Hyundai used the 2007 Seoul Motor Show to reveal a new coupe concept called the Veloster. The name is a compound of velocity and roadster. It sports a number of high-tech features, including a glass roof.
“With Veloster, we wanted to try something really different. We’re keenly aware that we need radically new products for the Y-generation, the first-time twenties something buyer,” said Oh Suk-Geun, Hyundai’s vice president of design. “This is really a bold new direction,” he added.
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04/06, 1:38 PM
posted by:
Bush
It seems everything is “bold” now. How unique. lol
04/06, 1:43 PM
posted by:
snoboardguy21
It would have looked great as an actual roadster.
04/06, 1:43 PM
posted by:
TheFrohn
i like it, cool ideas
04/06, 1:53 PM
posted by:
maximus
the interior freaks me out
04/06, 1:53 PM
posted by:
lotusfire
Can you say “CRX”? Build it!
04/06, 1:54 PM
posted by:
maximus
but how is a glass roof classified as a “high tech feature”??? It’s GLASS!!!
04/06, 2:05 PM
posted by:
brownfv
cool…colourmatched rims
04/06, 2:23 PM
posted by:
Jackson
WOW!!! This is even better than that cute little Honda concept coupe from last year. Awesome
04/06, 2:39 PM
posted by:
RLX02
build it.
just change that funky interior.
04/06, 2:50 PM
posted by:
panscakeshouse
copy : :
04/06, 2:50 PM
posted by:
panscakeshouse
Looks like the Evo X concept.
04/06, 3:04 PM
posted by:
Adrio
I like it. I’m glad its not another crossover. Aka tall car for women.
04/06, 3:25 PM
posted by:
kafkef
very nice. the first hyundai i have ever liked so far.
04/06, 3:31 PM
posted by:
56oval
Come on Kafkef. You know you’re a closet SantaFe lover. Well at least it’s got the iPod adapter built in right in the console. That’ll be nice 10 years from know when it’s completely useless.
04/06, 3:48 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Anyone else tired of seeing concepts that’ll never turn into real production vehicles? Don’t get me wrong, this looks great, but I doubt we’ll see something even close to it on the road a couple of years from now. All auto makers should focus on building real vehicles instead of wasting time with projects like these…unless they’re committed to building them, of course.
04/06, 4:15 PM
posted by:
Toy Yoda
Good looking, but you could hide an 18 wheeler in this car’s blindspot.
04/06, 4:31 PM
posted by:
Ricardo Head
The inside of that thing looks like a retro 50’s diner. Fonzie would feel right at hom in it.
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Otherwise, cool exterior.
04/06, 4:44 PM
posted by:
PrimeGTP
1c3d0g, you took the words right out of my mouth. Who gives a **** about something that will never leave a design studio?
04/06, 4:53 PM
posted by:
kafkef
56oval – actually i’m a bmw guy. this concept is the only hyundai/kia/etc that i have ever liked. even though the interior is a bit weird no one can deny it is a huge step forward for hyundai.
04/06, 5:23 PM
posted by:
detractus
They should’ve just called it the Velociraptor
04/06, 6:22 PM
posted by:
b13sentra
i just think its going to be the next gen tiburon. looking at it, it seems to be about what hyundai needs to actually make first-time 20-something buyers look at their products. also, if they can put that v6 in there, that would be a quick little car. just a thought. build it, i’d definitely look at it.
04/06, 6:25 PM
posted by:
Me
With a name like Veloster, I was half expecting to see a Miata-fighting roadster. How about that Hyundai??
PrimeGTP, 1c3d0g, I agree. It’s difficult to be enthused about a car that we’ll never see on the road, much less get to drive.
04/06, 6:31 PM
posted by:
Northeasterner
Like the front. The interior is very generic.
04/06, 7:34 PM
posted by:
Hyperion
Not very impressive overall but it does remind me of the 1970 Honda Z, however (but that was a gas miser two-seater microcar with a 2-cylinder motorcycle engine)
Unless it weighs 2300lbs or less, it had better be rear wheel drive considering it _looks_ like it has sporting intentions.
04/06, 8:53 PM
posted by:
Veda
lee oswald, if you didn’t even know where Hyundai is from you might as well refrain from commenting at all. What are you… 14?
04/06, 10:58 PM
posted by:
gtv6
To the person that claims something cannot be “very” unique. You are an idiot.
04/06, 11:55 PM
posted by:
Manster
Hideous…….looks like a nightmare that you would have after eating too much Japanese Food…..
04/07, 12:11 AM
posted by:
TheFrohn
ITS KOREAN NOT JAPANESE DUMBASS
04/07, 8:37 AM
posted by:
Ricardo Head
Ummmmm ….. I suppose the upcoming Hornet from China is gonna be “more cheap crap from the Japs” too.
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Good God. What century do these idiots live in, anyway?
04/07, 12:20 PM
posted by:
PrimeGTP
This WON’T bring new competition into the subcompact segment, because it will never be built!
04/07, 2:20 PM
posted by:
LJ
Like it all up to the B pillar. Fix the rear-end, and it could prove interesting.
Look, the Kia Soul was thought of a”they’ll never make it” type of concept, last year, now, Kia says it is a go “as-is”(interior may be slightly different)…for 2008!
V6 or I-4 .Priced to compete with Scion stuff.
With the Lancer out, Scion tC, and many others, they need something new.
Never say never.
04/07, 5:00 PM
posted by:
autonutt
Why would the Scion tC merit something new from Hyundai? It’s been out for a few years now.. and what does the Lancer have to do with coupes or roadsters?
04/07, 6:12 PM
posted by:
lotusfire
“Why would the Scion tC merit something new from Hyundai? It’s been out for a few years now.. and what does the Lancer have to do with coupes or roadsters?” – autonutt
If I were to guess I would say that they’re connected because they’re all Y group cars, and because they’re meant to apeal ot the same people…but who knows?
04/09, 8:13 AM
posted by:
gbb
Hundai/Kia = crappy little beaters
04/10, 6:18 AM
posted by:
hm124
Does this site have many Hyundai company men and Koreans?
Or the Hyundai fan boys?
does it exist?
04/11, 1:45 PM
posted by:
daiso
↑@hm124
Ok. japanese.
we know many lexus fanboy(?) are japanese(with nationalism)
even, they never do not have luxury car. LOL