The 2021 Hyundai Tucson soldiers into a sixth model year with excellent safety and value. The 2021 Hyundai Tucson doesn’t strive to break records and set trends. It’s a refreshingly pedestrian crossover SUV that’s now in its sixth model year, unchanged for 2021 save for some new colours. With the Tucson, Hyundai gives drivers what they need: a long warranty, lots of features, decent fuel economy, and good space for people and cargo. It’s offered in SE, Value, SEL, Sport, Limited, and Ultimate trims. The 2021 Tucson lets its unassuming nature hang out. It’s styled with all its lines perfectly in place, neatly combed and curved, but without much misadventure or drama—though it’s a hair-metal band’s lead singer compared to a VW Tiguan. With a conservatively drawn cockpit, the Tucson’s eager to please, but more eager not to offend. That holds true in performance, where a choice between two moderately powerful inline-4 engines yields moderate acceleration and fuel economy. None of the turbo-4 power applied to rivals has made its way here yet. The Tucson’s saving grace ends up being a well-controlled ride, and an across-the-board option for all-wheel drive—something we’d skip almost everywhere in favor of a set of winter tires and a slightly lower payment. The Tucson’s been in its current form since 2016, and its prime competition has grown up and out. It’s somewhat smaller than those vehicles as a result, but it’s still suited well for four adults, and cargo space brings with it no complaints, at 61.9 cubic feet behind the front seats. The Tucson excels in safety—both the NHTSA and the IIHS give it top marks—and in standard features, which include touchscreen infotainment with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, and a 5-year/100,000 km bumper-to-bumper warranty. High-priced versions of the new Tucson range add cooled front seats and leather upholstery, but we’d pull up at the Tucson SEL, which comes with the bigger engine, more USB ports, and 18-inch wheels. 2021 Hyundai Tucson Styling The cabin’s even more uncontroversial, even boring. It’s softly contoured around the driver, with a touchscreen canted their way and big controls aimed where they’re easily found. It all wears a suit of gray and black trim that renders it a design by default. Functional and intuitive, the Tucson’s simply ready for a reshoot. 2021 Hyundai Tucson Performance The new Hyundai Tucson comes with a choice of engines and with a choice of front- or all-wheel drive, these choices range from pragmatic to prosaic. It’s a 5 for performance, strictly average. A 2.0-liter inline-4 comes on lower Tucson trims, but with just 120 kW and 203 Nm of torque, acceleration is paltry and fuel economy is average. Its 6-speed automatic works well enough to extract available power, but the Tucson’s just big enough to damp down any enthusiasm from under the hood. A 2.4-liter inline-4 with the same 6-speed automatic slots into upper Tucson trims. It’s rated at 135kW and 237 Nm, but the power boost doesn’t translate in driving- it’s not much quicker than the base model. The Tucson fares better in ride quality. Even in base form, it’s tuned well to overcome its relatively short wheelbase, and doesn’t need large wheels and tires to deliver practical grip. It’s not built for handling, either, with steering that doesn’t feel as precise or eager as that in a Toyota RAV4, for example. The Tucson simply excels at long road trips, when its drive-mode selector is set to Normal, when its engine and transmission relax when no one’s asking it to do too much. 2021 Hyundai Tucson Comfort & Quality
The Tucson sits on the small end of its competitive set, but while interior space isn’t vast, the cockpit is well-finished. Front seat passengers get six-way adjustable chairs inside the Tucson, with reasonably supportive cushions and backrests. Higher trim levels add power adjustment and helpful lumbar support, while the most expensive versions get leather-trimmed seats, and front-seat heating and cooling. Knee and headroom are fine for taller passengers and Hyundai moulds in plenty of small-item storage in the door panels and console. The back seat suits two adults, so long as taller passengers recline the seatback slightly. Headroom isn’t as copious as in Hyundai’s larger SUVs, of course, and shoulder space is lean too, but knee room is good for most larger bodies. The rear seats fold down to expand cargo space from 852,3-litres to 1752.8-litres, enough for a week’s worth of camping gear or a couple of big flat-screen TVs. Though it’s nearly due for replacement, the Tucson still impresses with its fit and finish. The hard plastics it wears have a pleasant sheen, where other trims comes with a soft-touch finish. Bright and clear displays round out a cabin that looks richer than its price tag. 2021 Hyundai Tucson Safety The Tucson continues to rack up strong safety scores, though it doesn’t offer many safety options. The Tucson earns a five-star safety rating from the NHTSA, and the IIHS gives it a Top Safety Pick award. All Tucsons come with automatic emergency braking and active lane control. All Tucsons save for the SE have blind-spot monitors. The Tucson Sport and Ultimate add pedestrian detection; Limited Tucsons get adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go functionality. A surround-view camera system can be fitted to the Limited and Ultimate. The Tucson doesn’t have great rearward vision, but that’s common to small SUVs. 2021 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Economy If you don’t really need all-wheel drive, the Tucson’s standard front-drive configuration nets better gas mileage. Based on that layout, we give the 2021 Tucson a 5 for fuel economy. Hyundai’s base 2.0-liter inline-4 gets EPA ratings of 10.2l/km city, 8.4l/km highway, 9.4l/km combined with front-wheel drive. It dips to 10.7/9.4/10.2 litres per km when all-wheel drive is fitted. With the larger-displacement 2.4-liter inline-4, the front-drive Tucson gets EPA-rated at 10.7/8.4/9.4 litres per km, and 11.2/9/10.2 litres/km with all-wheel drive. . . . Article found on https://www.thecarconnection.com/
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