Hyundai Confirms New Pickup Will Be A Rugged Body On Frame Design

Hyundai has confirmed that, contrary to previous reports, its forthcoming pickup truck is going to use a ladder-frame chassis.

Hyundai Australia chief executive John Kett confirmed the news during a recent interview with Which Car, revealing that the unibody car platform that underpinned the original Santa Cruz Concept won’t make it into production.

qwertyfla1 - 9/25/2019 12:31:59 PM

+5 Boost

And ugly!

MDarringer - 9/25/2019 8:18:00 PM

-2 Boost

FCA should get a version as a Dodge Dakota.

countguy - 9/25/2019 2:25:00 PM

+4 Boost

Stinger 2.0 coming. Will be another fail.

Section_31_JTK - 9/25/2019 9:06:23 PM

+3 Boost

Ladder on body mid-size or mini-truck? There's no real demand for that. And they're never going to penetrate the full sized market. FAIL