Hyundai Australia goes laborious on hybrid with the launch of its facelifted Tucson SUV, taking the combat straight to the top-selling Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.
Firm executives advised media on the Australian launch of the 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid that whereas will probably be provide constrained for the 2024 calendar 12 months, at launch the electrified Tucson orders shouldn’t take greater than three months to achieve prospects.
Some 2700 models have already hit the bottom and are on their strategy to sellers, with an extra 1300 automobiles arriving all through the course of July. One other 1000 models are reportedly sitting on the docks in South Korea, ready to be shipped.
Hyundai Australia expects between 33 and 40 per cent of recent Tucson gross sales to be hybrid, although that is topic to provide challenges within the first 12 months of manufacturing.
Final 12 months there have been over 21,000 new Tucson automobiles registered in Australia, pointing to quantity of almost 8500 models within the first 12 months primarily based on final 12 months’s gross sales figures.
The 2025 Hyundai Tucson arrives in Australia with a minimum of 17 distinct variants on provide – eight of those being hybrid fashions.
Pricing begins from $45,100 for the entry-level Tucson Hybrid FWD, with the most costly Premium N Line AWD cracking the $60,000 barrier at $61,100. All costs exclude on-road prices.
By comparability, probably the most reasonably priced Toyota RAV4 GX 2WD Hybrid is priced from $42,260 plus on-road prices, and tops out at $58,360 for the flagship Edge AWD Hybrid.
The associated Kia Sportage Hybrid, in the meantime, is accessible in two specs ranging from $45,950 for the SX and $55,420 for the GT-Line. Not like the Hyundai, nevertheless, the Kia hybrid isn’t obtainable with all-wheel drive in Australia.
Energy within the Hyundai Tucson Hybrid comes from a 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain, incorporating the model’s ubiquitous 132kW/264Nm 1.6 T-GDi petrol engine with a 47.7kW electrical motor and 1.49kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack.
System outputs are rated at 172kW and 367Nm – up 3kW and 2Nm over the older system used within the Kia Sportage and Sorento Hybrids – with mixed gasoline consumption rated at 5.3 litres per 100km for each FWD and AWD variations.
By comparability, the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid affords 158-160kW and affords claimed gasoline consumption of 4.7-4.8L/100km, whereas the Kia Sportage Hybrid FWD has 169kW/350Nm outputs and gasoline use of 4.9L/100km.
Keep tuned for CarExpert’s launch assessment of the 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid, coming 00:01 AEST July 19.
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