Meet Tucson Prime, Hyundai Brazils Recent Stray Dog Employee

Sumanti Sen

August 5, 2020

The heartwarming story of Tucson Prime, a street dog adopted by a Hyundai showroom, has gone viral and won netizens over.

Tucson would often hang around a Hyundai car showroom in Brazil. Soon after befriending the employees, he was inducted into their family. He is now a Hyundai employee who even owns an identity card.

After being adopted by Hyundai in May this year, the dog has been promoted to a car salesman who now guards the Hyundai showroom.

Tucson Prime gained stardom after his story was shared on Instagram by Hyundai Brazil. Twitter and Facebook too were soon full of the pooch’s pictures.

A pooch always around the Hyundia showroom was adopted and stays at the showroom now. Such a nice story. Be kind. That’s all there is to be! pic.twitter.com/wHXpQAEWjw

— Natasha A. (@Grammar_nazzzi) August 4, 2020

‘Meet Tucson Prime, the sales dog at the Hyundai Prime dealership,’ the automotive manufacturer wrote while introducing their newest employee on Instagram. ‘The new member is about a year old, was welcomed by the #Hyundai family and has already won over co-workers and customers,’ they said.

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Mais do que pet friendly, somos pet family: se hoje é o Dia do Vira-lata, não faltam razões e #pets para comemorar! Conheçam o @tucson_prime o ‘cãosultor’ de vendas da concessionária @PrimeHyundai de Serra – ES. O novo integrante tem cerca de um ano, foi acolhido pela família #Hyundai e já conquistou colegas de trabalho e clientes com a sua simpatia – e se ele também acabou de conquistar a sua, toque duas vezes na foto! E você, tem um membro da família com quatro patas assim que adora o seu #Hyundai? Poste a sua foto com #HyundaiPets e fique de olho: ela pode aparecer por aqui. #DiaDoViraLata #PetFriendly #Dogs #Caes #Animais #HyundaiBR

A post shared by Hyundai Motor Brasil (@hyundaibr) on Jul 31, 2020 at 5:21am PDT

Tucson the employee’s own Instagram account has over 28,000 followers, with adorable pictures of him flooding the internet.

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A post shared by Hyundai Motor Brasil (@hyundaibr) on Jul 31, 2020 at 5:21am PDT

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E aí gordinho, acha que sua humana vai fechar negócio ? Já falei que seus passeios nesse carro serão bem mais confortáveis heim #hyundaipets #hyundai #tucson @primehyundai @hyundaibr

A post shared by TUCSON PRIME (@tucson_prime) on Jul 23, 2020 at 7:21am PDT

In a similar incident in Brazil last year, a stray kitten walked into the Order of Attorneys of Brazil building seeking shelter from a storm. He was soon hired by the firm and given his own identity card.

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