From: The Truth About Cars ~ Hyundai: Veloster
Jason and I keep talking about this damn car. I think we are going to get one this year. Just need something more dependable and practical at the same time and hell 40 miles to the gallon of gas is also a big draw.
Even the negatives thrown at this thing do not stick when you actually see it. First off yes the rear seats are cramped. It’s a sporty hatchback not a sedan and hell people you try and fit your adult fat ass in the drivers seat of a Mini Clubman sometime… Talk about cramped! At least you can drive this thing and have someone else sit in the front passenger side without having to hold your stomach in or watch where you put your elbows.
They also go on about it not having the same driving characteristics as the original “fun” car the Honda CRX-SI to which I can only say sure… but have you driven a CRX-SI lately? I have one right outside! I can tell you from experience it does not have any safety features AT ALL which may be why you had all that “fun” driving by the seat of your pants feel. You literally were in a tin can strapped to a lawn chair and a peppy engine and that was about it. One fender bender away from doom and destruction.
Who the hell buys automatic transmissions with these cars anyway and why do they do that? These itty bitty cars are strictly manual stick only all other drivers need not apply. Even my Miata was a manual and no matter how much I loved that car I could not imagine what nightmare they offered for the automatic version or why anyone would buy it.
Anyway, if you do the right thing and physically take a look at the Veloster next to all the other Jettas and Scions and Hondas asking for way more money doing this econo mini-car hatchback deal you can actually drive it comfortably with two people up front and fit the back seats down FLUSH like a truck bed and use the entire capacity of the rear compartment of the car. Which I will tell you right now you cannot even begin to do in any of the Hondas or Fords I have seen because they make it so the rear seats always stick up in a sloppy fashion and never fold down completely like they should. The old Honda CRX-SI and the smart company that created it are dead and gone so get over it and move the hell on.
Maybe they need to market this thing as a futuristic sports pickup truck? Maybe it would catch on with the “it’s not as fun” crowd better that way. They could be in awe that there is a 40 mpg safe to drive pickup truck available where the bed of the truck folds into extra seating for added passengers.
And it has a new fangled roof for rainy days Ethel!
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