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 »

The starting price of the SUV has dropped back to the pre-GST levels while other variants have dipped further

Hyundai India has dropped the prices of the Tucson SUV by up to Rs 1.39 lakh for the base diesel trim with a manual transmission. The carmaker has also replaced the top-end GLS 2WD with a 4WD variant, which retails for just Rs 48,000 more than the front-wheel-drive option. The new prices are as follows: - Petrol Base Manual: Rs 18 lakh (Price drop of Rs 78,000) - Petrol GL Automatic: Rs 20.99 lakh (Price drop of Rs 65,000) - Diesel Base Manual: Rs 19.96 lakh (Price drop of Rs 1.39 lakh) - Diesel GL Automatic: Rs 22.49 lakh (Price drop of Rs 78,000) - Diesel GLS Automatic 4WD: Rs 25.19 lakh (Premium of Rs 48,000 over the discontinued diesel GLS automatic 2WD variant) The recently launched Jeep Compass carries an attractive price tag for the package, which has made it an instant hit. Its higher variants overlap with some of the Tucson's options, which may have slowed down the demand for the Korean alternative and caused an inventory pileup. The Tucson’s 4WD system is said to be intelligent enough to engage only when it detects loss of traction. While driving on grippy tarmac, the SUV switches to the more fuel efficient front-wheel-drive mode. The driver... read more »

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

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