The fifth-generation Hyundai Tucson is a compact SUV that Hyundai revealed in official images on 19 August 2026, six years after the fourth-generation car went on sale. It is the first Hyundai production model built around the Art of Steel design language, which the company had previously shown only on concepts.
The shape is an upright two-box silhouette in place of the outgoing car’s rounded, heavily creased body. Vertical H-edge daytime running lights sit at each corner of the nose and tail, joined by a slim horizontal bar, and the running lights are no longer hidden inside the grille. The bumpers and side skirts are deliberately thick, and the rear lamps use a protruding three-dimensional lens. An outdoor-themed XRT version was shown at the same time, with a rectangular-motif grille, a wide front skid plate, black wheel-arch garnishes in a forged-carbon pattern, its own alloy wheels and a reworked rear bumper.
The car measures 4,700 mm long, 1,905 mm wide and 1,685 mm tall on a 2,785 mm wheelbase. That makes it 60 mm longer, 40 mm wider and 20 mm taller than the outgoing global Tucson, with 30 mm more between the axles. Second-row headroom is quoted at 1,031 mm, an increase of 29 mm, and the rear doors open to 83 degrees instead of 73.
Inside, the merged curved display housing is gone. A slim driver display sits high ahead of a double-D steering wheel, separate from a large central touchscreen running Hyundai’s Pleos Connect software, with physical dials and switches retained beneath it. The gear selector moves to a stalk on the steering column, freeing console space for two wireless charging pads, and a card holder replaces the accessory panel beside the driver’s air vent. Eight exterior colours, five of them new, and four interior combinations are offered.
Hyundai has published no powertrain, performance or pricing information, and has not named a premiere date or a launch market. The fourth-generation car remains in showrooms: the Hyundai Tucson sold in North America today is a separate, older model with its own published engine range and price list.
