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What you need to know: Hyundai’s popular compact SUV started as the Tucson, became the ix35 and then reverted back to Tucson for this third generation. With ever-improving design, quality, specifications and warranties, it’s no wonder that this range of Korean soft-roaders has become a roaring success.
Een van die plesierighede van die lewe is om ‘n regtige langpad kort te maak met ‘n lekker voertuig wat ewe goed growwe grondpaaie as seepgladde teerpaaie kan trotseer. En dan nog goedkoop ook met ‘n turbodiesel wat sagkens grom van lekkerkry en die brandstofkoste tot ‘n minimum beperk!
So here’s something different. Each year we list our favourite new cars which were launched over the last 12 months but this time around, instead of us telling you which ones we liked, our Facebook page invited YOU to vote your favourite new ride of 2016.
The list of candidates was chosen from the launches we attended or vehicles we thought were brilliant newcomers and worthy of being included in this line-up.
The strong contender
The new Hyundai Tucson has been making quite a few waves since it arrived in our market around March of this year. Besides its double name change from Tucson to ix35 and back to Tucson again for this third generation SUV, it’s also garnered quite a bit of praise from the local media. Chicks dig it.
To date, we already gave a thorough analysis of the new Tucson at its launch, as well as the 1.6 TGDi Elite model. During both, positive concluding remarks have been made around this new city-SUV and its abilities in the high-demand SUV class.
Remember that quiet, geeky kid in school? They were most notable for not being noticeable, had good manners but never caused a stir. Until you bumped into them at your matric reunion and they’d morphed into a stylish, vibrant entrepreneur. Well, cars can do the same and Hyundai’s Tucson is a prime example.
Korea was tot ‘n dekade of wat gelede ‘n land iewers in die Ooste waarvan Suid-Afrikaners min geweet het en selde besoek het. Maar by sommige van ons ouer lesers mag daar tog noue bande met Korea bestaan omdat hulle pa’s of oupa’s in 1950 lede van die “Vlieënde Cheetahs” was wat daar saam met die Amerikaanse Lugmag teen die Kommunistiese Noord-Korea geveg het.