Tough new look for Hyundai Tucson 2027: Toyota RAV4 and BYD Sealion 6 rival spied testing in Australia

The fifth-abilities Hyundai Tucson mid-dimension SUV is readying for open, seemingly later this year.

Whereas undergoing sizzling weather durability testing in the Victorian High Country, Chasing Vehicles noticed a camouflaged model of the unique Tucson and an up so a long way Santa Fe SUV.

The Tucson is due for a brand unique abilities by subsequent year, having launched globally in 2021 and coming in for a facelift in 2024. We rely on the camouflaged Tucson to destroy quilt in production guise in slack 2026 or early 2027.

This automobile is an unprecedented extra dramatic commerce than the increased Santa Fe, being a brand unique abilities mannequin that wants to compete with Toyota’s refreshed RAV4, the incoming Mazda CX-5 and a host of unique names from China comparable to the BYD Sealion 6.

Like the Santa Fe, the overview automobile’s amount plate carries a affirmation it’s the unique ‘NX5’ Tucson (one of the up-to-date automobile’s code is ‘NX4’) and that it weighs 1797kg.

There modified into as soon as extra conceal obstructing the Tucson’s body traces, in conjunction with what perceived to be size gear on the rear window. The Tucson also has an unfinished-attempting employ protruding from the rear bumper.

Tremendous, graceful alloy wheels counsel the mannequin testing is a excessive-smooth example.

It is a transparent departure from the rounded, organic shapes of one of the up-to-date Tucson and a step in direction of squarer, bluffer styling following the hydrogen gasoline cell (FCEV) powered Nexo‘s produce language.

Under, the fifth-abilities Tucson will debut a brand unique, software program-defined architecture referred to as Pleos OS, primarily based fully on KoreanCarBlog, which will seemingly spy extra great processing at some stage in the cabin.

What’s no longer sure is if the unique Tucson will seemingly be made in brief and lengthy wheelbase guises for more than just a few markets. European-delivered Tucson objects measure 4500mm lengthy whereas Australian and North American examples are currently 4650mm from tip to tail.

The Tucson currently comes with a 2.0L four-cylinder petrol in inappropriate grades although a smartly-liked hybrid model, making 172kW, will seemingly be on hand. Quiz the electrified powertrain to continue in the unique automobile.

In in a abroad country markets the Tucson is equipped with a slip-in hybrid that might be on the playing cards for Australia. The expend of a little-ish 13.8kWh battery, North American-market Tucson PHEVs are rated to go about 50km on electric vitality in EPA testing.

If Hyundai is able to catch the worth correct, a slip-in hybrid Tucson might seemingly possibly be advantageous below Original Vehicle Emissions Requirements (NVES) to boot to providing a rival for the rising different of PHEV family SUVs, in conjunction with the Geely Starray EM-i, BYD Sealion 6, Mitsubishi Outlander and further.

We rely on the unique Hyundai Tucson to destroy quilt later in 2026.

Why is Hyundai testing cars in Australia?

Hyundai, along with linked companies Kia and Genesis, possess lengthy viewed impress in Australian accelerate and coping with tuning for their autos, however this is no longer that.

As an different, there is currently a expeditiously of 20 Hyundai, Kia and Genesis autos in Australia for summer season durability testing.

Chasing Vehicles understands the mix of excessive altitude and sizzling weather found in the Victorian alpine achieve of dwelling in summer season is of explicit ardour to Korean engineers when it involves turbo petrol engines.

Moreover, the Australian time zones line up better with South Korea than those in the US.