New Hyundai Tucson Test Drive l Review 2019.

Through hard work and innovation, Hyundai has created one of the world's best-selling SUVs - designed and manufactured in Europe. It combines fresh, daring design with a lot of new intelligent technology and the most advanced driver assistance systems. There is no need to compromise on the New Tucson.

Slim and Powerful: The revised exterior design of the New Tucson finds a stylish balance between form and function. The flowing surfaces create a distinctive and elegant impression.

Cruise control with distance assistant and stop & go function
360 ° panoramic camera
Bi-LED headlight with high beam assistant
Panoramic glass sunroof
Premium sound system KRELL
High quality interior

With enough space for five adults and a trunk volume of 513 liters, the New Tucson is extremely comfortable and spacious. The wide-opening panoramic glass sunroof makes it even more spacious. The variable cargo space is easy to adjust: In seconds, the rear seats can be folded in a ratio of 60:40 and thus increase the trunk volume to 1'503 liters.

The Hyundai Tucson is a crucial car for Hyundai – its entrant into the hotly fought family crossover class, its rival to the likes of the Nissan Qashqai, Seat Ateca and Ford Kuga. Fortunately for Hyundai, the Tucson is a really well-executed all-rounder that’s pleasant to be in, easy-going to drive and offers a more painless ownership proposition than most - if not all - of its rivals. It’s not a car you’ll ever get up early on a Sunday morning to drive, but its fundamental rightness means the other six days will pass pretty painlessly. We ran a long-term 2.0 CRDi model for six months and it was peerlessly reliable and extremely practical.

For its 2018 facelift, Hyundai recognised there was very little it needed to change, so focused chiefly on smartening up the Tucson’s appearance and making it more futureproof and economical. That’s why you’ve now got the option of all-LED lights to bisect that Audi-in-a-hall-of-mirrors front grille, trick LED tail lights, and a refreshed cabin with a standalone touchscreen this time, so the rest of the dashboard settles lower down and increases the perception of space. Not that the boxy Tucson wants for interior accommodation.

Tech-wise, the headline is a new 48-volt mild hybrid diesel powertrain. It’s only available on the most powerful diesel: a 183bhp 2.0-litre unit allied to the eight-speed automatic gearbox. Meanwhile, Hyundai’s raging against the dying eddying of diesel with 113bhp and 134bhp 1.6-litre diesels which both use extensive exhaust clean-up tech to comply with all current and impending particulate emissions testing.

If you’d prefer a petrol, Hyundai’s got normally aspirated and turbocharged 1.6-litre units and they’re now a cross-range possibility, so you can twin them with toppier trim levels.

The base trim level is Tucson S, which kicks the pricing off at £21,845 for a 1.6-litre non-turbo petrol with front-wheel drive and a six-speed manual gearbox. You bag a seven-inch touchscreen with Apple and Android mirroring as standard, plus Bluetooth, a back-up camera, 16-inch alloys and foglights.

From there on up, it’s the usual Hyundai steps from SE Nav and Premium trim into the top-grade Premium SE, where you’ll find LED lights all round, radar cruise control, a glass roof and 360-degree camera parking aids. Up front is a heated steering wheel, and out back is a (very slow) powered tailgate. It’s not wanting for kit, the top-spec Tucson, and you’d have to spec an Audi Q5 close to £50k to watch it. And even then, no other rival save for Kia is going to match a five-year warranty.

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