Design Car Hyundai Veloster

Hyundai Veloster Design

The Veloster takes the “Looks fast sitting still” award hands-down. Dramatic fender forms, a center exhaust shrouded by a deeply drawn diffuser, a sportback roofline and bold headlight clusters edged with faux scoops all pump up the visual volume, and our test car’s Electrolyte Green paint job is impossible to ignore.

And it goes pretty well, at least around the cones. Hyundai Veloster turned in the 2nd-quickest autocross time of 43.10 sec., its low-profile 215/40R-18 Kumhos aiding the sharp turn-in feel and affording 0.84g of peak lateral grip.

While turn-in is crisp, the Veloster didn’t feel especially precise when side load was applied, and tended to push its front tires while the rears stayed resolutely locked to the pavement, oblivious to any steering or braking inputs. Safe and (with decent grip) quick, but with its lack of pointability, the Veloster is not the most satisfying of the bunch.

Hyundai Veloster Engine

Seats are the best of the group; not only do they blend comfort and deeply sculpted support, they also look the part with bolsters of both smooth and pebble-grain leather and perforated cloth inserts. The rest of the interior is futuristic without being comic book—concentric knobs for fan speed and temperature, a center-mounted start button, bright metallic accents (rails down by the shifter à la Audi TT, free-standing door pull loops) and a diamond-shaped graining pattern on the dash.