2025 Hyundai Tucson refreshed with more buttons and knobs at New York Auto Show

The 2025 Hyundai Tucson arrives dressed up in this generation’s mid-cycle refresh and featuring an assortment of new tech.

Looking around the exterior, you’ll notice the updated Tucson gets a new grille, fresh bumpers in front and rear and a new daytime running light look with larger lighting areas than before. Smaller tweaks like new wheel designs, a larger rear wiper blade and a new anodized look to the badging round out the changes. And if you opt for the more rugged-looking XRT, Hyundai adds new raised roof rails for greater capability.

Hyundai’s powertrain options are largely carryover, though the Hybrid gets a slight boost with a more powerful electric motor (goes from 59 horsepower to 64 horsepower), giving it a total system output of 231 horses and 258 pound-feet of torque. The base engine is still the 2.5-liter four-cylinder that produces 187 horsepower and 178 pound-feet of torque, while the most powerful version continues to be the PHEV with 268 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. A new “Baby Mode” joins the various drive modes for 2025, too, and Hyundai says it “helps reduce the sharpness of initial acceleration, smoothing out driver inputs for a gentler acceleration feeling for passengers.”

The in-cabin experience is where Hyundai applied its most impactful changes for 2025. It features a new dash with a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a new (OTA-capable) 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system running Hyundai’s latest software that features “faster processing speeds, enhanced colors and sharper graphics.” All trims feature wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto now, too. Below the infotainment is a redesigned center stack that does away with the Tucson’s frustrating touch haptic controls for more user-friendly knobs and switches. This new setup looks like a big upgrade for ease of use and ergonomics. In addition to the dash, the Tucson has a redesigned center console, steering wheel and door panels. There’s also a new tray located just above the glovebox for storing small items.