Hyundai Santa Cruz concept at the 2015 NAIAS (www.autoguide.com)
With the opening of the 2015 North American International Auto Show on this day in 2015, a number of exciting new concept and production vehicles made their debut. One model in particular stood out as a fan favorite, the Hyundai Santa Cruz. Wait, a Hyundai? In an era when small pickup trucks no longer existed, the Santa Cruz catered to a forgotten market left behind with the extinction of the small Ford Ranger and Chevrolet S-10 class trucks. Ultimately the compact truck that's not really a truck, would enter production in 2022, along side competition from the Ford Maverick.
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz - By Elise240SX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
When first introduced in 2015, Hyundai made it known that they were not attemp...