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Old 12-30-2009, 11:43 PM
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Default Spied 2012 hyundai veloster on public roads

During the last tumultuous year the auto industry has been forced to start and stop projects with abnormal frequency – and recently word was that the Veloster was likely on the “stop” list. Recently, an online enthusiast forum member caught what appears almost certainly to be a prototype of the Hyundai Veloster concept shown earlier [...]

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Old 12-31-2009, 07:03 AM
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Reminds me too much of a 4th gen Eclipse:



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That eclipse is the absolute worst car I have ever been in.

I had a feeling this car would look like shjt and from what I can tell it does. Framed doors, you gotta be joking. It looks like a Yaris combined with a Fiat 500. Its a step backward, if not for fuel economy, for the image. I thought we were getting an i30 sports car, but when he mentioned CRX I knew it was gonna suck.
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I'd trade my HD in for a turbo'd or GDI one of these in a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't think the production model will have the huge flares that make the concept resemble the Eclipse. If it does, that's a bit on the awesome side because it will probably only be the size of an Accent. It'll have entirely different road presence than the Eclipse, which looks, feels, and is a big car.










It looks a lot like the Honda CR-Z (which makes perfect sense) in proportion anyways. I don't mind either car's packaging, but I hate the nose on the CR-Z concept. No idea what either production car will look like though.
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yeah it is not the veloster. the veloster at the show had a curve on the back part of the window. the one on the road is completely square.
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The production version will likely look a lot different than the concept, I think they said it'll look about 70-80% the same as the concept.
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i still want one
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looks like another little rattly sh*t box to me




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