Hyundai Tucson Launched Inwards India ; Cost Starts At ₹ 18.99 Lakhs

►Edited past times : Shahen Tharammal

► PRICE :

2WD MT Petrol : ₹ 19.33 lakhs

2WD MT Diesel : ₹ 21.98 lakhs

2WD AT GL Petrol : ₹ 22.18 lakhs

2WD AT GL Diesel : ₹ 23.90 lakhs

2WD AT GLS Diesel : ₹ 25.52 lakhs

November 24, 2016 – The all-new Hyundai Tucson, which late went on sale inwards India, has received over 200 bookings since its launch on 14th Nov 2016. It shows the involvement the SUV has generated amidst buyers. Interestingly, nearly 75% of the need is for the diesel fuel variants in addition to 55% bookings are coming for the top-spec diesel fuel reduce amongst automatic transmissions. The SUV is available inwards 3 reduce levels – 2WD MT, 2WD AT GL in addition to 2WD AT GLS – amongst prices ranging from Rs 18.99 lakh to Rs 24.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). At this price, the Hyundai Tucson 2016 is competing against the Mahindra XUV500.

Engine options for the all-new Tucson include a 2.0L CRDi diesel fuel in addition to a 2.0L dual VTVT petrol. While the vehicle’s diesel fuel manufactory is beingness offered across all trims, it’s solely 2WD MT in addition to 2WD ATGL variants that come upwards fitted amongst the petrol engine. As a reminder, the first-generation Tucson was introduced inwards Republic of Republic of India inwards the twelvemonth 2005, in addition to discontinued inside v years due to miserable marketplace demand. The compact premium SUV has directly entered its tertiary generation globally, in addition to made its starting fourth dimension populace appearance at the Geneva Motor Show inwards September, 2015.

Hyundai said that the Tucson is a Native American cite which portrays an icon of a ‘Strong Sun’ lending a premium grapheme amongst surgical operation to the Brand. The SUV has been designed on Hyundai Motor’s novel evolution philosophy – ‘Innovation of Fundamentals’ – representing safety, performance, ride & handling, durability in addition to depression NVH through continuous customer-centric innovations.

EXTERIOR

The novel Hyundai Tucson is a tertiary generation auto globally. The styling is modern in addition to resembles the Santa Fe. The gaping hexagonal front end grille is flanked past times swept dorsum headlamps that accept ii projector units apart from the reflector unit of measurement for high-beam. The LED day-time running lamps are integrated on the fog-lamp housing on the front end bumper which also gets a mistaken sideslip plate. The side profile also imitates the Santa iron amongst the shoulder describe of piece of job climbing upwards towards the tailgate. The dark cladding roughly the perimeter of the auto gives it a rugged look. It also gets the i20 inspired tail lamps that stand upwards out on the creased tailgate.

INTERIOR

The interiors are non every bit dramatic every bit the outside but premium nonetheless. The Tucson is a five-seater SUV in addition to gets a spacious cabin. The seats volition larn leather upholstery every bit an option. The run past times spec variant gets an electrically adjustable driver topographic point piece the bring upwards seats tin give the sack hold upwards reclined in addition to also dissever 60-40 in addition to folded upwards every bit well. Two-zone automatic climate control, automatic headlamps, cruise command in addition to push-button start are measure along amongst electrically foldable fly mirrors.

The dashboard is dominated past times the touchscreen display at the centre amongst steering-mounted good controls. It gets USB, AUX, Bluetooth connectivity along amongst GPS navigation. For safety, dual front end airbags amongst ABS in addition to EBD are measure across the gain amongst the top-spec auto getting 6 airbags.

ENGINE & TRANSMISSION

The Hyundai Tucson is offered amongst both petrol in addition to diesel fuel engines. The 2.0-litre 4 cylinder turbo-diesel belts out 182bhp of mightiness in addition to 400Nm of torque in addition to comes mated to six-speed manual in addition to automatic transmissions. The 153bhp, 192Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol also comes amongst similar six-speed manual in addition to automatic options. The Tucson gets solely the front-wheel effort setup every bit of directly await the torque-on need all-wheel effort Tucson to come upwards inwards soon.

*The Tucson is slotted betwixt the Hyundai Creta in addition to the Hyundai Santa-Fe SUVs. It ideally competes amongst Honda CR-V in addition to Skoda Yeti both beingness five-seater SUVs. But amongst its cost tag it also competes amongst the Innova Crysta in addition to D-segment sedans similar Skoda Octavia, Toyota Corolla Altis in addition to Chevrolet Cruze.

SPECIFICATION

Engines	2.0-Litre Petrol	2.0-Litre Diesel
Displacement	1,999 cc	1,995 cc
Max Power	153bhp @ 6200 rpm	182bhp @ 4000 rpm
Max Torque	192Nm @ 4000 rpm	400Nm @ 1750-2750 rpm
Transmission	6-Speed MT & 6-Speed AT	6-Speed MT & 6-Speed AT
Fuel Efficiency	MT: 13.03 km/l AT: 12.95 km/l	MT: 18.42 km/l AT: 16.38 km/l