{"id":46007,"date":"2012-01-09T15:10:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T20:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=46007"},"modified":"2012-01-08T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T16:38:56","slug":"first-look-2013-hyundai-veloster-turbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2012\/01\/first-look-2013-hyundai-veloster-turbo\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hyundai puts the Veloster Turbo on steroids, bumping horsepower up by nearly 50%.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Hyundai Veloster is certainly a head-turner, but the unusual 3-door coupe that came to market last year was more poseur than powerhouse, with a little engine that couldn\u2019t.\u00a0 No more.\u00a0 In a surprisingly rapid response to customer demand, the maker is rolling out a new turbo model for 2013.<\/p>\n

Hyundai officials admit they were taken a bit by surprise.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t think the market would want a truly sporty version of the little Veloster, which features twin doors on the passenger side and a single door on the driver\u2019s side \u2013 plus a hatchback.\u00a0 But the desire for more power became quickly apparent as media and buyers alike raved about the Veloster\u2019s basics but lamented its lack of performance.<\/p>\n

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Be in the Know!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Turbo further broadens Veloster\u2019s hero role in the Hyundai line-up to attract our next generation of buyers,\u201d said Mike O\u2019Brien, vice president, product and corporate planning, Hyundai Motor America.<\/p>\n

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The Turbo also gets some unique interior touches, such as the sports seats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Set to reach market sometime over the summer, the new 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo will better position the quirky little model to go up against the likes of the Volkswagen GTI, Honda Civic Si and Mini Cooper, the Korean carmaker is betting.<\/p>\n

The 1.6-liter Direct Injection inline-four uses a twin-scroll turbocharger to make 201 horsepower \u2013 working out to an impressive 125.6 hp per liter \u2013 about 63 more than the original, naturally aspirated Veloster. \u00a0But the Turbo is still rated at 38 mpg on the Highway.<\/p>\n

While horsepower matches the best-in-segment Civic Si, the 195 lb-ft of torque is bested by only the GTI, at 207 lb-ft.<\/p>\n

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The Hyundai Veloster Turbo maintains the original coupe's asymetric door design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Turbo gets a new sport-tuned intake and exhaust note which should also enhance the rather wimpy sound of the original, especially under wide-open throttle.<\/p>\n

On the appearance side, the new Veloster Turbo will feature a unique front fascia, foglights and ground effects.\u00a0 It also gets new 18-inch alloy wheels.<\/p>\n

Lighting migrates to new projection headlamps with LED accents, up front, and unique LED taillamps.<\/p>\n

There are also a number of interior enhancements, as this image illustrates, with heated front seats standard on the Veloster Turbo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hyundai’s original, underpowered Veloster is now the little engine that could. TheDetroitBureau.com checks out the 201-hp Veloster Turbo debuting at this year’s Detroit Auto Show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46007"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=46007"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=46007"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=46007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}