• The redesigned and up to date 2025 Hyundai Tucson SUV and Santa Cruz pickup debut at New York’s Auto Present.
New York, NY – With a lot of the air round Hyundai being sucked up lately by electrical fashions just like the Ioniq 5, Ioniq 5 N and Ioniq 6 and the redesigned Kona, it’s simple to neglect that the model’s best-selling mannequin is… the Tucson SUV.
The mannequin reclaimed its spot within the solar right this moment because the 2025 Hyundai Tucson made its North American debut on the New York Auto Present, alongside the pickup that grew out of it, the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz.
Each fashions get up to date designs each inside and outside, new applied sciences to improve the providing inside, new security and comfort options and, in Canada, customary all-wheel drive.
2025 Hyundai Tucson, in profile
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2025 Hyundai Tucson – what’s new?
Each the entrance and rear fascia have been redesigned on the brand new Tucson, the entrance parts taking a extra vertical orientation, and the automobile additionally will get a wider, decrease stance for a extra aggressive manner. The design of the daytime working lights has been up to date as effectively to assist with fostering that picture. To make doubly positive, the SUV sports activities new alloy wheels and anodized aluminum badging. Canadians in snow-and-slush susceptible elements of the nation will likely be glad to study the rear wiper blade is longer by 75 mm!
2025 Hyundai Tucson, entrance
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InsideThe inside of the 2025 Tucson is simply as new, with a design centered on making a extra wide-open passenger area and offering it with a extra superior infotainment interface. The curved show has been redesigned and options twin 12.3-inch screens, one for the information cluster and the opposite for the multimedia system (which Hyundai guarantees delivers sooner speeds, higher colors and sharper graphics). For 2025, Wi-fi Android Auto and Apple CarPlay integration at the moment are customary on all fashions; proximity-key entry with push-button begin is now customary as effectively. Patrons can choose the non-compulsory 12-inch color heads-up show function.
The centre stack can be up to date and welcomes extra bodily buttons and knobs for frequent instructions like audio quantity and tuning in addition to some local weather controls.
2025 Hyundai Tucson, inside
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Then there’s the steering wheel, which has additionally been – you guessed it – redesigned. There’s an additional slice of open cupboard space simply above the glovebox as effectively.
A extra notable change includes the gear selectors, now mounted on the column to offer the console extra respiratory room. Hyundai says the brand new spot for the wi-fi system charging is extra simply accessed by the motive force.
In any other case, inside noise is decreased by way of acoustic laminated entrance aspect home windows.
2025 Hyundai Tucson, rear
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Powertrains of the 2025 Hyundai Tucson
Right here we get no change from the outgoing mannequin. Energy as soon as once more comes courtesy:
1) a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine with 8-speed auto transmission good for 187 hp and 178 lb-ft;2) a hybrid powertrain with 1.6L turbo engine and 6-speed auto transmission bringing a mixed 226 or 231 hp and 259 lb-ft of torque;3) a plug-in hybrid (with 1.6L turbo engine and 6-speed auto transmission) delivering 268 hp and 258 lb-ft, each figures up marginally from 2024.
The 2025 Hyundai Tucson is about to reach at Hyundai dealerships in North America in the summertime of 2023.
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz
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2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz – what’s new?
In a nutshell, the brand new Santa Cruz will get the identical updates to the design and to the inside because the Tucson, so depend on a more-aggressive entrance finish and stance, the twin 12.3-inch screens inside, up to date tech and improved ergonomics inside, and so forth. and so forth.
The rear centre armrest now counts two cupholders. The automobile additionally will get a brand new towing drive mode, plus prospects have some new color selections to choose from, specifically Rockwood Inexperienced and Canyon Purple, as effectively as an new non-compulsory two-tone end inside (Gray and Inexperienced).
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz, entrance
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Powertrain of the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz
The Canadian Santa Cruz is obtainable with a 2.5L turbocharged engine good for 281 hp and 311 lb-ft of torque wedded to a 8-speed moist dual-clutch computerized transmission (DCT). This DCT consists of steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters for handbook shifting lovers. As with the Tucson, all fashions in Canada come customary with all-wheel-drive configuration. Towing capability for the 2025 Santa Cruz is about at 5,000 lb.
The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz will likely be at Canadian Hyundai sellers as of summer time 2024.
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz, inside
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The 2025 Hyundai Tucson and Hyundai Santa Cruz
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2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz, three-quarters rear
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2025 Hyundai Tucson, three-quarters rear
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