It can climb inclines up to 41 degrees from a standstill

But it comes at the detriment of more usable midrange pulling power. Earlier shifts in the rev range would have made touring more relaxed. More fruitful results were achieved by selecting the gears manually via the Tiptronicstyle option in the auto's gearbox. The Koreanspec cars, we were warned, had softer suspension settings than the Australiabound vehicles. They will have, we are assured by Oles Gadacz, the company's global PR spokesman, firmer suspension, tuned more to European tastes. The softness meant that while Korea's smooth pavements passed beneath in a very cushioned fashion, there was too much lean on sweeping bends, with the car feeling like it wanted to run wide. Add to that its doughy steering and the car felt dynamically challenged. Drive, however, reserves its judgement until the firmer Australianspec Tucson is tested on roads here. The brakes, although soft underfoot, worked effectively, pulling up the Tucson's relatively heavy mass without fuss. Head off the road and into the wilds and the car has a personality transplant, revealing an enthusiastic mudplugger. Pushing the 4WDlock button puts the car into fulltime, allpaw mode, and it is perfectly at home on boggy, rocky trails. The diesel version was particularly well suited to the conditions, its highercompression engine offering good power modulation in the sloppy stuff. The Tucson shows good balance when thrown around in the fields, sure to encourage drivers unfamiliar with offroad driving. A couple of gremlins, however, afflicted the diesel car. After a session of vigorous direction changes, the car momentarily lost throttle response, requiring pumping of the accelerator to coax the engine to deliver some power. A few seconds of transmission shudder at slow speed back on the tarmac soon righted itself. The 195 mm ground Rosetta Stone Software clearance and short overhangs means the car should cope with most recreational outings. It can climb inclines up to 41 degrees from a standstill. Like the other softroaders, however, it is likely to engage in rough and tumble only in the supermarket car park. Development continues despite uncertainty DaimlerChrysler, which owns 10.5 percent of Hyundai, rocked markets with its announcement last month it would not bail out financially strapped Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motor Corporation, of which it owns 37 percent. It was widely speculated in Korea's local and financial newspapers that this could signal the beginning of the end of DC's strategic Asian alliances. Stocks in Hyundairelated companies were hit amid fears DC could dump Hyundai Motor Company shares onto the open market, requiring the Korean companies to buy back their own shares. It's not a good time for the share market to turn bear, with Hyundai's three year, sixcar program in place. Cars in the pipeline include a new 2.4 litre Sonata later this year, a bigger Santa Fe next year, a large 4WD Terracan replacement in 200607, a possible cabriolet concept in 200708, and a people mover. Daimler Chrysler, Mitsubishi and Hyundai are also alliance partners in the development of a range of socalled "world engines", known in the R&D labs as the Theta series. Hyundai global public relations director Oles Gadacz denied DC's shock financial decision would affect the engine program.

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