Hyundai Tucson taps Defender appeal with rugged new look

Korean brand aims to steal buyers from key rivals with radically reinvented fifth-generation family SUV, writes Will Rimell

- Will Rimell

Hyundai is preparing to radically reinvent the Tucson, its bestselling model, giving the family SUV a boxy new look inspired by the larger Santa Fe.

It's expected to go on sale in the latter half of next year, with test mules having been spotted on public roads.

They reveal it will adopt the brand’s rugged new ‘Art of Steel’ design language, as seen on the Santa Fe and the hydrogen-powered Nexo.