Slimmer front-end camouflage on newest Tucson prototype suggests mid-life refresh will solely convey minor grille and DRL modifications
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by Chris Chilton
July 14, 2023 at 07:54
Hyundai’s Tucson can’t hold tempo with top-selling SUVs just like the Toyota RAV4, which is sort of twice as common. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless been a strong success for Hyundai, proving that consumers weren’t repelled by the marginally unusual face and angular bodywork.
That’s why Hyundai has principally opted to not mess with the system for the mid-life refresh of the now three-year-old compact SUV. We are able to’t be totally positive after all, not till Hyundai peels again the heavy material disguise panels it simply loves to connect to its prototypes till unusually late within the testing section. However the slimmed-down camo on the entrance of this explicit SUV suggests modifications will probably be restricted to new lights and a few minor grille and bumper tweaks.
We questioned beforehand whether or not Hyundai may add a full-width gentle bar to the entrance finish of the Tucson, one thing it’s carried out to different new automobiles just like the facelifted Elantra and new Kona. However these footage seem to point out solely a mildly tweaked model of the segmented DRLs we’re conversant in from the present SUV, and the fang-style rear gentle clusters are additionally more likely to obtain solely minor modifications.
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It’ll in all probability be the same story underneath the hood. European consumers presently get a selection of 1.6-liter petrol engines making both 148 hp (150 PS) in FWD guise, or 178 hp (180 PS) with AWD drivetrains, each of these coming with gentle hybrid help. Customers with extra cash to burn even have the choice of choosing one in all two 1.6s, every with extra substantial electrical boosts, they being the 226 hp (230 PS) full hybrid and 261 hp (265 PS) plug-in mannequin.
The Tucson vary appears barely totally different within the U.S, the place the entry-level gentle hybrids bought in Europe are swapped for a naturally aspirated 187 hp (190 PS) 2.5 liter 4, though full hybrid and PHEV upgrades are nonetheless out there.
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The present automobile was launched in September 2020, a yr after being previewed by the Imaginative and prescient T Idea, so it is smart that Hyundai would reveal the facelifted automobile this fall with gross sales beginning early in 2024 for some markets, although the U.S. may need to attend till the 2025 mannequin yr to get its palms on the up to date SUV. That’s simply hypothesis on our half, although.
