Buying a new Tucson - NOT
 

Hi everybody,

I know that this newsgroup is predominantly US contributors and a few from
the UK Australia and New Zealand...and maybe Hyundai Australia monitor this
newsgroup.

Well yester day I went into the local dealer to trade in my 2007 2.7L V6
Tucson on a new one and they said " No...there are no longer any Tucsons
coming to Australia and they hadn't seen a V6 for over 6 months." AND the
proposed replacement would ( might) be here in April 2010 and may cost
$8000 more than the present(?) Tucsons. Still couldn't even tell me if
there was going to be a diesel option. WTF is going on?

They tried to flog me a Santa Fe R Series but I looked at the price and
didn't feel it was value for the money....plus they didn't even have one on
the floor or owned by the staff that my wife and I could look at.

So sadly after enjoying my experience with my Tucson I went to the Suzuki
dealer down the road and the wife liked the Suzuki Grand Vitara. The deal
offered was great so we signed a contract to buy one.

Hyundai just lost a customer who was extremely happy with their vehicles
and no doubt there will be more......

Neville
Queensland
Australia

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Neville MADDEN wrote:

>
> Well yester day I went into the local dealer to trade in my 2007 2.7L
> V6 Tucson on a new one and they said " No...there are no longer any
> Tucsons coming to Australia and they hadn't seen a V6 for over 6
> months." AND the proposed replacement would ( might) be here in
> April 2010 and may cost $8000 more than the present(?) Tucsons.
> Still couldn't even tell me if there was going to be a diesel option.
> WTF is going on?

I just looked at the Hyundai USA website and they show the 2009 model, but
no 2010 for both the Tucson and the SantaFe. They do show the higher price
Veracruz as a 2010 though. They seem to sell a lot of the Tucson and would
seem silly to drop them.

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On Jan 1, 12:22 pm, Neville MADDEN <nrmad...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I know that this newsgroup is predominantly US contributors and a few from
> the UK Australia and New Zealand...and maybe Hyundai Australia monitor this
> newsgroup.
>
> Well yester day I went into the local dealer to trade in my 2007 2.7L V6
> Tucson on a new one and they said " No...there are no longer any Tucsons
> coming to Australia and they hadn't seen a V6 for over 6 months." AND the
> proposed replacement would ( might) be here in April 2010 and may cost
> $8000 more than the present(?) Tucsons. Still couldn't even tell me if
> there was going to be a diesel option. WTF is going on?
>
> They tried to flog me a Santa Fe R Series but I looked at the price and
> didn't feel it was value for the money....plus they didn't even have one on
> the floor or owned by the staff that my wife and I could look at.
>
> So sadly after enjoying my experience with my Tucson I went to the Suzuki
> dealer down the road and the wife liked the Suzuki Grand Vitara. The deal
> offered was great so we signed a contract to buy one.
>
> Hyundai just lost a customer who was extremely happy with their vehicles
> and no doubt there will be more......
>
> Neville
> Queensland
> Australia
>
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Google Hyundai X35 for the Tuscon replacement. Hope you enjoy the GV
more than my neighbours (who now own a Ford Focus) did theirs.

Steve
Newcastle NSW Aust

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Neville MADDEN wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I know that this newsgroup is predominantly US contributors and a few from
> the UK Australia and New Zealand...and maybe Hyundai Australia monitor this
> newsgroup.
>
> Well yester day I went into the local dealer to trade in my 2007 2.7L V6
> Tucson on a new one and they said " No...there are no longer any Tucsons
> coming to Australia and they hadn't seen a V6 for over 6 months." AND the
> proposed replacement would ( might) be here in April 2010 and may cost
> $8000 more than the present(?) Tucsons. Still couldn't even tell me if
> there was going to be a diesel option. WTF is going on?

