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Hyundai Veloster 2012
Hyundai
introduced its cutting-edge Hyundai Veloster three-door coupe in a
world debut at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. The 2012
Veloster delivers innovation to the compact coupe segment with a unique
third door for easy rear-seat access, Hyundai's Blue Link telematics
system, Pandora internet radio with seven-inch touch-screen display, and
a new 1.6-liter direct-injected four-cylinder engine mated to Hyundai's
first dual-clutch transmission.
THE THIRD DOOR
Hyundai
Veloster combines the style of a coupe and the functionality of a
hatchback, while also incorporating an additional passenger-side door.
In the past, some coupes have used smaller rear-hinged access doors.
These coupes have always been compromised by having to open the
driver-side door before the rear door could be opened, proving to be
inconvenient for both the driver and passenger, and extremely difficult
to operate in tight parking lot situations. Hyundai's fresh take here
implements a conventionally hinged door on the passenger side of the
Hyundai Veloster, providing safe and ready access to the surprisingly
spacious rear seats. The passenger-side rear door handle is hidden to
maintain the coupe design.
MOTORCYCLE INSPIRATION
Hyundai
Veloster's unique design takes inspiration from a high-performance
sport bike. Veloster has distinctive black A-pillars that give the glass
a motorcycle helmet visor appearance. In the front is an aggressive
form of Hyundai's signature hexagonal front grille, hood scoop
detailing, and unique Hyundai-signature LED position lights. Optional
packages add a chrome grille surround, piano black highlights, fog
lights, and a massive panoramic sunroof.
In profile the Hyundai
Veloster features "Fluidic Sculpture" character lines, muscular wheel
arches, body color door handles and mirrors, and wraparound headlights
and taillights. Hyundai Veloster comes standard with 17-inch alloy
wheels and offers two types of 18-inch wheels. The top-of-the-line
18-inch wheel comes with painted inserts, a segment first.
Hyundai
Veloster's dynamic rear design has a distinctive glass hatch, dual
centered chrome exhaust tips and black lower fascia that complements the
assertive front fascia.
CONNECTIVITY/TECHNOLOGY
Pandora internet radio
is integrated into Hyundai Veloster. The display screen has a Pandora
icon to stream internet radio from an iPhone, Android or Blackberry.
Pandora can also be viewed on the display screen and songs can be given
the familiar Pandora thumbs up or thumbs down by pressing an icon.
Gracenote
improves how Hyundai Veloster drivers access and manage their music
through licensed cover art, enhanced voice recognition capabilities and
"More Like This" automatic playlisting. Gracenote helps organize song
metadata from a driver's music collection, and associates specific genre
classifications (e.g. Indie Rock, R&B, Classical) with the
identified tracks. This lets Hyundai Veloster drivers create targeted
similar music playlists with a single button or voice command using
Gracenote's Playlist Plus™ technology.
Gracenote MediaVOCS®
technology improves the accuracy of the system's voice recognition
capabilities for music search and navigation, letting drivers pinpoint
bands, artists and albums with hard-to-pronounce names, irregular
spellings and nicknames. For instance, Gracenote MediaVOCS helps the
system understand artist names like Beyoncé and AC/DC. And drivers can
use "The Boss" as a voice command to access tracks from Bruce
Springsteen.
Gracenote also powers the Hyundai Veloster's 3D
carousel of album cover art, producing a driver-friendly interface that
makes it easy to search for music, select albums and display cover art
during playback. The combination of these Gracenote technology features
provides Veloster drivers a safe and easy way to manage and enjoy their
music on the open road.
The head unit features virtual CD
downloading which is like having a 10-disc CD changer on board. This
feature allows for up to 10 CDs to be stored on the systems memory. The
systems memory also allows for viewing and storing of jpeg images, AVI
videos and Mpeg videos from a USB stick.
One of the display's
unique features is an Eco Coach scoring system. This system acknowledges
fuel-efficient driving with an eco rewards score and it accumulates
points over time for a total Eco Score. The Eco Coach also provides
instant fuel economy feedback so drivers can compare their average fuel
economy with other Veloster owners.
With video games being an
important element of entertainment, Hyundai integrated a USB jack, RCA
jack and 115-volt power outlet in Hyundai Veloster to support gaming
consoles for ultimate gaming sessions when in park.
Hyundai
Veloster is available with two audio systems. Standard is a 196-watt
AM/FM/Satellite Radio/CD/MP3 audio system with six-speakers and
iPod®/USB/auxiliary input jacks. A 450-watt Dimension Premium Audio
system with eight speakers including an eight-inch subwoofer and
external amplifier is available. An FM Satellite Radio interface is also
integrated into the head unit and features channel logos and XM Data
services, such as XM NavWeather®, XM Stock Ticker and XM Sports Ticker.
A
Bluetooth hands-free phone system with voice recognition, address book
download and audio streaming is standard. Touch-screen navigation is
optional. The system also integrates a rear-view camera.
FUN TO DRIVE
The
Hyundai Veloster is fitted with a McPherson strut front suspension,
coil springs, gas shock absorbers and a 24 mm diameter front stabilizer.
The rear suspension is a light-weight V-torsion beam, a Hyundai-first
with an integrated 23 mm stabilizer bar to allow bracing of the arms for
greater stiffness and to further control body roll. The rear suspension
also uses mono-tube shock absorbers for ride comfort.
Hyundai
Veloster features sport-tuned electric power steering that adjusts
instantly to changing driving conditions while improving fuel economy
over a conventional steering system. A quick-ratio steering rack is used
for crisp feel on turn-in. Hyundai Veloster's turning diameter of 34.1
feet is better than tC's 37.4 feet, CR-Z's 35.4 feet, Mini's 35.1 feet and Mini Clubman's
36.1 feet. Standard are 215/45HR17 tires on 17-inch alloy wheels. There
are two optional 18-inch alloy wheels with lower profile 215/40VR18
performance rubber.JUST GO ADD THIS TO YOUR COLLECTIONS......I WON'T MIND ONE EITHER ....
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