Hyundai’s N division has labored its manner by means of plenty of the model’s merchandise, with an all-electric Ioniq 5 N resulting from be launched shortly additionally.
One automobile that has missed out on the N remedy up to now, nevertheless, has been the medium-sized Tucson SUV, however that could possibly be set to vary.
Hyundai govt technical advisor Albert Biermann advised CarExpert there’s scope for a Tucson N and it gained’t essentially be combustion-powered and front-wheel drive.
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Tucson Elite N Line
“I imply we’ve got the Kona N, we are able to even assume larger and say okay, possibly we’ve got a Tucson N sometime,” he mentioned.
“It could possibly be simply combustion. It could possibly be a hybrid, it could possibly be plug-in [hybrid]. It’s all there. It’s all accessible no drawback.”
When requested how Hyundai decides which variants ought to obtain N remedy, Biermann provided a barely complicated reply.
“That’s a really sophisticated process and it is determined by many producers and other people’s opinion additionally. The method, it’s not very strong. It is determined by many circumstances,” he mentioned.
“And we are able to by no means belief the gross sales level that there’s some pulling energy from the market. If it was like that we wouldn’t have any N automobiles. That may be no N automobiles, you want completely different energy in that firm. Totally different concepts than like the traditional process for such automobiles.”
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Tucson Highlander N Line
It’s anticipated that if Hyundai does go down the trail of both hybridisation or a plug-in hybrid for the Tucson N that it will be an all-wheel drive proposition with an electrical motor mounted to the rear axle.
An electrified Tucson N would additionally make sense given more and more strict emissions laws in Europe and different elements of the world.
Hyundai at the moment provides a sporty N Line bundle on the Tucson, with numerous exterior and inside design tweaks. It doesn’t supply any further energy or mechanical modifications, nevertheless.
The outgoing Kona, in distinction, has each sporty-looking N Line variants and a full-fledged N mannequin. Nevertheless, the latter is front-wheel drive solely.
