HYUNDAI VELOSTER TURBO
MOTOR Magazine Australia|March 2020
An early contender for 2020’s Most Improved Award
SCOTT NEWMAN
HYUNDAI VELOSTER TURBO

ENGINE 1591cc inline-4cyl, DOHC, 16v, turbo

POWER 150kW @ 6000rpm

TORQUE 265Nm @ 1500-4500rpm

0-100KM/H 7.0sec (estimated)

WEIGHT 1270kg • PRICE $35,490

LIKE: Improved handling; great ride; upgraded interior; sharper styling; lots of kit

DISLIKE: Engine no better than average; a bit pricey; doors different for different’s sake

IT’S CLEAR THE new Hyundai Veloster Turbo is a very different beast from the moment you hit the start button. The engine wakes with a growl and stutters into an unsettled idle, like it’s struggling to get going. It’s a display of attitude and intention way beyond anything offered by the first Veloster. That was a strange car, the very definition of ‘fine’. It wasn’t bad, a little expensive, but in Turbo guise moderately quick both in a straight line and through corners. Trouble is, no-one aspires to ‘fine’.

The 1.6-litre turbo four had decent grunt but was uninspiring and the chassis typified Hyundai’s pre-N dynamic mindset: safe, sensible understeer at the limit. Off the record, certain Hyundai personnel admitted its shortcomings and promised the next one would be much better. This is where we find out.

This story is from the March 2020 edition of MOTOR Magazine Australia.

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