Performance
The Hyundai Santa Fe offers a potent V6 as the standard choice. If performance is your modus operandi, then the Outback also offers an available 3.6-liter. However, the standard engine in the Outback is a far more efficient 4-cylinder engine that will help get you farther per gallon of gas. The Outback also comes standard with Subaru symmetrical all-wheel-drive, while the Santa Fe offers AWD as an option.
Technology & Infotainment
Both CUVs offer you plenty of modern tech to keep you connected to your favorite apps, music, and more. The Subaru, however, offers you the larger touch screen out of the two. The Subaru also comes with standard smartphone integration via Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto™ - technologies that are available with an upgrade, but not standard, in the Santa Fe.
Safety Features
Comparison shopping for a new car or SUV around Provo once meant comparing performance, price, and maybe trying to find a couple of extra standard features you liked that gave one car a slight advantage over the other one. Nowadays, vehicles are equipped or available with so many active safety features and other technological goodies. The Santa Fe and Outback are both no exception to that rule. Each comes with a standard backup camera and a multitude of available driver assistance features.
Interior Accommodations
When people think SUV, they think high off the ground. While the Outback may be lower to the ground than the Santa Fe, that doesn't necessarily make the Santa Fe a superior vehicle. On the contrary. For many drivers, the ease-of-entry offered by a lower vehicle is ideal. The Outback is high enough up off the ground, however, to clear obstacles and trudge through inclement weather with ease. What's more, it's just about as wide as the Santa Fe and as a result, offers plenty of interior space for passengers. The Santa Fe 3-row SUV does offer one thing the Outback doesn't, though - seating for more than five passengers. That being said, if you don't frequently need room for seven, then the Outback is probably a better fit, literally and figuratively.
Price
Need a tempting reason to choose an Outback over a Sante Fe here in the Murray, UT area? How about price? Outback models start at around $26,000 while Santa Fe models start at around $31,000. Think of what you could do with the extra $5,000. From investing it to using it for house projects to contributing to college tuition and more, there are endless financial reasons to choose the Outback over the Santa Fe.
