2022 Santa Cruz vs. Honda Ridgeline Comparison

The Hyundai Santa Cruz is an all-new compact pickup truck featuring a unit-body construction and available all-wheel-drive, a choice of engine options, and loads of comfort features. Ever since its announcement, the new Hyundai Santa Cruz has continued to draw comparisons with Honda Ridgeline due to the shared similarities between both vehicles, including the unit-body construction.

To help users understand how these vehicles match up, we’ve compared the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz vs. 2022 Honda Ridgeline below. Please keep reading to learn how they fare, then take a free test drive at Brandon Hyundai, Tampa, FL.

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Santa Cruz: The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz features a standard 2.5-liter inline-4 that develops 191 horsepower and 181 lb-ft of torque. Customers also have the option of a more potent turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-4 making 281 horsepower and 311 lb-ft of torque. An 8-speed automatic transmission is standard, and the base engine can be outfitted with either front- or all-wheel-drive, while the turbo version comes solely with an all-wheel-drive.

When equipped with the base engine and all-wheel-drive, the Santa makes 21 mpg city and 27 mpg highway; front-wheel-drive models return 21 mpg city and 26 mpg highway. For its part, the turbo engine gains 19 mpg city and 27 mpg highway.

When equipped with the turbo engine and all-wheel drive, the Santa Cruz can tow up to 5,000 pounds.

Ridgeline: The 2022 Honda Ridgeline is available exclusively with a 3.5-liter V6 that generates 280 horsepower and 262 lb-ft of torque. This powertrain comes standard with an all-wheel-drive system and 9-speed automatic transmission with shift paddles. The combination returns 18 mpg city and 24 mpg highway. The Honda Ridgeline has a maximum towing capacity of 5,000 pounds.

Elegant & Comfortable Interior

Santa Cruz: The Hyundai Santa Cruz has an upscale, comfortable, and highly capable interior, with five seats and four doors. It is available with ventilated front seats, leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, utility LED bed lighting, heated front seats, a power-adjustable driver’s seat, and more. The all-new Santa Cruz comes with a 4-foot bed that’s rated to carry between 1,521 and 1,753 pounds. The Santa Cruz is 1- to 2-feet shorter in length than most standard pickup trucks.

Ridgeline: Like the Hyundai Santa Cruz, the Honda Ridgeline interior is well-equipped and seats five people. It has a leather-wrapped steering wheel, power-adjustable, heated front seats, and more. However, the Ridgeline differs from the Santa Cruz in that it offers a 5-foot-4-inch bed.

Advanced Tech Features

Santa Cruz: The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is equipped as standard with an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system, wireless Apple CarPlay^® and Android Auto^™, Bluetooth, two USB ports, HD Radio, and a six-speaker stereo audio system.

Optional tech features include a 10.2-inch touchscreen, a 10.2-inch digital gauge cluster, two additional USB ports, wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, navigation, wireless device charging, satellite radio, as well as an eight-speaker sound system.

Ridgeline: The Honda Ridgeline comes with an 8-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay^® and Android Auto^™, two USB ports, Bluetooth, and a seven-speaker audio system. Its options list includes satellite radio, HD radio, satellite-linked navigation, two additional USB ports, voice recognition, in-bed speakers, wireless device charging, as well as an eight-speaker premium sound system.

Sophisticated Safety Features

Santa Cruz: The Hyundai Santa Cruz comes with a slew of safety features to protect occupants and enhance comfort. These include a rearview camera, forward collision warning, pedestrian and cyclist detection, automatic emergency braking, lane-keep assist, automatic high-beam headlights, driver drowsiness detection, and a rear-seat alert feature.

Optional safety features are blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, blind-spot camera, a surround-view parking camera system, and highway driving assist.

Ridgeline: For its part, the Honda Ridgeline is fitted with standard forward collision warning, forward automatic emergency braking, road departure mitigation, lane departure warning, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, and a rearview camera.

Explore the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz at Brandon Hyundai

If you’re considering a truck that uniquely mixes the comfort of an SUV with the performance and utility of a pickup, look no further than the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz. When you stop by Brandon Hyundai in Tampa, FL, our team will be waiting to help you explore the vehicle’s features and performance in real life over an engaging test drive. Should you desire something else, we encourage you to check out our inventory of new and pre-owned Hyundai models waiting to be explored.

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