The pickup segment is booming and while sister brand Hyundai is banking on current trends with the Santa Cruz, Kia lacks a truck in its portfolio. Actually, it has one. Launched in 1980 ...

We’re talking monocoque-bodied utes here, not body-on-frame light trucks like a Toyota HiLux ... That should come as no shock seeing this is an extension of the Tucson (and related Kia Sportage). Yet ...

We’re enjoying a sort of surprise renaissance when it comes to small trucks in the United States, and Hyundai’s Santa Cruz is here to make the choice even tougher for those shopping around.