Hyundai Tucson

BRINGS COOL COMPETENCE, BUT WITHOUT ANY SEGMENT BREAKTHROUGHS

- JEZ SPINKS

SPECS

COTY TEST REPORT

0-100km/h 8.5 seconds

WEIGHT 130kg lighter than claimed weight

NOISE 68.2db at 100km/h

Price/as tested $45,000/$47,000

Engine 1998cc 4cyl turbo diesel

Power 137kW @ 4000rpm

Torque 416Nm @ 2000-2750rpm

Transmission 8-speed automatic, AWD

Weight 1810kg (claimed)

Fuel 6.3L/100km, diesel

Length/width/height 4640/1865/1665mm

Wheelbase 2755mm

Safety 5 stars (ANCAP)

IT'S A BARRAGE of Hyundais at COTY this year, though none comes with the same level of commercial criticality as the Tucson mid-sized SUV.

Competing in the country’s most popular vehicle segment after utes, the Tucson is a big-volume player that jostles with the likes of the Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Subaru Forester, and its stablemate in this very field, the Kia Sportage.

The fourth-generation Hyundai Tucson follows its predecessor with myriad variants, yet choosing one for COTY wasn’t that tricky.