I can't speak for Australia, but in the US we are about to get a newly
designed Tucson that is coming out as a late 2010 model. I was at my
local Ford/Hyundai dealer yesterday to test drive the Ford Edge as I had
just test driven the Chevy Equinox and Traverse and wanted to compare
what Ford had to offer. He had no Edge's in stock, but said I might
want to wait 2-3 weeks as he expected his first shipment then of the new
Tucson. He showed me pictures of it such as shown here:
http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/ma...hyundai-tucson

He said it is supposed to have a direct injection 4 cylinder much like
the Chevy Equinox and thus get better mileage. I don't know if it will
match the Chevy though, which is very impressive for an AWD vehicle
(20/29 US EPA ratings). I'm not in a hurry to buy and the Chevy dealer
is having a hard time getting Equinox vehicles and seemed unwilling to
deal since it is currently so popular. So, I will wait to see what the
new Tucson is like.

As an aside, and I realize this is a Hyundai NG, but I was absolutely
impressed with the new Chevy Equinox and Traverse. I don't need the
size of the Traverse and want better fuel economy than my current Grand
Caravan delivers. And the AWD is nice as I live on a hill in the
boonies. The Equinox is an excellent vehicle that is well-designed and
drives very nicely. I drove the 4 cylinder and it has plenty of power
with the new direction injection Ecotec 2.4L engine. And getting
highway mileage that is close to my Sonata is icing on the cake!

However, I will wait to see how the new Tucson compares. I like the
styling of the Equinox better than what I see in the pictures of the
Tucson, but will wait to see one in person.

Matt

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"Voyager" <m.whiting@computer.org> wrote in message
news:5%o%m.3280$_H7.56@newsfe24.iad...
> Neville MADDEN wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I know that this newsgroup is predominantly US contributors and a few
>> from the UK Australia and New Zealand...and maybe Hyundai Australia
>> monitor this newsgroup.
>>
>> Well yester day I went into the local dealer to trade in my 2007 2.7L V6
>> Tucson on a new one and they said " No...there are no longer any Tucsons
>> coming to Australia and they hadn't seen a V6 for over 6 months." AND
>> the proposed replacement would ( might) be here in April 2010 and may
>> cost $8000 more than the present(?) Tucsons. Still couldn't even tell me
>> if there was going to be a diesel option. WTF is going on?
>
> I can't speak for Australia, but in the US we are about to get a newly
> designed Tucson that is coming out as a late 2010 model. I was at my
> local Ford/Hyundai dealer yesterday to test drive the Ford Edge as I had
> just test driven the Chevy Equinox and Traverse and wanted to compare what
> Ford had to offer. He had no Edge's in stock, but said I might want to
> wait 2-3 weeks as he expected his first shipment then of the new Tucson.
> He showed me pictures of it such as shown here:
> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/ma...hyundai-tucson
>
> He said it is supposed to have a direct injection 4 cylinder much like the
> Chevy Equinox and thus get better mileage. I don't know if it will match
> the Chevy though, which is very impressive for an AWD vehicle (20/29 US
> EPA ratings). I'm not in a hurry to buy and the Chevy dealer is having a
> hard time getting Equinox vehicles and seemed unwilling to deal since it
> is currently so popular. So, I will wait to see what the new Tucson is
> like.
>
> As an aside, and I realize this is a Hyundai NG, but I was absolutely
> impressed with the new Chevy Equinox and Traverse. I don't need the size
> of the Traverse and want better fuel economy than my current Grand Caravan
> delivers. And the AWD is nice as I live on a hill in the boonies. The
> Equinox is an excellent vehicle that is well-designed and drives very
> nicely. I drove the 4 cylinder and it has plenty of power with the new
> direction injection Ecotec 2.4L engine. And getting highway mileage that
> is close to my Sonata is icing on the cake!
>
> However, I will wait to see how the new Tucson compares. I like the
> styling of the Equinox better than what I see in the pictures of the
> Tucson, but will wait to see one in person.
>
> Matt

I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
Barry
Austex

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Barry wrote:
>
> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>

2009??

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"Voyager" <m.whiting@computer.org> wrote in message
news:rWu%m.1906$Sk4.1158@newsfe10.iad...
> Barry wrote:
>>
>> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>>
>
> 2009??
2010

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Barry wrote:
>
>
> "Voyager" <m.whiting@computer.org> wrote in message
> news:rWu%m.1906$Sk4.1158@newsfe10.iad...
>> Barry wrote:
>>>
>>> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>>>
>>
>> 2009??
> 2010

Is this the new design? Your dealer must be ahead of mine as mine is
still awaiting his first delivery of the new model.

