Hyundai Tucson interior

Style

The Hyundai Tucson comes with a much more stylish interior than the old car. Gone are the blocky silver air vent surrounds and the cluttered infotainment shortcut buttons, replaced by a slick, swooping dashboard design with neat metal-effect trims and a free-standing infotainment display – just like you’ll find in a Mercedes.

The dashboard and doors also come with more soft-touch materials than you got in the old car which helps make it feel posher than ever. You can even choose between a range of grey, black, beige and even dark red upholstery for the seats and central armrest.

It certainly feels more modern inside than the ageing Nissan Qashqai, but can’t quite match the build quality you’ll find in the VW Tiguan or Skoda Karoq. That isn’t to say the Hyundai Tucson feels cheap, just that some plastics on the doors and lower dashboard – such as the glove box lid – feel decidedly brittle and scratchy.

If you want partial leather trim, you’ll have to fork out for a Premium or Premium SE car. These also come with some extra padding to stop your knee knocking on the centre console and Premium SE cars get a panoramic glass roof to make the Tucson feel especially airy inside.

The Tucson’s interior is leaps and bounds ahead of the old car’s drab, dull design, but it doesn’t have quite the panache of some other upmarket SUVs