---
title: "Hyundai Appears to Be Working on a 340-HP Tucson N Crossover: Report"
description: "Expect it to hit 60 miles per hour in less than six seconds."
date: "2019-02-06"
modified: "2019-02-06"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/26343/hyundai-is-working-on-a-340-hp-tucson-n-suv-report"
categories:
  - "Hyundai News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "Compact Crossover"
  - "Hyundai"
  - "Performance SUV"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "tucson"
---

# Hyundai Appears to Be Working on a 340-HP Tucson N Crossover: Report

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Lining up with [previous reports](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/10476/hyundai-tucson-n-is-coming-says-hyundai-n-boss>), Hyundai is apparently preparing a high-performance N version of its Tucson compact crossover. According to [*Auto Express*](<https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/hyundai/tucson/102742/new-hyundai-tucson-n-to-arrive-with-340bhp>), the hot Tucson has been confirmed by company "insiders" and will do battle with vehicles like the Ford Edge ST and [Volkswagen's upcoming T-Roc R](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/26338/volkswagen-teases-video-of-sporty-t-roc-r-crossover-at-the-nurburgring>).

The report also says we can expect upwards of 340 horsepower and a 0 to 62 mile-per-hour time of under six seconds from the Tucson N. That's almost double what a 2.4-liter, 181-hp, non-N Tucson puts out. The British publication's anonymous Hyundai sources say the company is "not interested in making also-ran cars with N badges on them in whatever class they compete."

The fast Tucson will also apparently serve as Hyundai N's flagship model until that "brand-changing" and "exotic" [two-seat hybrid halo car](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24466/exotic-halo-car-for-hyundais-n-performance-sub-brand-reportedly-confirmed>) materializes. "We are going to take our time with this one—because when it appears it will blow everything else away in its sector," the unnamed source allegedly told *Auto Express*.

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*The 2019 Veloster N is currently the only N-branded Hyundai available in the U.S., *Hyundai**

While the luxury brands have been churning out high-performance SUVs for many years now, mainstream brand crossovers with sporty suffixes are a relative novelty. The aforementioned Edge ST stands pretty much alone in the segment as of now but the upcoming T-Roc R along with the alleged Hyundai offering may signal the start of a new wave of fast, relatively inexpensive mall crawlers. Perhaps we'll soon see Toyota come out with a Gazoo Racing RAV4 or Honda slap an Si badge on the CR-V.

When reached by *The Drive,* Hyundai replied: "We cannot comment on future products at this time.”

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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