As We skirted the Veloster's performance envelope, stability control never once intervened. We can thank Dave Dutch, senior chassis engineer, for the Veloster's balance of comfort and athleticism - something distinctly lacking in the European Previously We drove a prototype.
Hyundai allows different markets to customize the chassis tuning. Regardless of geography, the 2012 Hyundai Veloster Will Likely youthful turns as many heads as We witnessed it doing in hipster-plagued Portland. Honestly, We think the most casual Observers Will not even realize there's a third door on the Veloster.
The sloping roof line and flared rear wheel arches hint at Greater aggression, while the blacked-out glass roof and A-pillar bless it with a sleekness That is uncommon in this class. The 2012 Hyundai Veloster cabin Further benefits from well-textured (though hard) plastic surfaces and a generous list of standard features.
The 2012 Hyundai Veloster is, quite simply, the most well-appointed vehicle in its price range. There's also a dual-clutch automatic transmission available (a first for Hyundai). We found it capable, smooth and well-matched to the Veloster's weight and power. Though wind and engine noise are well muffled, road noise is pronounced, ESPECIALLY on Oregon's highway coarse surfaces. There's also no heated seat option.
The rear seats have enough legroom, but the low seat cushions and limited headroom mean 6-footers Will want to avoid multi-hour road trips in the back. Hyundai starts with evocative styling; Continues with Ample features and winds up with a small-car driving experience That fights above its weight class.
The 2012 Hyundai Veloster does not pretend to be anything other than a youthful and modern interpretation of the hatchback.
The all-new 2012 Hyundai Veloster is one of Those cars. Reverse halo? Of course, the Hyundai has the Equus, its range-topping, super-duper luxury sedan wearing a properly affixed halo in the automaker's lineup. But with the Veloster, Hyundai's created a car designed to wear a shiny ring reverse - a unique, front-drive coupe is neatly situated the the between the new Accent and Electra at the other end of the Hyundai car spectrum. Like Several other cars in Hyundai's lineup, the Veloster deploys a version of the automaker's direct-injected 1.6-liter four-cylinder rated at 138 horsepower and 123 lb-ft of torque (the same numbers as the Accent), mated to either a six -speed manual or Hyundai's new dual-clutch transmission (DCT) with paddle shifters.
Hyundai is estimating some 30 percent of buyers Will go manual, and numbers with the EPA rated at 28 mpg city and the magical 40 mpg highway; We suspect they're on target.Back down in the California desert around the same time, the MT test team was wringing out a manual-equipped Veloster for our usual battery of performance testing. For a car with so much go-fast show, the 2741-pound car We tested was kind of slow.
The Veloster employs a McPherson strut front with a 24 mm anti-roll bar and gas-charged shocks, and a torsion bar rear with monotone shocks and Hyundai's V-Beam Design That integrates a 23 mm anti-roll bar in an effort to Further Reduced body roll.
We talked with Hyundai officials know the Veloster is not a burner, and that's OK with Them. They feel the car's MPG story is bigger.
