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Hyundai recently announced that its all-electric Ioniq 5 N hot hatchback will try to compete for the electric production crossover/SUV record at the upcoming Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
That was one of the few interesting tidbits prepared for America this spring, which felt a little barren, frankly. Yes, the South Korean automaker reported an all-time record in March and first-quarter sales in the United States, but the last major introduction in the lineup was at the New York International Auto Show in late March.
Back then, the company brought to the red carpet premiere the enhanced 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz unibody compact pickup truck with a new and slightly more aggressive front-end design, a redesigned dashboard featuring a panoramic curved display, standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and new advanced safety technologies, plus fresh enhancements for the rugged XRT model.
It remains to be seen if all these upgrades will be enough to change the fate of the war against the more popular Ford Maverick rival. However, Hyundai featured a double premiere in New York because they also brought the "smarter, more capable" 2025 Hyundai Tucson compact crossover SUV to the event. It features most of the same changes – a subtly sharper exterior and interior styling, big changes for the cabin, new convenience and safety features, including a Baby Mode, plus new infotainment and tech features.
The "comprehensive" changes should thoroughly improve Hyundai's best-selling vehicle, but if that is not enough, then the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has an idea or two about what to do next. For example, Nikita Chuicko, the virtual artist better known as kelsonik on social media, thinks now is the right CGI time to play with two compact crossover SUVs – one of them being the 2025 Hyundai Tucson. So, to make it better, the pixel master has added a couple of his signature mods.
One is the CGI 'Shadow Line' treatment, where all chrome or light-painted trim elements get dressed in black or dark gray, and the other is a quick switch to larger aftermarket wheels – two sets of Y-spoke models are featured alongside the digital treatment. So, which one is better – the dark or the lighter one, and do you prefer the Tucson with or without the CGI Shadow Line treatment?
Just in case you're in Europe and would rather have a different crossover parked in your driveway, the CGI expert has also reworked the newly introduced 2024 Nissan Qashqai, a direct Hyundai Tucson competitor on the Old Continent, which has also gone through a comprehensive facelift. This time around, the Japanese automaker makes it a lot easier to recognize the updated Qashqai from its predecessor from the outside, too. Here, though, the author only featured new, all-black, larger aftermarket wheels because the automaker had already opted for a dual-tone treatment with a lot of black trim elements and a black roof. So, which one is your favorite?
Back then, the company brought to the red carpet premiere the enhanced 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz unibody compact pickup truck with a new and slightly more aggressive front-end design, a redesigned dashboard featuring a panoramic curved display, standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and new advanced safety technologies, plus fresh enhancements for the rugged XRT model.
It remains to be seen if all these upgrades will be enough to change the fate of the war against the more popular Ford Maverick rival. However, Hyundai featured a double premiere in New York because they also brought the "smarter, more capable" 2025 Hyundai Tucson compact crossover SUV to the event. It features most of the same changes – a subtly sharper exterior and interior styling, big changes for the cabin, new convenience and safety features, including a Baby Mode, plus new infotainment and tech features.
The "comprehensive" changes should thoroughly improve Hyundai's best-selling vehicle, but if that is not enough, then the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has an idea or two about what to do next. For example, Nikita Chuicko, the virtual artist better known as kelsonik on social media, thinks now is the right CGI time to play with two compact crossover SUVs – one of them being the 2025 Hyundai Tucson. So, to make it better, the pixel master has added a couple of his signature mods.
One is the CGI 'Shadow Line' treatment, where all chrome or light-painted trim elements get dressed in black or dark gray, and the other is a quick switch to larger aftermarket wheels – two sets of Y-spoke models are featured alongside the digital treatment. So, which one is better – the dark or the lighter one, and do you prefer the Tucson with or without the CGI Shadow Line treatment?
Just in case you're in Europe and would rather have a different crossover parked in your driveway, the CGI expert has also reworked the newly introduced 2024 Nissan Qashqai, a direct Hyundai Tucson competitor on the Old Continent, which has also gone through a comprehensive facelift. This time around, the Japanese automaker makes it a lot easier to recognize the updated Qashqai from its predecessor from the outside, too. Here, though, the author only featured new, all-black, larger aftermarket wheels because the automaker had already opted for a dual-tone treatment with a lot of black trim elements and a black roof. So, which one is your favorite?
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