacity of 3,500 pounds.
Honda's SUV earns 28/34 (city/highway) miles per gallon, compared to 25/28 miles per gallon in Hyundai's crossover. The Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid is more fuel-efficient, earning 36 miles per gallon on the city streets of Dayton. The Santa Fe also offers a plug-in hybrid variant, which is missing on the Honda CR-V. Honda does offer a hybrid for this model.
Hyundai Santa Fe vs. Honda CR-V Interior
Each SUV seats five passengers. The Honda CR-V offers 39 cubic feet of storage and a max cargo volume of 76 cubic feet, while the Hyundai Santa Fe flexes between 36 and 72 cubic feet of cargo space. The Hyundai Santa Fe provides rear passengers with a smidge more legroom at 41.7 inches, compared to 41.3 inches in the Honda CR-V.
Quilted premium Nappa leather-trimmed seats in the Hyundai Santa Fe are more luxurious than the Honda CR-V's leather seating. The Honda CR-V has a one-touch power moonroof to counter the Hyundai Santa Fe's panoramic sunroof, but there's no ambient lighting in Honda's model like there is in Hyundai's crossover.
Hyundai Santa Fe vs. Honda CR-V Tech
Each SUV provides a wireless phone charger and gives Dayton drivers access to their smartphone through wireless Apple CarPlay®/Android Auto™ integration. Standard touchscreens are eight inches in the Santa Fe and nine inches in the Honda CR-V. The Hyundai Santa Fe's larger 10.25-inch touchscreen includes navigation. The Honda CR-V's driver information display is smaller than the Hyundai Santa Fe's 12.3-inch fully digital gauge cluster. This can even display video in real-time from the SUV's Bind-Spot View Monitor.
Hyundai Santa Fe vs. Honda CR-V Safety
The Honda Sensing® suite rivals Hyundai SmartSense with similar safety features. The Hyundai Santa Fe's Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist includes detection for pedestrians and cyclists, along with junction-turning. This is superior to the Honda CR-V's Collision Mitigation Braking System™. Lane Keeping Assist and Lane Following Assist in the Hyundai Santa Fe mirror the Honda CR-V's Lane Keeping Assist System.
While the Honda CR-V offers a Multi-Angle Rearview Camera, it's missing a self-parking system. In addition to including a Surround View Monitor, the Hyundai Santa Fe makes it easy to park in downtown Dayton with Remote Smart Parking Assist. Parallel and perpendicular parking spaces are no longer a problem when you're behind the wheel of this new Hyundai SUV, which also includes Forward/Reverse Parking Distance Warning.
Test Drive a New Hyundai Santa Fe in Dayton
SUV shoppers from Dayton can browse our new inventory to select a SE, SEL, XRT, Limited, or luxurious Calligraphy trim level for their Hyundai Santa Fe. Contact Voss Hyundai with a call or click to schedule a test drive through Dayton in a 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe.
