By Tim Pollard
First Official Pictures
06 January 2011 09:58
Hyundai has issued this solitary teaser photograph of the new Veloster. It's a coupe-cum-hatchback, along the lines of the VW Scirocco.
No details have been confirmed yet, ahead of its planned debut at the North American International Auto Show, aka the Detroit show in January 2011.
Hyundai Veloster: the background
The Hyundai Coupe slid quietly off sale in 2009, and the Veloster - promised in concept form a couple of years ago - fires the Koreans back into the semi-sporting market.
We'll get the new Veloster in Europe, too. UK sales are tipped in October 2011, priced from around £16,000.
What's underneath the Veloster?
The architecture underpinning the new Veloster is all Hyundai i30. So it's front-wheel drive, and will feature engines such as Hyundai's new downsized 1.6 petrol turbo.
Interestingly, unlike Mini's oddball Clubman, Hyundai has engineered the solitary rear door for left- and right-hand drive.
Seen here doors akimbo, you'll spot that the Hyundai Veloster won't dump its passengers on the wrong side of the road outside your children's school.
Looks promising - if a cramped, quasi sporting hatch-coupe mash-up is your thing. And judging by the number of Sciroccos we see on the roads, it might be a sleeper hit for Hyundai and spruce up its sensible-but-worthy image in the UK.
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