Thoughts on the new Hyundai Tucson.

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 09/14/2020 at 21:39 • Filed to: None

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Okay, this front end looks pretty great.

Interior looks slick

Wait, what’s going on in that side profile?

Oh no Hyundai, what is you doing?!?!

Easily the laziest slapping of door handles without any regards to the body lines I’ve ever seen. Absolutely horrific.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 21:45

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Yeah they could have had the door handles in that peak.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 21:46

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I do like Hyundai’s new styling language, but they did it better on their cars....I don’t MIND this, the front and rear are cool, but the side profile is...interesting.

I will say though, I hate screens in cars, but that is some of the best integration of a large touchscreen into the central dash I’ve seen that looks very well done, THANK YOU Hyundai for not just going the ‘slap a tablet on the dash’ route!

Milky > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 21:49

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I remember reading that making the C rossfire negative-positive bodyside was hard and expensive. N ow you can tell because the Tucson’s dont meet.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/14/2020 at 21:51

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Or in the black area behind the windows, or literally anywhere but where they are...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Milky 09/14/2020 at 21:53

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I will never be able to unsee that. Thanks.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 21:55

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When you look to see where the rear wiper is all you can see is money changing hands with the Hyundai handshake logo.

And I do think that doorhandle placement is wack. They should have put the rears in the C pillar like a Nissan Juke or something and the driver’s doorhandle should occupy that weird space along the crease between the side sculpted pieces. Just move the place where they meet back a little and put the doorhandle there.

412GTI > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 21:56

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I dig it. Doesn’t look like all the others in the segment, at least for the most part. Plus well integrated touchscreen is rare to fine nowadays..although I’m liking the ones the stick up a bit now as I drive more with them. 

fintail > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 22:00

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I guess this is a way to make a CUV look like less of a potato. Now it is a potato laden with a metric crapton of random styling themes all promising character and to be dynamic and exciting, so edgy and cool with those angles everywhere. A fully loaded twice baked potato. You just know the driver of this is a real badass. But at least it’s different, I guess.

Depressingly sad face, too, I feel a little sorry for it.

Door handle placement for those under 5'6"?

Milky > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/14/2020 at 22:00

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Ha! ... sorry 

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 22:02

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Covered

boredalways > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 22:03

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I wish you didn't point out the door handles.  Now can't unsee.  If only they were flush mounted handles.  Also, I hope they have powerful engine options to go with the aggressive styling.

DasWauto > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 22:07

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I like the DRL array, the taillights and the shaping on the side that evokes thoughts of box flares but the door handles and D-pillar treatment put it off for me. Not working the handles into that crease running down to the taillights is quite baffling. I’m not a fan of the actual headlights either, would’ve been cleaner if they could’ve integrated them into the DRL array, perhaps at the outside corners if the headlights were LED based, which I suspect they’re not.

Svend > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 22:13

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Looks like a slightly melted Toyota Land Cruiser.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 22:24

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I *really* like the front end and interior, the rear is growing on me, but every time I look at those door handles - and the mismatched angles between the front amd rear flare creases- I  like them less. :( Also not a fan of the wheels, but those are easily fixed...

Thomas Donohue > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 22:40

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That’s......a little too aggressive for me on the sides .

I will say after not liking the first 20 years of them, I kinda like the new RAV4. But only the PHEV/Prime.....fun ctionality wins on that one.

I believe the Tuscon will have a similar PHEV version.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/14/2020 at 22:56

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My thoughts exactly. Front, rear, and interior are great. Sides are rough.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 23:12

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Now we wait to see what Kia do with it and the Sportage...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 23:21

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The design of the the door handles is just as bad as the placement. Those are so 2005

Those tailights are pretty cool tho 

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/14/2020 at 23:45

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It’s... unconventional, distinctive, polarising even but not boring at least.

The N-Line, if it gets the 290hp 2.5t engine should be good option in this segment

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/15/2020 at 00:39

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I can live with the side profile  but those door handles are abominable.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/15/2020 at 00:51

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I actually quite like the front. The DRLs/Indicators as grille-elements, faux-headlights, and the separate headlights actually may be the best example of the headlight bait-and-switch motif. (better than Blazer, or previous Cherokee, or the weird Juke.)

I actually like the rear... the giant knurled-texture on the bumper isn’t even that bad.

The middle on the side is perhaps slightly too cubist aft of the front bumper.

I like the interior, as well.

The Toyota Venza and Ford Edge may be a little on the bland side of handsome.

The Tucson is handsome, but the side view might be just slightly too aggressively styled.

I think it still will end up being one of the best looking on the market, though.

If it had a PHEV drivetrain to compete or beat Rav4 Prime... it would be about as compelling as a compelling as a vehicle in this class can get.

Textured Soy Protein > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/15/2020 at 13:14

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I don't think that door handle placement is lazy so much as they forest decided they wanted all those creases and blisters and then remembered, oh shit we need door handles.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Textured Soy Protein 09/15/2020 at 13:34

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But then subsequently decided the existing door handles (designed in 2005)  they had in inventory were good enough.