Auto Expo 2016: Hyundai Unveils Tucson

[Jijo_Malayil]

Top Hyundai India officials have confirmed that the Tucson will be launched in the month of October this year. This brings to the end the speculations that the launch will be delayed to early 2017.

[NikilSJ]

JijoMalayil that's good news for someone looking at buying an SUV but doesn't want a Creta. Sources say the Tucson range will start from Rs 17 lakhs. At that price point, it will be above the recently launched Elantra and also undercut the Honda CR-V and Renault Koleos which starts from Rs 25 lakh and Rs 27 lakh respectively (the Hyundai Santa Fe is more expensive starting at Rs 33 lakh). Hyundai says the Tucson is expected to do better than the Sonata, which was discontinued a couple of months back, too. At this price, I don't see any other competition to the Tucson except for a couple of D segment sedans like the Octavia and the Jetta. I think, like the Creta, this one too will be a huge success for Hyundai.

[Jijo_Malayil]

NikilSJ Yeah, the Tucson is likely to have a clean run until the HR-V from Honda comes along (Honda hasn't confirmed it). Do you think Tucson will appeal to the prospective top-end Mahindra XUV500 buyers?

[Ronny]

Hyundai has a winner in their hands like the Creta. The Tucson would be no different in this regard too. If the Tucson would start at Rs 17 lakh, then Hyundai has a direct rival to the Honda CR-V. If offered with a diesel, then the Tucson would have an upper hand against the CR-V. To me, the Tucson would not disturb Octavia sales as the Octavia is being considered as enthusiast's car and is a good performer both on paper and on the road. The Tucson belonging to different category would please only SUV buyers or who wants much more than an executive sedan. Honda should try bring in the CR-V with a diesel in order to remain in the segment list or else would be completely off the list after the Tucson's launch. Definetely top-end XUV owners would have a look at the Tucson as it would be a premium product than the XUV and hopefully would have fewer niggles than XUV.

[MotuSid]

The Tuscon looks the most butch in this group, doesn't it? The Santa Fe would have looked better if the indicators were towards the inner part of the headlight cluster and the projector headlamps were at the side - I think.

[Jijo_Malayil]

MotuSid Frankly speaking, I loved how the old Tucson (1st generation) looked. It was like the perfect compact crossover. Not too sure about Hyundai's fluidic design theme on these so-called SUVs/Crossovers. Lost that butch appeal that it previously had.

[JOY_MRC]

MotuSid I too like the new Tucson styling. If the prices are anything like the speculation, most of the Creta top-end buyers will switch to the Tucson for sure. It really looks more premium and serious than the Creta. But all these SUVs, including the SantaFe, look like softroaders to me. The full-on SUV charisma is missing. The problem with the earlier generation was the front end styling. The side and rear looked real nice and proper until we get to the front which would look bulbous (and ugly - no offence) in the case of the Tucson and puny and out of place in the Terracan (which looked like a proper SUV from the side and the rear, kind of like the Lexus Lx470 which was a trend back in the day) which made people look over to other rough-and-tough SUV's like the Pajero SFX. Thinking of the SFX shatters the SUV concepts today (ground clearance makes everything SUV).

[Jijo_Malayil]

Bad news! Hyundai officials have divulged to ET Auto that the upcoming Tucson will be priced in the Rs 25-30 lakh range. If it turns out to be true, Tucson prices will overlap with its own elder sibling the Hyundai Santa Fe, with the entry level Hyundai Santa Fe coming in at Rs 28.53 (ex-showroom Delhi).

[JOY_MRC]

"Originally posted by JijoMalayil" Bad news! Hyundai officials have divulged to ET Auto that the upcoming Tucson will be priced in the Rs 25-30 lakh range. If it turns out to be true, Tucson prices will overlap with its own elder sibling the Hyundai Santa Fe, with the entry level Hyundai Santa Fe coming in at Rs 28.53 (ex-showroom Delhi).

That's plain ridiculous. Why would you buy a Tucson over the full fledged 4x4's like Fortuner and Pajero Sport??? The Santa Fe is simply not selling because of this reason alone. If that is the pricing strategy, they should save the trouble and not launch it here. The speculated prices remind me of the saying, when something sounds too good to be true, It probably is. Come on Hyundai, don't make the same mistakes again.

[MotuSid]

Bad news! Hyundai officials have divulged to ET Auto that the upcoming Tucson will be priced in the Rs 25-30 lakh range.

I hope this is not true. I think it would be a big problem if both the Tuscon and the Santa Fe are priced in similar price ranges. They should be pricing it in the Rs 18-25 range - considering they will be assembling the Tucson here.

[Jijo_Malayil]

According to various reports Hyundai has confirmed a petrol Tucson variant powered by a 2.0-litre VTVT engine. This is the same motor that is seen in the recently launched Hyundai Elantra, putting out 152 PS and 178 Nm of torque.

[JOY_MRC]

More Pictures of the Hyundai Tucson Surfaces on the net. This time the interior is more clearer which doesnt wow you in anyway. The gear knob and many elements are from cars like the Elite i20 and Creta. The car is having the sames issues as between the NEXA products and regular Maruti. Doesn't feel premium enough for the extra money. From the side profile too, the car looks like an Elite i20 on steroids especially with these masking tapes on, highlighting the similar tail light design.

[CorsaVeloce]

Overdrive have also spotted two more of the India bound Tucsons on test. I quite like the Blue color on the Tuscon, looks crazy.

[kaiserketkar]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n16375[/ATTACH]The Tuscon looks the most butch in this group, doesn't it? The Santa Fe would have looked better if the indicators were towards the inner part of the headlight cluster and the projector headlamps were at the side - I think.

Yes, the Tucson does look the most butch among the three, but it's hard not to ignore so much of similarity between the three. It's one thing to have a family face and it's another to look like they're twins- each one a little more undernourished than the other.
Look at the Tucson from behind, and it looks quite like the Elite i20. Except for the slight bulge & the number plate recess having shifted from the bumper to the hatch, there is an eerie resemblance between the 6 Lac Rupee hatch and the ~20 Lac Rupee SUV. Yes, there's going to be the height difference in person, but a little differentiation would have been nice.

[Jijo_Malayil]

Hyundai Tucson will be launched on the 24th of October this year and the bookings for the same have reported having started at a token amount of Rs 25,000. Expect prices to start at Rs 17 lakh for the lower petrol variant end and go all up to Rs 22-23 lakh rupees for the top-end diesel variant. In this price range, the Tucson will rival the Honda CR-V and Skoda Yeti in India.