Hyundai will have a pickup in North America

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Frédéric Mercier

Tuesday, 22 August, 2017 10:52

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The sales of Hyundai in the United States are going rather poorly this year, and the Korean manufacturer would like to reverse the rate of fire with the launch of new SUV… and a pickup truck.

There’s the little Kona is coming soon, but this is obviously not sufficient for the senior leadership of the united states of the brand.

Read also: Here is the new SUV of Hyundai, the Kona

In an interview with the Reuters news agency, a vice-president of the company in America, Michael J. O’brien, has confirmed the intentions of his team to market a pickup truck in the United States. And as Canada is often dependent on what happens in the South, it would not be surprising if the pickup in question was also marketed in North of the 45th parallel.

According to Mr. O’brien, the future of the pickup truck from Hyundai could look like the concept Santa Cruz, unveiled in 2015 at the auto Show in Detroit.

Santa Cruz

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Since then, it has often predicted an eventual production version, but the recent comments from Michael J. O’brien seem to come to confirm the news. The Santa Cruz would be constructed from the chassis of the Hyundai Tucson and could become a rival to the vans in the interim as the Honda Ridgeline, Chevrolet Colorado and the Ford Ranger, which will make a return to North America in 2019.

Santa Cruz

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