Freshened look, higher off highway.
Hyundai revealed two up to date automobiles at this week’s New York Auto Present. For 2025, the compact Tucson and the mechanically associated Santa Cruz compact pickup truck each obtain up to date exterior and inside trim, in addition to a dose of further off-road functionality.
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2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz and Tucson
Along with up to date trim and a bigger touchscreen, Tucson’s XRT off-road oriented mannequin receives a modified front-end designed to permit for a extra beneficiant method angle, which is useful on extra rugged trails. Additionally new for the XRT are purposeful from tow hooks and bigger tires.
The Tucson returns for 2025 with the identical 187-horsepower base engine, in addition to out there hybrid and plug-in hybrid drivetrains.
Along with styling updates, Hyundai provides an XRT trim stage to the Santa Cruz lineup for the primary time. The brand new off-road oriented trim stage mirrors that on the Tucson, however will get pleasure from extra energy.
Santa Cruz SE and SEL trim ranges come normal with a 191-horsepower engine. Night time, XRT, and Restricted trim ranges are powered by a 281-horsepower turbocharged engine.
No phrase but on Tucson or Santa Cruz pricing, which will likely be introduced nearer to the automobiles’ launch early this summer time.
CG Says:
Already supplied on the model’s Palisade and Santa Fe crossovers, the XRT off-road themed trim stage appears to us like an ideal option to develop the Tucson and Santa Cruz lineups. Although not designed for critical off-road work, the XRT trim stage properly blends rugged look with a modicum of further utility, in a bundle that may virtually actually attraction to American customers.
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