The Hyundai Mufasa is a compact crossover SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) produced by the South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai through its Beijing Hyundai joint venture in China since 2023.
Xroaders on Twitter have posted 7 different pictures of the new Hyundai Mufasa. Xroaders have said that the images are from Hyundai Mufasa which will be released in China this year and is going to replace Hyundai’s ix35.
Hyundai Mufasa !! pic.twitter.com/FOebmj3hAs
— Xroaders (@Xroaders_001) April 14, 2023
The Mufasa was previewed as a concept car called the Mufasa Adventure on March 24, 2023. The Hyundai Mufasa is a 5-door SUV with front-wheel drive. It has a 6-speed automatic transmission.
This SUV is heavily influenced by Tucson. It has vertically positioned headlamps, an upright grille section with black inserts that has the Hyundai badge mounted on it, and a muscular hood.
Other visual highlights are the sporty character line running along the sides, muscular wheel arches with black cladding, an angular roofline, twin layer LED light strip with bold Hyundai wording in the middle, roof rails, an integrated spoiler, shark fin antenna, front and rear skid plates, a busy rear bumper, different alloy wheel options, etc.
The Mufasa name is a tribute to the father of Simba in the legendary ‘The Lion King’ movie.
The Hyundai Mufasa is expected to succeed the Hyundai iX35. The Hyundai ix35 is a compact crossover SUV produced by Beijing Hyundai, while next to it, the predecessor Hyundai Tucson was sold in China, as a cheaper alternative (international second-generation Hyundai Tucson).
The name ix35 was introduced by Hyundai in 2009 with the launch of the second-generation Tucson crossover, but only outside South Korea and North America. From 2015, with the introduction of the third-generation model, it was again sold as Tucson. In China, Beijing Hyundai kept the ix35 as an independent model, due to its high demand.