Matt

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Barry wrote:
>
>
> "Voyager" <m.whiting@computer.org> wrote in message
> news:rWu%m.1906$Sk4.1158@newsfe10.iad...
>> Barry wrote:
>>>
>>> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>>>
>>
>> 2009??
> 2010

What other vehicles did you test drive to compare against the Tucson?

Matt

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Barry wrote:
> "Voyager" <m.whiting@computer.org> wrote in message
> news:rWu%m.1906$Sk4.1158@newsfe10.iad...
>> Barry wrote:
>>>
>>> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>>>
>>
>> 2009??
> 2010

I'm impressed. None of the other dealers have them yet and the Hyundai web
site does not show them as being on sale yet.

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On Jan 2, 9:52 am, "Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
> Barry wrote:
> > "Voyager" <m.whit...@computer.org> wrote in message
> >news:rWu%m.1906$Sk4.1158@newsfe10.iad...
> >> Barry wrote:
>
> >>> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>
> >> 2009??
> > 2010
>
> I'm impressed. None of the other dealers have them yet and the Hyundaiweb
> site does not show them as being on sale yet.

We received one at my place of employment last week. As far as I can
tell, all being released at this time have the 2.4L Theta four
cylinder with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The online service
manual also has information for a 2.0L. We'll see whether it's
forthcoming (or not).

Re: Buying a new Tucson - NOT
 

hyundaitech wrote:
> On Jan 2, 9:52 am, "Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
>> Barry wrote:
>>> "Voyager" <m.whit...@computer.org> wrote in message
>>> news:rWu%m.1906$Sk4.1158@newsfe10.iad...
>>>> Barry wrote:
>>>>> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>>>> 2009??
>>> 2010
>> I'm impressed. None of the other dealers have them yet and the Hyundai web
>> site does not show them as being on sale yet.
>
> We received one at my place of employment last week. As far as I can
> tell, all being released at this time have the 2.4L Theta four
> cylinder with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The online service
> manual also has information for a 2.0L. We'll see whether it's
> forthcoming (or not).

Is the 2.4L a direct injection design?

Is the 2.0L gas or diesel? Is it direction injection if gas?

The web sites lists a 6-speed manual transmission as well.

I'm still waiting for one to arrive at my local dealer in upstate NY.

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On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:44:52 -0500, Voyager <m.whiting@computer.org>
wrote:

>hyundaitech wrote:
>> On Jan 2, 9:52 am, "Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
>>> Barry wrote:
>>>> "Voyager" <m.whit...@computer.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:rWu%m.1906$Sk4.1158@newsfe10.iad...
>>>>> Barry wrote:
>>>>>> I bought a new Tucson Limited, and love it....
>>>>> 2009??
>>>> 2010
>>> I'm impressed. None of the other dealers have them yet and the Hyundai web
>>> site does not show them as being on sale yet.
>>
>> We received one at my place of employment last week. As far as I can
>> tell, all being released at this time have the 2.4L Theta four
>> cylinder with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The online service
>> manual also has information for a 2.0L. We'll see whether it's
>> forthcoming (or not).
>
>Is the 2.4L a direct injection design?
>
>Is the 2.0L gas or diesel? Is it direction injection if gas?
>
>The web sites lists a 6-speed manual transmission as well.
>
>I'm still waiting for one to arrive at my local dealer in upstate NY.

**A fully-loaded Tuscon just arrived at my local northwest CT
dealership. Dad saw it when he went in to work this morning, he said
it was around $28K. It was black with duel sunroofs. He also added: It
was gorgeous :)

kaboomie

Re: Buying a new Tucson - NOT
 

kaboom wrote:
> It was black with duel sunroofs.

Yeah, I can imagine fighting over them.

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On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:40:01 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net>
wrote:

>kaboom wrote:
>> It was black with duel sunroofs.
>
>Yeah, I can imagine fighting over them.

**Har ;) Dual!

kaboomie