Hyundai Tucson

Hyundai’s premium SUV makes a comeback in India in its 3rd generation to fill a segment that’s been ignored for too long

While most manufacturers in India are scrambling down the price chain, Hyundai has been going against the tide. The brand has set its sights on more premium segments. It started off with the Elite i20, which offered a combination of quality and design that we’d never really seen in the segment before. They followed it up with the Creta and the new-gen Elantra, which continue to take the game into more premium spaces, and now we’ve got this – the Tucson, one of Hyundai most widely mispronounced model names (pronounced ‘too-sau’) and the missing link in the brand’s line-up between the Creta and Santa Fe. Was this a gap that needed to be filled and, more importantly, has it been done right? Design and Styling Everyone has their baggage and for the Tucson, it’s the awkward styling of both its predecessors – the 1st gen that was sold in India and the 2nd gen a.k.a the ix35 that wasn’t. One look at this new SUV, though, and you know that Hyundai went back to the drawing board. It follows the Fluidic 2.0 design architecture so the looks are anything but understated. The signature hexagonal grille highlights the...read more »

Developed by Hyundai South Africa, the car gets a sporty body kit and improved performance

The Hyundai Tucson in India follows the company's established philosophy to the core. It is stylish, well equipped, is powered by decently powerful and frugal motors, is more focused on comfort than handling and is a value for money buy. But if you were looking for more performance, you wouldn't have any choice in the segment. The Hyundai Tucson Sport, launched in South Africa, could be a good indicator of what a sportier Tucson could look like. Hyundai made waves in 2015 when it announced that it was developing a new performance division simply called the 'N'. It was predicted that Hyundai would soon launch 'N' variants of its existing lineup of cars which would be focussed towards performance above everything else. Hyundai N is yet to launch a road-going car; the first car is rumoured to be a high-performance variant of the i30. With customers getting impatient, some divisions of Hyundai have taken temporary measures to keep customers interested in their cars. The Hyundai Tucson is a very popular model in South Africa, with 16.5 per cent market share in its segment. And hence, the Tucson Sport seems like a perfect way to attract more customers in a market... read more »

The ruins of Dholavira have quite a story to tell

We skip a stop on the drive and head straight for the finish line