Hyundai Veloster

In Europe and slowly creeping into American culture is the small European hatchback which seems to rule the roads, everywhere you look is a small car that does not cost much to run and does great miles per gallon. America is known for big trucks and SUV’s just drinking everything they can at the gas station but in this current economic climate people cannot afford to do that anymore and began down grading in many situations. So Hyundai have decided to try and break into the Hatchback game and take a slice of the cheese with the Veloster. So have they done it? Well the Veloster has a 1.9 engine that produces 138hp, so having a small engine that averages at least 30mpg checks one box. Speed is not too important when it comes to hatchbacks but the young men that buy them sometimes think they are Dale the Intimidator so the 0-60 time is a slow 8.5 seconds so don’t worry about driving so fast that one you kill yourself, or two that you use too much fuel cause it would take some serious effort and intentions to burn through gas. So let’s give that a second check. The car looks cute, stylish, both male and female could easily drive this without having to hide behind the wheel in public places, so check off another box. The interior is I think better than you would expect from a $20,000 car in the fact that it even looks good/expensive and will last a long time. There is some space for friends in the back as many college kids, who are really the target audience for the Volester. Drive each other around to cookout, to clubs, concerts, sporting events. Now don’t expect a load of space but it certainly can fit the average two adults in the back with some comfort, three is a squeeze though as you probably expect. So let’s check another box. Finally is it as good as the competition that it has from Audi, Citroën, Peugeot, Ford that have been doing to hatchback competition for so long? And I think this car is much better that I thought it would be with very clean and good looking lines. This car may not break them into the race as a contender but it will get Hyundai on the map and a few more cars like this, and they just might be contenders in a few years for the hatchback race.