2019 Hyundai Veloster Spied During Video Shoot
The all-new 2019 Hyundai Veloster has leaked after photographers caught it completely uncovered filming a commercial.
The next-generation Veloster will ride on a slightly lengthened version of the front-wheel drive platform that underpins the current Elantra. These photos confirm it will also retain its asymmetrical bodystyle, which features a regular, single door on the driver’s side and two doors on the other side. This ‘Turbo’ model is also nicely dressed up with black trim, black wheels, a center-exit dual exhaust and a subtle rear diffuser. Hyundai’s single-frame corporate grille, currently seen on the Elantra and other vehicles, has also been implemented.
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A range of turbocharged and naturally aspirated four-cylinder engines is expected to be on offer. We’re expecting Hyundai’s turbocharged 1.6-liter engine to serve in the car, or perhaps its 2.0-liter naturally aspirated engine, but the automaker could have some surprises up its sleeve. There’s also an N performance variant rumored to arrive, which could use the i30 N’s 271 horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter engine, along with its six-speed manual transmission.
Look for the new 2019 Hyundai Veloster to debut at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
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Sam McEachern holds a diploma in journalism from St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, and has been covering the automotive industry for over 5 years. He conducts reviews and writes AutoGuide's news content. He's a die-hard motorsports fan with a passion for performance cars of all sorts.
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It might me the black a-pillar and/or roof, but the new front end has taken away from the Gen 1's aggressive look. Everything has been smoothed over and in one of the side pics (from driver's side), it almost looks like a CRX. I too will need to see in person, but the Gen 2 veloster has ditched the boy racer look for something less offensive, but I don't see that as a positive.
That's kind of been Hyundai and Kia's pattern recently, taking their more out-there designs from 2011 on and smoothing them, and in the words of car magazines, making them more "mature". Contrasting to Honda, who made the Civic a "boy racer" design.