A week after it was previewed, the Hyundai Tucson facelift has now been officially launched in Malaysia, with the refreshed fourth-gen SUV making its debut alongside the fifth-gen Santa Fe and updated Staria in Hyundai Motor Malaysia’s (HMY) three-pronged push to mark its entry into the Malaysian market.
The facelifted NX4 will go on sale here in locally-assembled CKD form, although the launch batch consists of CBU units. The local Tucson line-up will consist of four variants covering a mix of three powertrain types – normally-aspirated, turbo and hybrid – among them.
First up, let’s look at the prices. The four variants available for the Tucson facelift are:
All prices are on-the-road, without insurance. The Tucson comes with an eight-year, 160,000 km vehicle warranty, and HMY has announced that a special eight times free service package for the first 100 customers that purchase a Santa Fe, Tucson or Staria.
The pricing of the Tucson is comparable to its primary – and segment-leading -competitor, the Honda CR-V, with the base 2.0 litre and mid-spec Prime coming in cheaper than the CR-V equivalents. However, both the high-spec Prestige versions (turbo and hybrid) are pricier. For reference, the CR-V 1.5L S is priced at RM159,900, the 1.5L E at RM169,900 and the 1.5L V at RM181,900, with the range-topping 2.0L e:HEV RS hybrid going for RM195,900.
In terms of powertrain output numbers, the 2.0 litre MPI naturally-aspirated mill puts out 156 PS at 6,200 rpm and 192 Nm at 4,500 rpm, while the turbocharged 1.6 litre TGDi unit develops 180 PS at 5,500 rpm and 265 Nm from 1,500 to 4,500 rpm on both Prime FWD and Prestige AWD configurations. As for the 1.6 litre turbo hybrid, which is new to Malaysia, the system offers 235 PS at 5,500 rpm and 367 Nm.
The pairing drivetrain for the 2.0 litre NA is a six-speed torque converter automatic, while that for the 1.6 turbo is a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. The hybrid, meanwhile, also works with a six-speed auto.
Exterior-wise, the facelift doesn’t alter things very much on the fourth-gen offering, which remains a sharp looking vehicle. As you’d expect, the changes come at both ends. The front bumper has been re-profiled and now looks more angular, with the lower half gaining more visual prominence through contrast elements and a lower lip that now stretches across most of the front end.
The front grille has also been reworked, and so has the daytime running light arrangement. Previously, the configuration had four LEDs in a stack, but the facelift alters the shape and reduces the array to three. There are also redesigned wheels and at the back, the skid plate is now integrated into the bumper moulding and enlarged horizontally, echoing the front end.
As with the pre-facelift (which was launched here in late 2023), Malaysia gets the Tucson in long-wheelbase guise, similar to that sold in the US. At 4,630 mm long and 1,865 mm wide, the Tucson is 61 mm shorter and one mm narrower than the Honda CR-V, but its 2,755 mm wheelbase (which is 75 mm longer than the standard wheelbase model) is 54 mm longer than the Honda. As before, there is 582 litres of boot space, expandable to 1,903 litres with the rear seats folded down.
Inside, the changes are a bit more substantial, with a new dashboard layout leading the way. The ‘waterfall’ design of the original has been replaced with a conjoined dual-screen horizontal presentation, with a matching full-width AC vent strip.
A new three-spoke steering wheel also goes on, and this omits the Hyundai logo just like in the Ioniq EVs. Elsewhere, the gear selection buttons on the centre console have been dropped, replaced by a stalk shifter on the steering column. This frees up room on the console unit to offer more space for storage.
In terms of equipment, all the Tucson variants feature a dual-zone auto air-conditioning system (placed on a large 6.6-inch panel), a powered tailgate, two 12.3-inch digital displays (a TFT-LCD unit for the instrument panel and a HD panoramic curved display for the infotaiment) and wireless mobile charging, among others.
Except for the Style, the Tucson comes with leather seats, and the Prestige adds steering column paddle shifters. Safety wise, it’s six airbags across the board but ADAS is only for the Prime and Prestige. View the specification list above to see what kit the Tucson has.
As for exterior colours, five are available for the SUV, and these are Phantom Black Pearl, Creamy White Pearl, Titan Gray Metallic, Ocean Indigo Pearl and Amazon Gray Metallic, the latter only available for the Prestige variants. The Prestige also gets a moss gray interior colour option, with black mono being the standard interior finish.
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While that 1.5L N/A Hyundai Creta made in Indonesia back in 2023 cost RM149,888 now this make more sense.
hey man.. whats wrong with made in Indonesia
Nothing wrong for the country actually but for a 1.5L N/A kosong small car sold for RM150k imported by neighbour then something is quite not right for that price.
Because you all are indons?
Hyundai/Kia used to be affordable but here in Malaysia…good luck fighting the competition.
The price is ok the warranty is great..If the price can be little bit more agressive will be better..for now i predict it should sell slightly behind cx5 ..perhaps it will be much lower depend how u perceive the car..i prefer the price for both tucson and santa fe to be 20k lower across the range..the korean is not known to make efficient/reliable turbo engine but that 8years warranty can at least alleviate the reliability concern..
Hyundai has generally strong reliability scores – where do you draw your conclusion that they don’t make efficient/reliable turbo engines?
There are plenty of Hyundai-Kia models sold worldwide with turbo enginse (US and Europe being their major markets) with no issues.
The Theta II engines in America have issues
1.6 Ecoboost – fire issues
Prince N16 – too many issues too name
Toyota V35A – machining debris inside the engine.
so what’s your point? every brand has an issue here and there – by and large modern day Hyundais have been relatively reliable
isn’t the Theta II a reaaally old engine that came out in early 2000s?
there have been several generations of newer engines since then up till the current Smartstream.
don’t think any have widespread issues.
you strike me as the kind of person who will always have something to pick on but probably can’t even afford anything it this price range.
when they launch new CBU…you’ll ask why no CKD.
when they launch CKD…you’ll say CKD not cheap enough.
then you say you “prefer for the price to be 20k across the range”…then shop for something that’s RM20K cheaper, simple.
Or wait till they discount 20k later..Nevermind sorry if i offended u in any way..concern is there cause of those theta 2 engine stories and class action lawsuit in usa..not saying this one have issue,concern is a concern thats why when they offer 8years of warranty its really a good move..in term of efficiency,im comparing the fuel mileage in fuelly,generally crv 1.5t and even peugot 3008 is better,tucson 1.6 T is around tiguan level..the hybrid is good though..
With tis pricing,I dun think it can sell very well with today market flooded wit Chinese made cars. Further to that tis brand hav no resale value although it’s a good car.
Chinese-made cars are definitely cheaper; but they don’t have great resale value either.
in any case, why are malaysians so hung up on resale value – best you stick to Perodua then, fantastic resale value.
things are looking good for Hyundai – if this is the pricing for the CBU launch batch; it will become even more competitive when CKD rolls off the factory.
given their popularity in US, Europe, and even Singapore – it’s great to see them make a comeback in Malaysia offering more options for buyers.
Ain’t this CKD pricing?
article doesn’t specify but the launch batch is CBU as CKD operations hasn’t started yet.
so it’s quite possible that this is CBU pricing.
Same price range with CRV! Go for Sushi or Kiimchi?
Not great prices. Good luck fighting with Honda.
more like good luck to Honda. Even korean brands are getting cheaper.
At least this come with cooled seats like the cx5 does