Hyundai Veloster Detroit 2011

After a long series of rumors and images spy Hyundai has finally released the first pictures of Veloster, the original three-door coupe 4.22 meters long, 1.79 meters wide for a total of 1,172 pounds. The designers of the Korean brand has designed a bold and courageous body of the car, especially in the area and the rear wheel arches, while the front again and update the style typical of the recent family feeling. Very impressive glass roof which also continues to the rear, small, trapezoidal cut in half by a spoiler that is incorporated into the third stop light. Complete kit of “oddities” a trapezoidal tailpipe and a decidedly oversized extractor-like, quite secondary in comparison to the second side door (opening traditional and non-upwind) for the right side. The Hyundai Veloster is fitted with 215/45 tires on 17-inch wheels, while there are two different sets of optional 18-inch wheels with 215/40 tires.

This unprecedented sportivetta mount the new engine (developed by Hyundai-Kia) 1.6 petrol direct injection in the family range, rated at 140 hp at 6,300 rpm and 167 Nm at 4,850 rpm. Values are not particularly exciting, however, weighed by a consumption of less than 6 liters per one hundred kilometers in the march on the highway and better than they promise the Honda CR-Z. The Veloster proudly presents the new DCT dual-clutch gearbox with six speeds, which combines a traditional manual control unit. According to unconfirmed rumors, the prices for the North American market will be below $ 20,000 (approximately € 15,500).