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Should Hyundai bridge it

Should Hyundai bridge it

SYF77

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The funkiest Hyundai to date, the Veloster is here in Singapore. But sad to say, the performance failed to match its good looks. Powered by a 138bhp 1.6-litre Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engine, the Veloster is only about 10 bhp more than the 1.6-litre MPI engine found in the Elantra.

blogentry-60386-1338187587_thumb.jpgIt sprints leisurely to 100km/h in a leisurely 10.3 seconds. Even a mundane looking VW Jetta 1.4-litre TSI can leave the Veloster behind. But fear not, for there is a super-hot 1.6 Turbo-GDI version of the Veloster, which is good for 201 bhp.

 

Coupled with a 6-speed automatic gearbox, the forced-induction coupe completes the century sprint in a quick 7.5 seconds. The Veloster seemed to go from mildly spicy in the non-turbo form to extremely spicy in the turbo variant. Is there room for something in-between?

 

I believe there is.

 

Just like the VW Golf, there is a base 122bhp version, a mid-range 160bhp


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Soran

They should just take the Elantra and shove this 200hp T-GDI engine into it.

 

Bring it to SG. I will be one of the first to buy one

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Expertz

i don't understand this part

But sad to say, the performance failed to match its good looks

 

the honda civic which has an awesome look too, has only 125bhp, koup is within the same range and every 1.6L car out there has the same amount of horsepower

so what do you expect from a day to day bread and butter car? a 5L v10?

 

blog contributor should spend more time contributing more sensible articles or rephrase his words, might be difficult with a limited vocab though

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Pocus

What blogger means is that this car has the pseudo coupe look. So should perform like a coupe. Which should be much higher power than regular cars.

 

Actually since the introduction of the tuscani and celica, I have up this stereotype liao.

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