Hyundai Tucson at 1,65,000 kms..

Got the delivery of Brand New Tucson from Sharayu Motors, Navi Mumbai after waiting for 3 months from the date of booking.. Soon Tucson won hearts of everybody with its Power, refinement, Handling, Ride, looks, features, etc..
Right from day one, it started munching miles seamlessly.. Its a perfect all-rounder which feels at home in City as well as Highways as well as off-roads..
Best thing about the Tucson is its engine which does 0-100 in less than 14 secs and reaches top whack of 185 (hav a pic).. All this while its giving fuel efficiency of 10 in city and 13 on highways..
Besides engine, I am also impressed with suspension set up of this one.. Its perfect balance of Ride and Handling.. I hav driven this one hard and I must say, that its better handler than sedans like Optra magnum/ Verna CRDi as well.. Grip is perfect and body control is superb..
Interiors are spacious and comfortable.. Rear seats lack bit of under-thigh support but hav loads of leg room.. Rear seat recline too and are fully foldable as well.. Front seats can be reclined and matched to rear seat (Similar to Xylo) and Front seat can be fully folded to form a table too (front seat back is hard to enable it to be used as a table)..
Now coming to weaknesses of this one.. Biggest weakness is Gearbox.. It just looks good but pathetic to operate.. Gear shaft is oddly angled making it bit tough to get used to.. It also lack any positive feel and down shifting from 3rd to 2nd is a pain particularly..
4wd of Tucson is a basic one which shifts to 4wd automatically if required or can be turned on by a switch to Right side of steering wheel.. Ground Clearence is good.. But this one is only for basic off-roading.. Try hard core off-roading and you are risking your gearbox/clutch/flywheel..
Spares cost of Tucson are very reasonable and servicing cost is affordable too (being Hyundai).. Availability of spares can be an issue though.. Hav to wait for a month for non-routine spares..
Looks of Tucson never fails to impress.. I just love those TIMELESS musculine body lines.. It is a photographer's delight.. Click from any angle and it has to be a good one..
Tyre life is approximately 50000kms for a set of 5.. My car is still running on its 3rd set of tyres which are due to be replaced soon..
Non-routine maintainence:
Changed the Chutch Plate/ Pressure Plate/ Flywheel twice.. 1st time at 55000kms (under warranty) and 2nd time at 1,24,000 kms for Rs. 55,000.. As I said before, attempt hard core off-roading and u risk ur Clutch/flywheel..
Clutch is still very hard and need to be replaced.. Every time I drive Tucson, I get a good workout for my left calf..
Brake system developed leakage at 1,40,000kms which was bcoz of some damaged pipe..
Besides this, theres nothing to fault with Tucson.. Under this condition, I can easily assume that it can be trouble free for upto 2,50,000kms.. All thanks to that 2.0 CRDi.. Its amazing.. and its way better than even Verna's in terms of reliability..

Its has taken all the use and abuse with a smile.. Morever, its not used single-handed too.. It was being used by 10 different people till date..
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Good review,pics and quite a well maintained car. :)

Road Rocket

Well written long-term review Abhi clap . How is the condition of engine now?
Is this a diesel engine?

Very nice review abhi, and a well maintained car too but it has clocked very much on the odo,Tucson was a very good car but the reason it didn't sold well in market because of its high price and the same story was with chevy forester too in India. :)

Nice Review & Great Car...

If price could have been termed better, it would have taken safari's & Scorpio's :)

nice review abhi
i really like your tucson
very well maintained

Thanks a lot Friends..

Of-course it has a Diesel engine (Tucson is available in Diesel engine only).. Its the same 2.0 CRDi which was first introduced in Elantra.. Engine is still in very good condition.. Previous generation CRDi engine of Hyundai, the ones available in Accent/ Elantra and Tucson were much better than the present ones in Verna/ Sonata Transform.. Previous ones were much linear, reliable and fuel efficient.. Present ones though are refined, they hav lot of turbo lag and are heavy on maintainence in long run..
And we havn't taken any extra steps to maintain it.. But the car it self is a gem.. Unfortunately didn't sold well.. But it sold better than Forester.. Forester is my fav machine too (but it was available in petrol engine only)..

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And best part is there aren't any rattle/ squeaks from the body till date.. And let me tell you, we hav really abused the car.. Thats what makes it special.. :)

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Thats very nice abhi and hey i too liked the forester, its framless door glass attracts me a lot which gives the car more upmarket feel, but forester looks more like an estate because it doesn't have much good height.
Abhi, We really liked the reviews which you have shared yet, Now waiting for the review of your Passat with pics!

good review abhi, tucson really seems to be high notch quality as your review says which has been turtured by your family, this was one vehicle which really changed the mindset of an suv-muv in our market, though didnt sold well with that high pricing but is a better as compared with forester which as vibs said looks more of an estate then an suv, keep updating abhi and drive safe.

Vibhor wrote:Thats very nice abhi and hey i too liked the forester, its framless door glass attracts me a lot which gives the car more upmarket feel, but forester looks more like an estate because it doesn't have much good height.
Abhi, We really liked the reviews which you have shared yet, Now waiting for the review of your Passat with pics!

Ya...And also the framless doors are like the ones sport cars have. But the new Forester doesn't have framless doors.

Will surely give reviews of all my cars.. For Passat, I want you all to be bit patient bcoz I hav planned to keep it as last one.. Started with Q7, ending with Passat.. What say?

Awesome photos abhi. Does this have 4WD as well?

Yes.. 4wd is standard on Tucsons..

Can you please post any off-roading pics?

This is all what I hav now.. Will surely post when I get more..

Well thanks. Actually the last set of pics were awesome. So i asked you for more :jump:

can you post her interiors pics as well abhi??

I am in Pune now.. And Tucson is in Mumbai.. I don't hav any pics of interiors.. But will click them and post them when possible..

Sober yet elegant.
A very well written review as usual. :)

Awesome pics buddy.....