New Hyundai Veloster left great original

17 January 2018

The car retained the expressive style

Guess the car: a hatchback, four doors, two on the left and one on the right? True, The Hyundai Veloster. In the model range of the Korean manufacturer it stands out for its unusual appearance, for which he appreciated. At the Detroit motor show hosted the premiere of the second generation Veloster.

As ozhidalos, Veloster retains its original style. The first generation came out in 2011 and became one of the most talked about vehicles of the company. Will so eager to wash up bones of a new model? Unlikely: although she did not become less bright, but much like the predecessor, so that the effect of novelty anymore.

But this does not mean that nothing has changed. In the front bumper appeared hexagonal lattice of enormous size. Installed rear diffuser and dual exhaust pipes. But in the cabin of the Veloster is not so easy to distinguish from the Hyundai i30. Technically, these models are also very close, as it is built on the same platform.

The base engine of the Hyundai Veloster in the U.S. will be a two-liter petrol engine capacity of 149 horsepower. He will be paired with a six-speed "mechanics" or automatic transmission with the same number of speeds. Saved for the Veloster Turbo's 1.6-liter turbo engine, outstanding 204 "horses" and 264 nm during OverBoost thrust will momentarily increase to 274 N·m. Such modification can also be bought with a six-speed manual transmission, but alternatively it is proposed double clutch "robot" with seven speeds.

Also already shown the charged version of the Veloster N. Its prerogative was a two-liter turbo engine, providing 279 horsepower and 353 N·m. the Hot hatch is equipped with only a manual transmission with six speeds. According to the stated specs of the Hyundai Veloster N is capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.1 seconds.

Regular Veloster will reach the United States in the second quarter, revenues Veloster N will have to wait until the end of the year. Delivery to Russia is not even discussed. Before the crisis, the 2014 car of the previous generation were sold in our country, however, after the fall of the ruble it longer to deliver.