[Dazzler]

Just when you thought manufacturers couldn't carve out any more niches, Hyundai has come along and blindsided the competition with what can only be described as a work of art – the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Cabriolet

2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Cabriolet: World-exclusive first drive | CarAdvice

[CraigB]

Aside from a cabriolet looking odd on an SUV who in their right mind would pay 130k for a Hyundai luckily it's only a joke

[The Gonz]

That looks rather impressive and surreal. I can imagine a few buying it just for head turning value, perhaps the Hum Vee customers since they can't get them any more.

[Shambles]

Back to the future I say!!

[Vigsi30SRpremium]

In this instance, Hyundai needed a roofless version of the Santa Fe to use in a television commercial. By removing the roof, a camera can slide on a slider down the length of the car overhead to capture photos and video of passengers in all three rows.

Once the shoot was complete, the car sat dormant in the basement of Hyundai's Australian headquarters until we thought we'd ask if we could take it for a drive. That idea evolved into shooting an actual review at a top-secret location (it can't be driven on public roads).

And, for a bit of fun, the Hyundai guys transported it on the back of another Hyundai Santa Fe uncovered through peak-hour Sydney traffic. Much to our surprise, no photos of it ever made it online.

All jokes aside, it's actually a pretty cool concept that one day may become a reality. If you could get the structure and wind buffeting right, a seven-seat convertible SUV could be a pretty cool thing!

if only

[mickd]

Thanks Dazz,
Hows that for coincidence,   
I  suggested to our Morrocan member with the written off Santa,
 to cut it off at door level, and put a couple of bars across the roof. 
 Also said  mini-moke style body .   

[Dazzler]

Thanks Dazz,
Hows that for coincidence,   
I  suggested to our Morrocan member with the written off Santa,
 to cut it off at door level, and put a couple of bars across the roof. 
 Also said  mini-moke style body .   

I told you they monitored this forum!   

[beerman]

So no boot-mounted flux capacitation unit then? 

[Dazzler]

So no boot-mounted flux capacitation unit then? 

 

[Cookie Thumper]

I did something similar to a new Ford Everest  and we took it for a drive.... got many looks !!

Hyundai finished theirs off a bit better though.

[Dazzler]

I did something similar to a new Ford Everest  and we took it for a drive.... got many looks !!

Hyundai finished theirs off a bit better though.

How did you get to do that??? They are an expensive vehicle (was it a statutory write off before you started?)

[Cookie Thumper]

How did you get to do that??? They are an expensive vehicle (was it a statutory write off before you started?)

Pre-production vehicle, Ford gave it to me for our armour development.

[Dazzler]

How did you get to do that??? They are an expensive vehicle (was it a statutory write off before you started?)

Pre-production vehicle, Ford gave it to me for our armour development.

Awesome. 

[nzenigma]

That looks rather impressive and surreal. I can imagine a few buying it just for head turning value, perhaps the Hum Vee customers since they can't get them any more.

That's the type for sure. 

 @The Gonz  Mate you were looking for new features for the FD how about this:
" windscreen with magnetic electrodes, which are driven by a boot-mounted flux capacitation unit. ....48V electrical system to cater for the electrical load "

[Cookie Thumper]

 @The Gonz  Mate you were looking for new features for the FD how about this:
" windscreen with magnetic electrodes, which are driven by a boot-mounted flux capacitation unit. ....48V electrical system to cater for the electrical load "

I used to do electro magnets (activate by the central locking) on the upper door frames to stop em from moving creating wind noise, they liked to flap around with the 40kg door glass.

[Dazzler]

 @The Gonz  Mate you were looking for new features for the FD how about this:
" windscreen with magnetic electrodes, which are driven by a boot-mounted flux capacitation unit. ....48V electrical system to cater for the electrical load "

I used to do electro magnets (activate by the central locking) on the upper door frames to stop em from moving creating wind noise, they liked to flap around with the 40kg door glass.

More to Cookie Thumper than meets the eye. A man of many talents!   

[Cookie Thumper]

More to Cookie Thumper than meets the eye. A man of many talents!   

Been designing and building armour car conversions for over 20 years, the past 12 overseas.

My most notable ones are the holden caprices for Johhny Howard and the Nissan patrol for Princess Anne's visit to Papua New Guinea.

[Dazzler]

More to Cookie Thumper than meets the eye. A man of many talents!   

Been designing and building armour car conversions for over 20 years, the past 12 overseas.

My most notable ones are the holden caprices for Johhny Howard and the Nissan patrol for Princess Anne's visit to Papua New Guinea.

Not many designers can say their projects are bullet proof. A fascinating and unusual occupation! I've done a lot of different things in my life but nothing like that! 

[nzenigma]

More to Cookie Thumper than meets the eye. A man of many talents!   

Been designing and building armour car conversions for over 20 years, the past 12 overseas.

My most notable ones are the holden caprices for Johhny Howard and the Nissan patrol for Princess Anne's visit to Papua New Guinea.

Interesting 
 Please don't hold back, tell us more. 

[Cookie Thumper]

Not many designers can say their projects are bullet proof. A fascinating and unusual occupation! I've done a lot of different things in my life but nothing like that! 

nothing is bullet proof, as all vehicles have their weak points... failing that use a bigger weapon !!

[Cookie Thumper]

Interesting 
 Please don't hold back, tell us more. 

Not a lot I can say to be honest and at the end of the day its nothing more than filling a vehicle with steel and composite.

[The Gonz]

Hey, maybe my vehicle in AFG was one of yours!

[The Gonz]

@The Gonz  Mate you were looking for new features for the FD how about this:
" windscreen with magnetic electrodes, which are driven by a boot-mounted flux capacitation unit. ....48V electrical system to cater for the electrical load "

Hmmm... If that flux capacitationator is of sufficient Terafarads, I could design a plasma field to make the vehicle invisible to radar. Now there's something useful!

[Cookie Thumper]

Hey, maybe my vehicle in AFG was one of yours!

Thailand company I worked for was tied to Ford so we never got to build anything else.... do you recall seeing any green rangers over there ?

[The Gonz]

Hey, maybe my vehicle in AFG was one of yours!

Thailand company I worked for was tied to Ford so we never got to build anything else.... do you recall seeing any green rangers over there ?

With 51 armies involved, I lost count, but the Thais were there with me so it was likely.

[Cookie Thumper]

With 51 armies involved, I lost count, but the Thais were there with me so it was likely.

We supplied 35,000 Rangers to the Afghanistan police.

[Dazzler]

With 51 armies involved, I lost count, but the Thais were there with me so it was likely.

We supplied 35,000 Rangers to the Afghanistan police.

  I thought they were a poor country! Let me guess who paid for those! 

[Cookie Thumper]

  I thought they were a poor country! Let me guess who paid for those! 

These guys footed the bill.

U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command

[Dazzler]

Thanks  CT, I thought "we" might have paid for some of it. 

[mickd]

How did you get to do that??? They are an expensive vehicle (was it a statutory write off before you started?)

Pre-production vehicle, Ford gave it to me for our armour development.

"Armour development " - that's a bit hard to get into