Hyundai Malaysia teases new SUV – Tucson facelift

Hyundai Malaysia teases new SUV – Tucson facelift

Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has posted up a teaser for a new model on its Facebook page. “We will be unveiling a heartthrob vehicle. It will be a trend-setter with its slick design and upgraded features,” the caption for the mystery SUV reads.

Now, while there are a couple of new Hyundai SUVs due for local introduction, including the new Santa Fe and Kona crossover, this upcoming SUV in question is the facelifted Hyundai Tucson – the face, specifically the outline of the sharp new trapezoidal grille, gives its identity away.

Unveiled at the 2018 New York International Auto Show in March, the Tuscon facelift sports only minor exterior updates, but the dashboard top is new – an unusual move for a mid-life refresh. The new cabin follows the style of the new fourth-gen Santa Fe, with a double-curve architecture and a floating touchscreen head unit sitting above now horizontal central air vents – previously, they were all in one row along with the instrument panel.

In the US, the Tucson facelift is powered by 2.0L and 2.4L naturally aspirated engines, with 164 hp/205 Nm and 181 hp/237 Nm respectively. The latter replaces the 1.6L turbo unit there, while both are mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Other markets will still get the 174 hp 1.6L T-GDI petrol (six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch auto, FWD and AWD available) and turbodiesels.

In Europe, the 186 PS turbodiesel gets a 48-volt mild hybrid system, as seen on the Kia Sportage facelift. It consists of a mild hybrid starter generator, a low-voltage DC/DC converter, an inverter and a 0.44 kWh lithium-ion battery, and provides an electric boost of up to 12 kW (16 hp) under hard acceleration.

We’ll need to wait for the next teaser episode for more details on Hyundai’s refreshed rival to the Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5.

GALLERY: Hyundai Tucson facelift, European spec

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  • habis lah Proton X70 Premium

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    • Abesla on Oct 08, 2018 at 7:36 pm

      No semi-autonomous drive. Abesla Tucson!

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      • John Minum Teh 8X on Oct 09, 2018 at 12:31 pm

        Biggest joke of the century….Proton that is semi autonomous. Even Tesla with top Harvard and Stanford brains also cannot get autonomous right, Proton thinks they can perfect it

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    • Bernard on Oct 09, 2018 at 10:31 am

      Why get a Korean? when you have to park far far away during class mate gathering.

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    • Pilihanraya Kalah Teruk on Oct 09, 2018 at 11:26 am

      See how far the Koreans have come. 15 years ago their cars were dead. Today, they are top seller in US and Australia and they sell 8 million cars globally because they are hardworking

      Proton should learn how to work hard like the Koreans. Then maybe they can sell more than the 50,000 cars annually.

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      • Copy Paste on Oct 09, 2018 at 11:47 am

        Some said it looks outdated… like a giant Kembara

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      • John Minum Teh 8X on Oct 09, 2018 at 12:26 pm

        Nothing can look more outdated than Juara, Tiara or Savvy. And best looking car of the year is Proton Arena

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        • loler on Oct 09, 2018 at 3:08 pm

          But now some say Alpat and hellfire is oversized Juara, lol

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        • rightwinger on Oct 09, 2018 at 4:49 pm

          so sad to see you’re trapped in a time warp while everyone else is in 2018….

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      • rightwinger on Oct 09, 2018 at 4:54 pm

        15 years you say? ever heard of Shibal? i’ll give you a hint, it began in 1955. and if youre still talking about the Koreans, they put in place protectionist since ’62 all the way to late ’90s.

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  • Honda Salesman Crying on Oct 08, 2018 at 5:01 pm

    Habis la for Honda now and their arrogant Honda salesmen. Nobody is touching Honda now. Honda Salesmen all crying. Honda Malaysia is known as Honda – The Power of Sucks. Bad luck to buy their cars. Lets talk about bad Service Quality in Honda Malaysia, Bad Assembly Quality in Honda Malaysia and Terrible Design for Upcoming Honda Models including Current Honda Civic

    Firstly, after Honda Assemblypeople in Malaysia finish assembling install the Honda parts for Honda models, they didn’t even bother to check whether it has been secured or not. Or either, Honda Assemblypeople in Malaysia always use the fake parts to install for Honda models as many people complain that got many problems for Honda models after they bought for several months.

