Hyundai Santa Fe wins award as the best large SUV

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It is awards season, with all of the motoring magazines, websites and organisations putting together their lists of favourites.

One of the heavy hitters in all of this is the New Zealand Motoring Writers' Guild (NZMWG), who in conjunction with AA motoring experts, put together the first big awards ranking that has everyone talking. They consider styling, performance, handling, economy, comfort, build quality and finish, value for money and the x-factor when selecting those vehicles to win their categories.

This year was the turn of the Hyundai Santa Fe to turn out a stella performance. It came in top of the heap of the Large SUV bunch, something certainly not lost on the good people of Nelson and Tasman, who have been buying up this wonderful multi purpose vehicle in record numbers over the past year.

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The Car of the Year is the pick of all new cars launched in New Zealand in the 12 months to October this year while the category winners are selected from all new cars that are available on the market right now.

Guild members and the selected AA voters will select the Car of the Year from a list of 10 finalists while the category winners come from a much bigger pool of available new cars.

AA Motoring Services General Manager, Ms Stocks, says that because of the structure of the awards, consumers can be sure that the judges are looking at all elements of every type of new car available to come up with the best.

"Not everyone is in the market for a new car, but one of the benefits of the New Zealand Car of the Year award is that the selections endure. The winners in 2014 will still be good cars in three or four years as they become used cars," she says.

The stylish 5 or 7 seater Hyundai Santa Fe SUV has been redefined for living life to the full. So load up the family, load up the toys and get ready to embrace the great New Zealand outdoors. Perfect for family holidays or the school run, the Santa Fe is loved by all kinds of kiwi's, check out what celebrity chef Al Brown has to say about his:

You can get your hands on one easily just by coming down and seeing the team at Bowater Hyundai on the corner of Rutherford and Hardy Street's in central Nelson. You can be on your way and enjoying the experience in no time and getting to personally understand just why it has been awarded New Zealands Best in Class large SUV at the 2014 AA car of the year awards.