I thought Hyundai was going to go through with the Santa Cruze but they're just taking their time giving the final green light. Am I mistaken?
It could have already got the green light. Or it could be dead. Anything can happen at any time. They're just keeping quiet about it - as they should. All we can do now is speculate.
My speculation:
They want to move forward with it but their hurdles are mainly with manufacturing:
Its a truck, so due to the chicken tax it has to be built in America;
They have no open capacity to build it in any of their N. American factories;
If it is based on the Tucson / Sportage, since the SC will most likely be lower volume compared to those, it would only make sense to build it on the same assembly line. Neither of those vehicles are built in the US.