    Secondly, after people service their Honda models, they felt that it is wasting times and money of servicing their Honda models as Honda service people in Malaysia either Honda service people in Malaysia didn’t service their Honda models properly or Honda service people in Malaysia didn’t even bother to service their Honda models.

    Thirdly, upcoming Honda models front bumper design all copying from Current Honda Civic design, upcoming Honda models have no proportional at all. Also, Honda models rear bumper looks damn terrible. Aiyoo, I don’t know what kind current Honda designer are making.

    Malaysians rather buy Hyundai, Toyota, Proton, Kia, BMW Mercedes, Volkswagen, Peugeot, Mazda, Renault, Mitsubishi, Nissan and even other carmakers. Malaysians also already know that Honda Malaysia regard Malaysian lives as dirt and don’t care whether you die or not. This Honda – The Power of Dreams should be named as Honda – The Power of Sucks because Honda Service Quality in Malaysia and Honda Assembly Quality in Malaysia is so teruk.

    Malaysians have now dignity. they know Honda Malaysia are big cheats. Charge so much for the car, yet compromise on our lives and safety of the family.

    How Honda Malaysia? Still giving bad service and bad quality for Honda Malaysia Car Assembly?

    Our lives not important Honda Malaysia?

    The Honda Malaysia is a hugest failure. No need to write good comments a lot about Honda for upcoming Honda articles in paultan.org website. We as smart people said that Proton, Kia, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, Mazda, Hyundai, Nissan, Peugoet, Renault and even other carmakers for service quality and assembly quality are much better than Honda Malaysia, even the apek jual ikan also said that too. So Honda Malaysia is dead.

    Ben Yap and other Honda salesmen are also now hiding like chickens. They will come in here and Firstly, Ben Yap say that He got Civic who compares other carmakers and he also wanted Honda Malaysia to be top no.2 and top no.1. Besides that, Other Honda Salesmen also said that Honda Service Malaysia have good quality. Honda Salesmen are talking all the fake comments, especially for Ben Yap. Nobody is going to buy rubbish Honda in Malaysia. Even now, their Honda Malaysia Sales is always cheated and very biased as Honda Service Quality in Malaysia and Honda Assembly Quality in Malaysia is very terrible.

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  • Autobahn on Oct 08, 2018 at 5:48 pm

    Its a shame the 1.6tgdi no longer available. Its the same engine in the cerato koup, elantra sport and the new proceed gt..producing 204ps 265nm at its highest tune.

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  • timmy on Oct 08, 2018 at 8:16 pm

    The Powerful Japanese Big H brand has killed and burned Hyundai here in Malaysia.
    Beautiful and excellent vehicles with great built quality and looks but sadly unwanted by many Malaysians.
    Kia also same case in Malaysia.

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  • ahmadjohnson97 on Oct 09, 2018 at 8:38 am

    Where is i30 n?

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  • sam123 on Oct 09, 2018 at 9:08 am

    when is the next i10 model launch ?

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  • Please do not buy during launch. Just wait for few months and you will get RM20k~Rm30k (or maybe more) rebates.

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  • Bento on Oct 09, 2018 at 11:38 am

    The fact is that for lower mid range foreign brand like Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Citroen, Peugeot and VW, half of the Malaysian buyers nowadays will go for Honda. My Honda maintenance have to make appointment at least 3 days in advance; if walk-in can expect to wait full day there; with appointment the waiting is 6 hours for normal maintenance. My wife own a Kia for which walk-in maintenance done within 2 hours.

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  • Ben Yap on Oct 09, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    resale value cannot beat Honda CRV.

    buying a car already is a depreciating item. you surely wouldn’t want to buy a product that depreciates more than the other brands. so Honda is the best choice.

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