Do you know the way to Santa Fe? Hyundai ix35's big brother gets mechanical tweaks.(Motoring)

BYLINE: Minesh Bhagaloo

FOLLOWING on the fairly recent launch of the ix35 compact SUV, Hyundai last week presented the facelifted and bigger-brother Santa Fe to South African media.

The Toyota Fortuner and Chevrolet Captiva competitor scores mechanical and aesthetic changes, and is available in five and seven-seater guise - both with four-wheel drive. Smaller families will be spending R399 900, larger families ten grand more. And interestingly, both models are actually ten grand less than the models they replace.

The biggest change is the new 2.2-litre 16-valve turbodiesel engine with common-rail direct injection, which sees power up by 35kW and an …