AS is the case for many automotive importers Down Beneath, the medium-sized SUV is a crucial piece of the sales-success puzzle. Get it proper, and also you’ll seemingly rating a buyer who’ll advocate the automobile to anybody who’ll hear. Get it fallacious, and also you’ll lose what’s arguably your most essential purchaser – one that can seemingly transfer together with your model as their household grows.
And also you don’t need to look too far to see who will get its proper, and who will get it fallacious on this phase. 5-seat household SUV consumers are spoilt for selection and, more and more, understand how to decide on properly.
Security, practicality, comfort, driveability, reliability and worth for cash are not ‘good to haves’. These are qualities which can be anticipated from a contemporary SUV just like the Hyundai Tucson, and qualities we’re happy to say the Tucson delivers.
Now into its fourth technology, the Tucson boasts a contemporary aesthetic coupled with a variety of reliable drivelines.
The self-titled entry grade Tucson affords a 115kW/192Nm 2.0-litre naturally aspirated and multi-point injected four-cylinder petrol with commonplace six-speed automated transmission and front-wheel drive. The mixture can be provided in mid-grade Elite and top-shelf Highlander variants.
Elite and Highlander variants are additionally out there with all-wheel drive that includes both a 132kW/265Nm 1.6-litre turbocharged and direct-injected four-cylinder petrol matched to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, or a now all-alloy 2.0-litre 137kW/416Nm turbocharged and direct-injected four-cylinder diesel paired to an eight-speed epicyclic auto.
Official mixed gas consumption is rated at 8.1 litres per 100km for the two.0-litre petrol, 7.2L/100km for the 1.6-litre turbo-petrol, and 6.3L/100km for the two.0-litre turbo-diesel. There are not any pure- or hybridised electrical drivelines provided within the Hyundai Tucson vary but.
On check, we opted for the high-grade Highlander with Hyundai’s newly made-over turbo-diesel engine and HTRAC all-wheel drive combo.
The mannequin is priced from $52,000 plus on-road prices and affords an costly suite of security gear together with a centre-front airbag, blind-spot collision avoidance, clever speed-limit help, ahead collision junction and turning help, main automobile departure alert, rear cross-traffic collision avoidance, adaptive cruise management with Cease & Go, and safe-exit help.
There’s additionally 19-inch alloy wheels (with matching spare), LED head- and tail-lights, dark-chrome grille, electrochromatic mirror, LED cabin lighting, LED ambient temper lighting, a panoramic glass sunroof, 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster, BOSE audio, energy tailgate, ventilated entrance seats, two-position driver’s seat reminiscence, electrical passenger’s seat with walk-in operate (a phase first), a heated steering wheel and heated rear seats… simply to call a couple of.
Hyundai’s Tucson competes with a gradual stream of rivals within the 20-strong Medium SUV below $60k phase, together with the Honda CR-V, Kia Sportage, Mazda CX-5, Mitsubishi Outlander, Nissan X-TRAIL, Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4, and Volkswagen Tiguan.
