The Hyundai Tucson dresses up for Geneva with its sportiest finery thanks to the N Line badge

Hyundai is taking off with great force, bringing very competitive vehicles in every respect, as it has shown us with the i30 and its different variants. However, the Korean brand is ready to make room for more variants of other models thanks to the N division, tasked with bringing out its sportier side. In this context sits the Tucson, a model about to show us a face never seen before and that will give us a preview of future sharper and more radical powertrains that will seek to elevate the Korean SUV to a higher category.

This is how Hyundai intends to take centre stage at the upcoming 2019 Geneva Motor Show, an event where the brand’s stand will be dominated by the Tucson N Line. This designation was already applied to the i30, altering both its styling and various mechanical components so that the package would not consist of merely decorative touches.

More sporty and aggressive details

For now, the brand has only given us a series of teasers, which preview the direction the Tucson will take with the N Line trim. With this premise, we can expect an SUV with a more sporty and aggressive character spread across its styling and mechanics, aiming to anticipate a behaviour focused on dynamism and fun.

At first glance, we see a red hue covering the bodywork of the Hyundai Tucson, a more irreverent colour that reveals a spicier and more playful attitude. At the same time, we can make out the N Line badge on the side of the Korean SUV, a clear sign that this is not an ordinary Tucson.

Multi-spoke wheels of a specific design can also be seen in this encouraging preview of the N Line package, which also modifies the interior. We discovered this thanks to an image of the gear lever, now finished with a red accent on black leather, a combination that matches the exterior perfectly and that is also reflected in the seats.

Will we see a Hyundai Tucson N?

Lately many brands have turned to SUVs to show off not only their ability to deliver powerful engines, but also to endow this segment with unprecedented performance. With the arrival of the N Line trim for the Hyundai Tucson, it would not be far-fetched to think the Korean brand may be planning a similar move, giving us a boosted version of one of its most successful SUVs.

This is how we could be on the verge of witnessing the birth of the first high-performance SUV from Hyundai, a category it could reach with the same turbocharged four-cylinder engine that powers the i30 N. It will be at the Geneva Motor Show that the brand settles the matter, but in the meantime we will have to use our imagination and fantasise about the N badge sitting on the bodywork of the Tucson.

Technical specifications of this car

CrossoverHyundai Tucson27 versions · from 35,525 €