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My parents just bough a 2013 Santa Fe, and they are super happy with it! My father is super smart and someone who LOVES research. So, given that he bought one I can tell you that it must be an excellent car and that it must be very well priced. He used to always drive Acuras or Volvos but they recently just decided it wasn't worth the money to keep driving expensive cars and they bought a Hyundai Sonata last year and a Santa Fe this year and love them both.

I have a Hyundai Sonata (2002) and it is such a great little car, that when we buy my new car early next year we are keeping it. The Santa Fe made my short list of cars to look at as well, just because of how great the Sonata has been. The gas mileage isn't too bad either. I still get between 23-27 mpg.

So from my experience I can tell you that if you do the upkeep you should have little-no problems. My biggest problems so far have been our fault but the air conditioner went out, and we had to replace the power steering system. The air conditioner started off as a little problem, but in trying to find/fix it we created a bigger problem. The power steering was because my 18 year old brother thought he was driving a race car and took a turn too fast.

DH thinks it is realively easy to work on...but having small hands avalible are key. There is not a whole lot of room to work in. The parts are not outrageously priced either and most are avalible at AutoZone. Some parts are even cheaper at the dealership. Overall its a great car, and he looks forward to when its his "Dad" car.

HTH

@travelingbrit: We have had it for 13 months now and it has given us an average of 25 mpg city- highway is around 30mpg, but we don't do much highway.

The air conditioner takes a big toll on mileage, closer to 21 mpg for most of the summer... but we are in Phoenix with 100 days over 100 degrees.

Seriously give it a test drive, it is the best car!