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Originally Posted by amitdan I have been looking to buy the 2019 petrol AT GL(O). the dealers do not have a TD vehicle and it will be some time before the vehciles come. I have a few questions for which I have not been able to find answers for.
1) Will the 2019 (India) Tucson be the refreshed international version with the floating central touchscreen or will it have the older, console embedded one. The brochures on the Hyundai website have the updated specs in terms of the GLO and the pano roof, but the console seems to be the older one. So any info around this owuld be helpful. There is one YouTube review which talks from Kanpur I think, which has a in showroom review of the 2019 model, but it has the older console (I wonder ho that showroom had the 2019 car so early on even though it is not avialble anywhere).
2) I will continue to look for reviews around the Petrol AMT. Most people have bought the diesel and the petrol reviews are hard to come by. So pointers would be apprecaited. (I do not want to buy a diesel as my driving per month is around 800 KM max and also have a manual diesel right now. )
3) I did not find any other (or many) options in the 20-30 lac range when it comes to AT SUVs. I am not looking for a 7 seater as such, but I was surprised at the dearth of options (actually all cars) in this range. Nearly all options are sub 20Lac cars with their top end models falling in this range. Not much vareity. I would have explored the Tata Harrier asa an option, but it does not have an AT. What options have folks on this forum explored?
Thanks in advance. Will post a few more as I do more research. |
The refreshed international version of Tucson you are referring to is the midlife revision of the version that is currently sold in India, launched around the world last year and is due for launch in India later this year (between May and August some time). While the international AT Tucson is launched with an 8-speed torque converter AT, India is likely to get the currently available 6-speed torque converter AT only (sadly) to keep from further price rise. But most of the other revisions are expected to be there, including floating central touchscreen you had referred to.
I would also hope for front seat ventilation feature to be brought in, something sorely missing in the current model [especially given that it is available in the lesser costly Elantra (my father has a 2012 Neo Fluidic Elantra CRDi SX(O) AT and I love that car)].
This mid-life revision is a fair bit of revision and therein worth the wait, unless the current available discount of Rs 80,000 (or even more) on the current Tucson could lure you.
The other petrol AT SUVs that would become available (some even available already) soon are:
1. Kia SP2i (not directly a Tucson competitor, but the top-end petrol AT might be worth consideration) - expected by June 2019
2. Morris Garages' Hector petrol AT - expected by June 2019
3. Jeep Compass petrol AT - already available
4. Tata Harrier petrol AT (if they launch an AT in petrol; the AT BTW would be from Hyundai only, the 6-speed torque converter also in Tucson, Elantra, Creta & Verna) - could come out by end-May or June 2019
5. Tata Buzzard petrol AT (the seven seater Harrier) - by end-2019/early-2020
6. Volkswagen Tiguan (not in petrol AT; only available in diesel AT)
Although, my pick would be Hyundai Tucson AT only (personally, I would rather stretch for a diesel CRDi AT, as that engine is more fun to drive, with the petrol AT being the close second). And the soon to be launched mid-life revised Tucson at that.
Apart from awaiting the 2018 Tucson's launch, I am also hoping for Hyundai to bring back the latest Santa Fe to India. Some news articles did suggest so. And there was also news of Hyundai introducing a 7-seater Tucson in 2020 or 2021 instead of bringing back the Santa Fe to India. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the Santa Fe to be brought back to India. Let's see.