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The Hyundai Tucson is now doing what a lot of vehicles are doing these days: adding a more rugged-looking model aimed at adventure-seeking families. Slotting in the middle of the lineup, it will sport the XRT badge in the U.S. and likely be renamed “Urban” in Canada, as is the …

The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has completed new, tougher side crash tests to address higher-speed crashes that continue to cause fatalities and found out that 19 out of 20 compact SUVs failed to earn a “Good” overall rating. The lone exception? The 2021 Mazda CX-5 . Nine …

Customers looking for a plug-in hybrid SUV at a reasonable price now have more options than just the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and Toyota RAV4 Prime . The Ford Escape PHEV is finally starting to land in dealerships, and don’t forget the Koreans. Hyundai, for instance, is adding not one but …

Hyundai Canada has just announced a recall on 34,607 vehicles across the country. Affected models include the 2017 Sonata Hybrid sedan and 2017 Tucson SUV, all equipped with the 2.0-litre engine. In some cases, the connecting rod bearings could wear prematurely. As a result, there could be an abnormal knocking …

What’s wrong with some of the engines at Hyundai ? Back in December, we told you about a recall and a class action targeting a large number of vehicles in Canada. Now, the company is conducting what it calls a « Product Improvement Campaign” that provides an update to the …

When Hyundai announced the all-new 2022 Tucson for North America back in November, it also teased the upcoming Tucson N Line that will go on sale in the middle of this year. Today we get to see the sporty model completely exposed. Building on the spectacular design of the standard …

The Hyundai Tucson is the target of a safety recall that now affects 144,700 units in Canada. On September 13, the automaker announced a recall on a little more than 26,000 Tucsons from the 2019 model year. However, it was recently discovered that almost all current-generation Tucsons (2016-2021) sold in …

A settlement has been reached in proposed class actions in Canada alleging that certain Hyundai vehicles equipped with a gasoline direct injection engine suffer from “a defect that can cause engine seizure, stalling, failure and/or fire,” and that some owners and lessees have been improperly denied repairs under the vehicle’s …

Following the world premiere of the fourth-generation 2022 Tucson in mid-September, Hyundai today revealed a whole lot of information about the model that will go on sale in North America next spring. First, the standard Tucson will feature a new 2.5-litre four-cylinder Smartstream engine rated at 187 horsepower and 178 …

With a little more than 7 million units sold around the world since its debut back in 2004, the Hyundai Tucson is a critical product for the Korean automaker. As a direct rival of the Honda CR-V , Toyota RAV4 , Nissan Rogue and other compact SUVs, the Tucson is …