As you make your way back toward the front of the car on the passenger side, you may miss the Veloster's greatest trick and most subtle styling cue. Lime green, she said, would be even harder for her to lose in a big parking lot. A Honda Civic killer, this is not. Just thought some other people might find that information useful. Dual front airbags, dual front side-impact airbags and side curtain airbags extending to both rows are standard in the Veloster. Read through the threads on the link, looks like others with the same version have had success in the upgrade.
As is required in all 2012 models, the Veloster also has standard antilock brakes, an electronic stability system and traction control. Performing a simple task like adjusting the stereo's bass now requires about five button presses and takes you through the new Settings menu, which has about a dozen buttons that all look more or less the same at a glance. My test car sported a 138-horsepower, 1. I just let the car idle. With the help of an Xbox 360. If the Veloster has a best angle, it's the rear quarter, where the center exhaust and insect-like rear lights enhance the visual width. On the other side of the coin, drivers looking to save a few bucks, but still get good tech or compact car utility should consider the Ford Fiesta or Honda Fit, which are slightly smaller cars, but are also a few thousand bucks cheaper when similarly equipped.
Tackling a winding back road becomes an exercise in momentum conservation and speed management--which I'll admit can be fun in its own right--but around town the bright orange hatchback got its wide-bodied rear end handed to it by Toyota Yarises and Prii at stoplight after stoplight. A six-speed automatic is also available. The Veloster has three interior color options: solid black, solid gray or the black and red my test car came dressed in. . Additionally, the Veloster is built on the same platform and features a similar MacPherson strut suspension on its front axle and torsion beam linked rear axle.
Go ahead, take a second look at the passenger side doors, I'll wait. I might have to reel that in a little bit. My 16-year-old nephew loved the sleek, unique lines of the Veloster. When the car is in motion, drivers can play a different kind of game with their Hyundai's infotainment system, with a game called Blue Max. This is likely because of the inherent limitations of that torsion beam rear axle, but those huge 18-inch color-match wheels with low-profile tires likely also contribute to the harshness of the ride.
Just don't try to go digging through that Settings menu while driving; it's a bit of a mess. After doing some research, I found out there was a Technical Service Bulletin 14-01-047 for 2015 Hyundai Velosters that updated the headunit's firmware to Version 5. Similarly, it took a concerted effort to find the option on the map screen to unmute the spoken turn-by-turn directions; as it turns out, there's a small unlabeled slide-out menu on the bottom of the map screen. It appears that Hyundai attempted to address this change in the final drive by adjusting the gear ratios of the manual transmission, but what the Veloster need is simply more power. The Veloster is available with a massive panoramic sunroof as part of its Style package.
The fit and finish inside looks much more expensive than the price tag would have you believe, with black and red textured inserts in the red, available imitation-leather seats and similar soft-touch inserts in the door panels. Accessible through the Info menu, Blue Max presents the driver with meters for fuel economy and speed. I wouldn't recommend that you drag your Xbox or PlayStation into the car on a regular basis, but it's nice to have the option to pull over and kill some time on a road trip or at a Hyundai owners meet. Send Kristin an Hide full review. The engine didn't generate enough thrust to accelerate from a stop without either bogging the engine or running up the revs and slipping the clutch for the first few feet. The top-tier Guidance package adds BlueLink turn-by-turn navigation with traffic and voice search for destinations, as well as an Eco-Coach function that helps drivers to maximize fuel economy. Think of it as Hyundai's version of OnStar and you'll have an idea of what to expect here.
I'm going to give this a go and report back later. That gets you BlueLink, Bluetooth, and pretty much the full suite of available audio options. Pressing the game's round start button starts a 10-minute timer. I don't use Pandora so I'm not certain, but I definitely don't remember it. While my two girls ages 9 and 11 and below average in height had enough legroom, it started to get tight for them in the backseat when they added their backpacks.
While it may have been designed more specifically for younger consumers, somehow the Veloster̵. That's right, I say doors because while the driver's side of this hatchback only has one door, there are two shorter doors on the passenger side. The 7-inch screen is a bit small for serious gaming and its colors a bit washed-out when displaying auxiliary video. My 69-year-old mother was ready to trade in her bright yellow Ford Focus for the equally fun colors available on the Veloster. You know that amazing feeling when you walk out of the hair salon after getting a fabulous seasonal shape up and highlight refresh? Additionally, the two smaller doors protrude less than the one long door, allowing the Veloster to be parked closer to obstruction on one side for example, parallel parking against a wall in an alley without seriously hindering the movement of these doors.