Hyundai new i*35/Tucson spied testdriving in Germany

Hyundai i*35 was launched back in 2009. It is also known as the new Tucson in some areas. The car was designed in Hyundai s fluidity design philosophy was was a big hit.

The i*35 was definitely striking and muscular to look. The Cross over has sleek and muscular characteristics that all-together made it an amazing car. But now it is 2013 four years after its launch.

The rivals are now styled much aggressively than before. The i*35 s major threat is of course its sister sibling the KIA Sportage. The KIA Sportage is bulit on the same platform with the i*35 and shares some mechanicals too with the i*35 but its styling far more striking and edgy.

So the time has come to upgrade the four years old car. Hyundai is in the last stages of developing the new much more stylish i*35. We got some spy pictures of this car test driving near Hyundai plant n Germany.

The test mule was covered in spy cloths all around. We expect some massive changes to the sheet and fluidic lines as well. The headlights and fog lamps look to be new. The car also gets a new grille as well which is shaped in round rectangle way.

We don't know much about the changes made to the interior. May be this test mule is in early stage. We expect the new i*35 to have a 1.6 l GDI engine from the Veloster Turbo on Europe and the more powerful 2.0 and 2.24 l GDI engines on the US market.

There is chance for the new i*35/Tucson to launch in India in 2016. Hyundai currently has no cross overs to compete with the king of the segment Toyota For-tuner As Hyundai Santa FE is cheaply priced Hyundai will launch the Tucson in India in the price bracket 16 to 20 lakhs.