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Everyday Driver Car Debate

TestDrive: Hyundai Tucson

Everyday Driver Car Debate

Everyday Driver

Hobbies, Automotive, Leisure

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Tucson test drive. Write to us with your Car Debates, Car Conclusions, and Topic Tuesdays at [email protected] or everydaydriver.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Feel that 187 horsepower, I'm waiting for it, there it is, that's it.

0:09.8

This is the new mid trim of a Hyundai Tucson, but it happens to come with the base engine

0:15.0

with a 2.5 liter, 187 horsepower, non-turbo, and it is frankly not enough.

0:22.5

It does come with a 1.6 liter hybrid, which is different, but you know the 0-60 this is

0:27.1

almost 10 seconds, yeah, that goes that good, you might get in the nines, you push really

0:34.1

hard dedicate yourself, you might get into the nines, well there are vehicles that we've

0:39.6

driven like the Honda HRB that have less power than this, but somehow they feel a little

0:45.5

bit more spry, they feel oh sport, sport mode, the gauge is changed, the throttle response

0:51.7

changed a little bit, my feeling about the car didn't, yes, okay, all right keep going,

0:55.4

spoiler alert, this needs more power, yes it does, there are other trim levels though,

1:01.0

good news, there is the hybrid EV, and then there's the plug-in hybrid EV, and you could

1:06.0

even get the Tucson in the n line configuration, so this the base, but on the other hand,

1:11.5

the way this is spec'd with a gas engine, it's not turbo, it keeps the price down, just

1:16.9

under $35,000, and if you need something for your family, I mean this is one of those

1:21.3

five seat SUVs in the sea of five seat SUVs on the market, yes, this is one of those

1:26.8

that kind of defines that, the Tucson is Hyundai's best-selling vehicle, more than 7 million

1:32.5

sold worldwide, this is a lot, they've sold a lot of Tucson's, also it is one of their

1:38.0

broadest products as far as what they offer the most engine configurations, and most versions

1:43.4

of it is this Tucson, beyond all of that the Tucson is also the basis for one of our favorites,

1:49.4

the Santa Cruz, yeah, the Santa Cruz is essentially the nose of this and the tail of something

1:55.7

else entirely, it's like the mullet version of this vehicle, I know I recognize this interior

1:59.8

too, this is very Santa Cruz-like, what you're buying with this, it's not necessarily the

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