Hyundai’s CEO Dave Zuchowski recently confirmed some of the automaker’s future product plans, which includes a redesigned 2016 Hyundai Tucson and Elantra and a new subcompact crossover.
Hyundai’s CEO Dave Zuchowski recently confirmed some of the automaker’s future product plans, which includes a redesigned 2016 Hyundai Tucson and Elantra and a new subcompact crossover.
Next year Hyundai is going to introduce the redesigned 2016 Elantra, which will arrive in the second half of 2015. The redesigned 2016 Tucson is also slated to go on sale next year.
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There have been reports about a Hyundai subcompact crossover and now it’s been confirmed that it is in the works. According to Zuchowski, the new subcompact crossover “would be a vehicle that would be really designed for Gen Y, for new first-time younger buyers. Think of maybe something that looks like a Juke or something that has edgy, dynamic styling.”
He added that the subcompact crossover will not look like a mini Tucson, since Gen Y buyers would not buy it. The 2016 Tucson is expected to more up in terms of its refinement and styling. “You will see really elegant, taut, athletic, aggressive styling that is very, very attractive,” Zuchowski stated. “It looks bigger but it is not. It is just the way it is styled.”
He also hinted at the styling of the 2016 Elantra, “The easiest way to describe that without going into any detail is that it looks more Audiesque, to me it looks more European.”
