2020 Hyundai Tucson Active-X: owner review

But as a family SUV, driving qualities are probably less important than practicality and it’s here the Tucson wins back some merit points. It has good storage bins, space in the centre console for phones, sunnies and other loose items, and the rear passenger space is good enough to fix a rear-facing child seat with room for a 185cm tall passenger in front. The lack of rear air vents on this spec is pretty unforgivable in our Australian climate, however. Boot size is pretty handy but again, I can’t help but compare it to the CR-V which had greater volume and more usable length of load space. The Tucson is better than a Mazda CX-5 but not on par with a CR-V, and in the Tucson our folding Redsbaby Jive3 stroller has to go in sideways instead of lengthways, making it both a little more effort and a little more space-consuming (to parents of young toddlers these things really matter!).