The Hyundai Veloster N Performance Concept Is A Harder, Meaner Hot Hatch
If you weren’t already upset by Hyundai’s refusal to bring the Veloster N to our shores, this news piece might just do the trick. What you’re looking at is the Veloster N Performance Concept, and it looks awfully serious.
It’s another of Hyundai’s SEMA 2019 show cars, set to be displayed alongside the amazing iMax 9 drift MPV and the fantastically silly Veloster Grappler mini monster truck. Using the i30 N-related Veloster N as a starting point, it’s been liberally coated in “OEM-quality performance additions,” Hyundai says.
Let’s start with the obvious bits. From KWA we have a new front splitter, rear wing, rear diffuser plus side skirts to aid both downforce and visual badassery, plus a sizeable bonnet vent. The forged wheels are supplied by OZ, measuring 19 inches in diameter and finished with some lovely N-branded carbon centre caps.
It’s much more than just an aesthetic exercise, though. Those OZ rims are wrapped in Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres, aiding grip and traction considerably. The 380mm front brake discs are teamed up with six-piston Alcon calipers, while at the rear 360mm rotors are squeezed by four-pot calipers.
Take a peek underneath, and you’ll spy Daewon anti-roll bars front and rear, Extreme Racing dampers with H&R springs, and chassis bracing from WIF. So that the car sounds even moodier than the stock version, it’s been given extra volume via a Capristo cat-back exhaust.
Moving to the inside, you will - of course - find Alcantara. Everywhere. Most prominently, the material clads the carbonfibre sports seats, which are the work of Sabelt. There’s also a new aluminium gear knob, a red starter button, and several splashes of orange.
There are no plans to put the Veloster N Performance Concept into production, but you may well be able to buy some of these bits for your standard Veloster N in the future. “These bolt-on accessories are designed to have high potential for aftermarket availability,” Hyundai says.
Watch this space…
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Comments
that actually looks good i kinda want it now
GAAAAAASP
OMG that rear end HNNNNNNNNG want!
i think this guy busted the fattest N U T
This all makes me so happy
Hyundai seems to be doing what our beloved legendary japanese manufacturers should be doing to their cars. That Velo must be a ripper!
They really are paying attention. In a time where a lot of our favorites are going the way of the do-do it’s so refreshing that there is at least someone new killin it to be excited about.
Still not over what Mitsubishi did to the Evo.. not sure I’ll ever recover really…
Still a korean pos
So what are you driving then?
It’s just a Honda want to be with one less N
Hyundai is my bright shining star in the nightsky at the moment
Introducing Hyundai’s new high-performance series: N. It’s the first letter of Namyang — the location of our global R&D facility, where the models are created. visit for best used car in UK https://autolook.co.uk/cars-for-sale/Hyundai/