Hyundai has filed a patent in India for what looks to be a production-spec version of the Boulder off-road SUV concept. The Boulder concept was unveiled a few months ago at the 2026 New York International Auto Show, debuting Hyundai’s first body-on-frame architecture for a pickup truck that will hit the US market by 2030.
If this patent filing is anything to go by, the production-spec Hyundai Boulder may make it to India in SUV form. Notably, Hyundai confirmed during its 2025 Investors Day that it will add an off-road-focused SUV to its India line-up before FY2030, lending further credence to the notion that the production-spec Boulder could arrive here.
Production-spec Hyundai Boulder patent: What does it show?
The SUV pictured in the patent looks very similar to the Boulder concept, right down to the boxy and rugged proportions, chunky off-road tyres, muscular cladding, massive squared-off fenders, and L-shaped C-pillars. However, there are some substantial differences, particularly up front.
The large dual-headlamp clusters of the Boulder concept have been eschewed in favour of two smaller square lights flanked by vertical LED strips in the patented design. There’s no slotted grille cover like in the concept either, with the patent image showing a cleaner, more closed-off grille design. Lower down, the bumper also looks quite different in the patent, with a more defined skid plate that sports lots of small rectangular slats.
Moving to the side, the rounded wheel-arch cladding of the Boulder concept is squared-off in the patent image, and the wheel designs are different too. Instead of the concept’s roof-mounted light bar, the patented Boulder design features a large roof rack, which is fastened via cables attached to the front fenders. The windows are much less rounded too, and the small glasses above them have been done away with.
The rear design is not shown in the patent, but the Boulder concept’s posterior prominently gets a large bootlid-mounted spare wheel and dual tail-lamp clusters.
Hyundai Boulder concept interior details
The patent does not show any interior details either, but the Boulder concept’s dashboard sports a wild-looking design with four rotary knobs in the centre to adjust 4WD and off-road modes – there’s an inclinometer between them. Above the rotary knobs sits a row of four rectangular screens, and there’s also a heads-up display that spans the width of the dashboard.
Large storage cubbies can be observed in the dash itself, illuminated by orange ambient lighting. In front of the driver, there’s a three-spoke flat-bottomed steering wheel with a floating design for the central hub and some more rotary knobs. Lower down, the linkages for the gear lever are exposed, further lending the cabin a rugged and functional aesthetic.