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This family SUV/crossover is known for being worthy but dull, although that hasn't deterred buyers. Can this fourth-generation change that?
12 January 2021 • 6:00am
The European-market Tucson, which is made in the Czech Republic, is a fraction larger all round than the outgoing model
Comprehensively revamped and updated, the fourth generation of Hyundai’s popular family crossover/SUV, the Tucson, is on sale in the UK right now, although early supplies might be a bit restricted for obvious reasons.
We’ve only just been able to get our hands on one and drove it on UK roads this week.
You could be excused for feeling a bit confused about Hyundai’s naming policy for its middling SUV. When it was launched in 2004 as a sister to Kia’s Sportage, the Tucson was named after Arizona’s second-largest city 60 miles north of the US/Mexican border, founded in 1775 and host to some pretty dastardly lawlessness during the 1800s cowboy era. Hyundai didn’t keep the name long.