Hyundai Tucson a SUV Korean Charmer
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Hyundai Tucson a SUV Korean Charmer
Korean low-end, in the unlikely design, with gray fake plastic , it’s over. In fifteen years, the auto industry Land of Morning Calm has made extraordinary progress. The new “SUV” Hyundai Tucson compact exhibits a beautiful aesthetic maturity. It imposes with structured forms, well proportioned, giving himself a certain personality and a family resemblance to big brother Santa Fe. Nothing to do with the old iX35 chubby and unnecessarily tortured. Clearly, it is impressive.
A flattering inside the eye
Same thing on the inside with a classical presentation but tasteful. Everything is in its place, with an ease of use that many competitors would benefit to emulate. Advanced version of our “Executive”, leather seats even give an unexpected premium air. One can even choose a beige or red-black interior beautifully. Certainly touch material cools a little enthusiasm. Plastics are hard and fairly economical. But their assembly is not open to criticism.
A few layout errors are also reported. The leather seats are a bit slippery, safety belt buckle passenger seat knocks against the seat shell, when it is empty. The parking-beep beeps recover as soon as we started engages reverse gear even if we put them in “off” position. Finally, the driving position is improved, even if you get used to.
All this is not very serious, anyway. Hyundai has made progress Soundproofing, including rolling noise. Otherwise, simply habitability, accessibility does not reserve surprises. The trunk does not fight capacity of record, but its geometric forms make it usable.
We have in our hands the 2.0 to 136 horsepower, flexible enough and sufficiently powerful. The gearbox hangs a little sadly gear shifting. This mechanism does its work without showing off, no particular vividness either. In against part of its relative roundness, it consumes a little. We swallowed 8.2 liters of diesel cents. Maybe they are competing better! But Tucson 2.0 CRDi retains a license of use that is lost. Those stall at startup with a 1.6 dCi Renault Kadjar lacking low-end torque understand me …
Our model is equipped with four wheel drive. So, on wet roads, motor skills do not pose a problem, unlike the sometimes exceeded 4×2. The road behavior not seduce her balance. It is not much fun with a front pretty lazy, but very family handling still remains neutral. We like the direction moderately, with a rather artificial feel, somewhat high speed blur. Comfort proves very decent, even with the huge 19-inch wheels on our test model.
The Korean has improved a lot … Their prices too. While the equipment is abundant, but the prices are aligned with the competition of the most expensive volume manufacturers. The range starts at 22,750 euros. For our version 2.0 CRDi 136 horsepower and 4×4 drive, mount the Creative finish. The four-wheel drive, very useful for security, are charged 2,200 euros. Count 34 150 euros in total! In version Executive tip, which includes in particular GPS, backup camera and leather, it amounts to 37,750 euros.
The manual gearbox is required.
A double clutch gearbox will arrive soon. For now, it is available only on petrol versions. He will have to wait a bit. Assembled in the Czech Republic, the Tucson is quite recommendable, with five-year warranty. It shines in any area, but pleases the eye, does not involve any significant weakness and has a consistency of good quality. The reliability of Hyundai now reached satisfactory levels, often worthy Japanese. So if you like it, why not?
Test model: Hyundai Tucson 2.0 CRDi 4WD
Executive: 37 750 euros (250 euros of malus)
Power output: 136 horses (diesel)
Dimensions: 4.47 meters (length) x 1.85 (width) x 1.64 (top)
Qualities: Handling, comfort, satisfactory mechanical, aesthetic successful, well presented inside (Executive)
Defects: a low consumption, catchy box, steering unpleasant, fuzzy 130
Competitors: Renault 1.6 dCi 4×4 Kadjar Intensity: 34 520 euros; Nissan Qashqai Tekna dCi 130 All Mode: 35,600 euros; Ford Kuga TDCi 150 Sport 4×4 Platinum (Leather): 37,050 euros
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hyundai tucson 2016 interior
Hyundai Tucson 2016 interior
