2017 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Review

Hypes: Dual Hydraulic Bondage mask Struts, Sweet Manual Gearbox, Sweeter Turbo Motor

Gripes: Poor Three/Four Rear Vision

Hyundai originally introduced the 3-door Veloster sports coupe with a rather anemic 132hp four cylinder engine that peaked at just one hundred twenty lb.-ft. of torque. Even with that handicap, the original version was a lot of joy to drive because of the car’s sporty design and ingenious packaging. Its pin point steering accuracy, racy seating position, and responsive manual transmission all coalesced into a spry and spirited combination that cried out for more horsepower. Unlike Toyota/Subaru – who have refused to turbocharge their sluggish 86/BRZ – Hyundai responded to the Veloster’s howling need by introducing a twin scroll Turbo version. This beautifully quick two hundred one hp upgrade of the base motor is also good for one hundred ninety five lb.-ft. of torque. Coupled to a slick shifting 6-speed manual gearbox, the Turbo converts the Veloster into a genuine sports car. Its excellent acceleration and treating will match cars costing twice as much.

Hyundai’s racy intentions are evident the 2nd you lay eyes on its curvy lines. At the front, company stylists have borrowed strongly from Audi design language with an elliptical six sided grill opening that makes the Veloster look predatory. Muscular bulbous flares front and rear endow the lightweight (Two,765 lb.) coupe with a muscular stance that will instantly attract fans of the Quick and Furious. Under those flares lie diamond faced multi spoke alloy rims that suggest intriguing design complexity. Each wheel plants a mildly gooey low profile Kumho Solus radial tire (225/40R18) on the pavement. With its low slung stance, stiff springs, and excellent torque vectoring control system, the Veloster is capable of exceeding the grip of its Kumho tires, which issue audible chirps as they reach their adhesion limit.

Inwards the cockpit, you’ll think you’ve been transported to the flight deck of a fighter jet. Our Veloster sported a stunning exterior shade called Vitamin C, an opalescent orange that is carried right through to the interior. When climbing aboard, the very first item you notice are oversized, door mounted grab treats, painted to match the exterior finish. But instead of using gloss paint like the exterior, these treats are done in a grippy matte paint that makes them effortless to seize. This little touch reflects Hyundai’s exacting attention to detail.

Once seated, you appreciate that the deeply bucketed front sport seats feature side panels upholstered in Vitamin C to match the exterior. Ultimately, you notice the prominent “Turbo” notation embroidered in black on the driver’s outer orange seat bolster. The net effect here is entrancing, like a showcase car that somehow escaped its rotating display pavilion and actually ended up for sale. And how much outlay is required for this demonstrate winning display chunk? If the Veloster had a German nameplate linked, it would lightly retail for $40-60,000. Because it’s made in Ulsan, Korea, however, the base price of the Veloster Turbo is $22,600. Our test car, with its optional $Two,700 Tech Package (Panoramic Sunroof, Navigation System with 7″ Touchscreen) checked out at $26,260. Call it the deal of the 21st century.

But there’s more on suggest here than visual cortex stimulation. More than the excitement of charging through the gears and peaking the turbo at six thousand eight hundred rpm with each upshift. Because the Turbo Veloster is in many ways a remarkably practical package. Begin with that ever-so-useful third door, which is so inconspicuously incorporated on the passenger side that you wouldn’t know it existed by looking at the flush exterior surface. But it makes packing the kids in back ever so effortless. You can even shepherd a duo of adults through this portal for brief hops. And when you do some shopping, throwing the goods into the backseat is gratefully simplified by the expedient of this third door. Then too there’s the fuel saving penchant of the Veloster’s efficient Turbo motor, which comes back twenty five MPG around town and thirty three MPG on the highway, and twenty eight MPG overall. The base model, non-turbo Veloster only exceeds those numbers by two MPG. That’s hardly a savings worthy of foregoing the thrust of this affordable and pleasant Veloster Turbo.

2017 Hyundai Veloster Turbo

• Engine: 1.6 liter inline Four, twin scroll turbo , direct injection
• Horsepower: 201hp
• Torque: 195lb.-ft.
• Fuel Consumption: twenty five MPG City/33 MPG Highway
• Price as Tested: $26,260
• Starlet Rating: ten out of ten Starlets

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