The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz now has the smallest truck bed available. Its bed is about 52.1 inches long, which comes to 4.34 feet. The Toyota Tacoma used to have the shortest bed, but it’s still about five feet or 60.5 inches long.

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz will have some pretty stiff competition from the Ford Ranger, Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma, and Honda Ridgeline, all of which have the advantage of producing models for some time. Additionally, the Santa Cruz is significantly smaller, with less towing and payload capacity than these competitors.

Kia hasn’t confirmed this information, but it has our imaginations running wild. The Kia Sportage truck would be the main rival to the Toyota Hilux and more off-roading capable Ford Ranger.

The Santa Cruz might not be an established name yet, but its fresh design already sets it apart from the Nissan Frontier. Here's how the two trucks stack up.

The 2.0-liter turbo-four engine in the 2022 Ford Maverick provides 250 hp and 277 lb-ft of torque. It gets an EPA-estimated 23 mpg in the city and 26 mpg on the highway with 30 mpg combined. Cracking 30 mpg is impressive.

Of course, the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is tiny. It’s a compact truck. But is it too small? It’s four inches shorter than the Ford Maverick and over a foot shorter than the Honda Ridgeline. The bed is just over four feet long.

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is the latest and greatest offering from Hyundai, and it’s pretty far from what most buyers would have expected from the brand. When it comes to buying a new pickup truck, buyers definitely have brand preferences, typically leaning toward the pickup truck titans like Ford with the top-selling Ford F-150, …

Well, that was fast. It seems like the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz just made its debut, but it’s already rolling into dealerships. The 2022 Ford Maverick is expected to begin making deliveries this fall.

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz comes with two engines. The standard option is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine that should make more than the 190 hp and 180 lb-ft of torque. This is a solid amount of power for a truck this size.

The price of a loaded 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is an eye-popper. But compare features and options before looking at comparable prices.

When it comes to pickup trucks, Americans really only have two options. They can either go big with a full-size pickup or go a bit smaller with a midsize pickup. However, Hyundai now has an even smaller option with the Hyundai Santa Cruz, and the American automotive market could use more compact pickup trucks.

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz has a higher starting price than the 2022 Ford Maverick, but is the extra $4,000 worth it for the additional safety features? That depends on your needs.

For those of us with pickup trucks, football season means tailgating season. That's why Hyundai is hoping its new pickup truck/crossover Santa Cruz — stocked with plenty of party-centric features — will be the perfect tailgating companion.

The all-new 2022 Santa Cruz is here, and despite its rather confusing truck-like features, the South Korean automaker insists it's not a pickup truck. But this 'sport adventure vehicle' is special for another reason.

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is expected to be comfortable and convenient. It has a unibody suspension for a smoother ride, and it’s the perfect size for maneuvering around tight areas

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is speeding ahead of the 2022 Ford Maverick. It already made its debut a few weeks ahead of the Maverick and is now entering production

The Hyundai Santa Cruz isn't like other trucks, but it certainly does a few things better. Here's a look at how the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is one of the most fuel-efficient pickup trucks to buy.

The Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz might look evenly matched, but check out the strengths that each new truck has to offer drivers, like fuel economy, truck length, and towing capabilities.

Kia might be working on a pickup truck for the Australian, but there's no indication that it's based on the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz. However, that doesn't mean a US-market Kia version of the Santa Cruz couldn't happen.

The 2022 Ford Maverick joins the Hyundai Santa Cruz on the market as a compact, unibody pickup truck. One has higher towing and payload capacities, but the other has a bigger, higher-rated bed and better estimated fuel economy.