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"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
10/05/2015 at 18:35 • Filed to: Which Hyundai?

Hyundai’s crossovers have a bit of an identity issue. Here’s a 16 Tucson and 16 Santa Fe Sport. Can you tell them apart from the front? Having a corporate face is one thing but...

DISCUSSION (24)

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 18:38

I hope I’m right, I think the one on the left is the Tucson because I’ve seen those wheels and I love them.

whoarder is tellurium > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 18:39

Stealthy tweakage, very stealthy.

Slimmer projection(?) headlights, bigger grille, longer hood, overall carefully tweaked front fascia. Completely different mirrors too.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 18:40

They’re just taking a page from Kia and emulating Audi. Except instead of hiring an Audi designer to design good looking, cheap, and overall great cars, they’re just making everything look the same.

Seriously, can you tell the difference between the old Sonata and the Azera? I sure can’t.

Kinja'd!!!

I mean, Kia has trouble too with this, but Hyundai just cranks it to 11.

Kinja'd!!!

OT: The one on the left is the Tucson.

MLGCarGuy > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 18:40

The left one is the Tucson because LED headlights, and the right is the Santa Fe Sport.

deprecated account > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 18:41

Try telling apart the Santa Fe Sport and regular Santa Fe from the front!

MLGCarGuy > not for canada - australian in disguise
10/05/2015 at 18:44

Hate to tell you…but they did hire an Audi designer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sch…

not for canada - australian in disguise > MLGCarGuy
10/05/2015 at 18:46

Kia did, as I said.

wiffleballtony > not for canada - australian in disguise
10/05/2015 at 18:54

An Audi designer? Sounds like an Oxymoron.

wiffleballtony > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 18:54

Honestly no, but I couldn’t tell most Hyundai apart.

MLGCarGuy > not for canada - australian in disguise
10/05/2015 at 18:55

Didn’t catch that the first time. Apologies for looking idiotic.

not for canada - australian in disguise > wiffleballtony
10/05/2015 at 18:59

In all honesty, Peter was at Audi before all their cars were cookie-cutter copies of eachother, he designed the original TT, which is a damn good looking car, even if it looks like a Beetle that was stepped on.

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Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
10/05/2015 at 18:59

Those wheels are nice. I could swap them out for the ones on my Soul but the customer would notice.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 19:00

Widebody GT Soul. Gotta do it.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > not for canada - australian in disguise
10/05/2015 at 19:12

Why does the Azera (or Santa Fe sport, really) even exist?

not for canada - australian in disguise > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
10/05/2015 at 19:22

Because the Azera is actually a really nice car, and the Sport is just a 5-seat, smaller, cheaper version of the normal Santa Fe.

SonorousSpeedJoe > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
10/05/2015 at 19:24

My family owns a Santa Fe Sport (which I’m not too keen on), so I have no trouble figuring that out. Additionally, the Tucson’s foglight surrounds resemble the surrounds for the new Genesis Sedan’s LED accents.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > not for canada - australian in disguise
10/05/2015 at 20:18

But why have the Azera at all, when you can just market a top-if-the-line Sonata? Why would someone purchase an Azera over, say, a Genisis sedan? Or over a loaded Sonata?

And how does the SF Sport differ from a Tuscon? Why both?

It seems like Hyundai needs to look at economies of scale...they could kill those two models (along with the Veracruz, if they still even make that) and save $$ on tooling and machinery.