A top-end 2021 Hyundai Tucson featuring
all-LED lighting and two-tone alloy wheels has been spied in South Korea. The
India-bound upcoming compact SUV had made its first appearance in one of the
company’s sales charts last month and is scheduled to enter series production
in August this year. As we’ve been reporting for months now, Hyundai refers to
the next-gen Tucson by the codename ‘NX4’ internally. This will be the fourth
generation of the South Korean automaker’s global compact SUV, and that’s
probably the explanation behind the number 4 in the codename.
The 2021 Hyundai Tucson will feature a
radical new design inspired by that of Hyundai Vision T concept from the 2019
LA Auto Show. Two-tier headlamps, wider radiator grille packing the turn
indicators in disguise and with gem-like shapes, squarish fenders, Z-shaped
character lines and sleeker tail lamps connected via a full-width light stripe
emerging out of them should be the exterior design highlights.
While the exterior would be the sportiest
one we’d have ever seen on a Hyundai, the interior will be equally classy. We
expect a more driver-oriented cockpit, fewer switches on the centre console for
a more high-tech appeal and a minimalist styling, and a 10.25-inch customisable
virtual instrument cluster and a 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system
clubbed together like in the 2021 Hyundai Elantra.
Likely sitting on the same K3 platform
compact-sized vehicles as the Mk7 Hyundai Elantra, the all-new Hyundai Elantra
will come with petrol, diesel and hybrid powertrains. 1.6-litre T-GDi petrol
and 2.0-litre eVGT diesel engines are a sure-shot, and we expect a few
SmartStream petrol and diesel motors as well. The hybrid powertrain should be a
2.0-litre MPi petrol mill teamed up with an electric motor.
