Hyundai Santa Cruz Dead After Getting Dog-Walked by the Ford Maverick, but a Bigger Truck Is Coming

Hyundai Santa Cruz Dead After Getting Dog-Walked by the Ford Maverick, but a Bigger Truck Is Coming

The Santa Cruz, which arrived in 2021 and got a facelift in 2025, was expected to get another refresh as soon as next year. That's now reportedly off the table.

Hyundai Will Stop Trying to Compete With the Ford Maverick So It Can Build a Real Truck: Report

The plucky Santa Cruz is apparently headed for the chopping block so Hyundai can develop a body-on-frame truck.

Hyundai to axe Santa Cruz pickup before 2027: report

Reports from south of the border suggest Hyundai may be tapping out of the small-truck market and might elect to cancel its Santa Cruz pickup in favour of bumping up production of its closely related Tucson crossover, which is built on the same line. Canadian dealers aren’t likely to lose any sleep over this news, however. Why? Hyundai made the decision earlier in 2025 to pause sales of the Santa Cruz in this country, citing “the ongoing and eve…

Hyundai Sunsets Santa Cruz Pickup Early — Next-Gen Tucson, Not a New Truck, Likely Behind the Decision

Hyundai is accelerating the discontinuation of its Santa Cruz compact pickup, ending production earlier than initially expected. While AutoNews has linked the move to a future, more capable pickup, a closer look at Hyundai’s product cadence suggests a different explanation: the next-generation Hyundai Tucson, which is expected to enter production in the first quarter of […] The post Hyundai Sunsets Santa Cruz Pickup Early — Next-Gen Tucson, Not …

Hyundai Kills Off Santa Cruz Pickup After Failing To Successfully Challenge The Maverick - AutoSpies Auto News

Hyundai Kills Off Santa Cruz Pickup After Failing To Successfully Challenge The Maverick

Santa Cruz Is Winding Down, As Hyundai Has Bigger Pickup Plans

Disappointing sales performance has led Hyundai to kill the compact unibody truck early