What a pleasant shade of blue, I believed once I first noticed the 2022 Veloster N sitting in my driveway. Once I opened the door, I used to be happy to see that “Efficiency Blue” exterior paint mirrored all through the inside of the sporty little hatchback. The seatbelts, the stitching and, most essential, the drive mode buttons on the steering wheel all proudly fly the periwinkle flag.
The seats are a sturdy fabric trimmed in leather-based. They’re supportive, with sufficient bolstering to maintain you firmly in place with out feeling such as you’re within the grips of a boa constrictor. The harness pass-throughs flank an illuminated “N” emblem. A black, blue and grey striped ribbon runs down the centerline of the seatback and cushion. There are not any energy seats right here — all changes are handbook. No heated seats both.
The Veloster N has an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system sitting atop the middle stack, under it are quite a lot of onerous buttons for menu shortcuts, with audio and local weather controls under that. Tucked away even additional down are a pair of USB ports and a 12-volt socket.
Immediately in entrance of the driving force is an instrument panel with analog gauges on both facet of a small digital show. On the high of the cluster is a set of 5 LED shift timing lights that illuminate from left to proper within the order of white, orange, orange, pink, pink. Concentrate; with the transmission in handbook mode, it is going to proceed to carry the gear when you hit the rev limiter. The shift paddles on the again of the steering wheel deal with you to a fast swap of the cogs from the eight-speed moist dual-clutch transmission.
Along with fabric and leather-based, there are just a few different supplies and textures all through the cabin. There are onerous however properly textured plastic trim items and higher sprint, onerous and extra historically grained plastics on the decrease sprint, and a few agency however not fully onerous plastic at sure contact factors like armrests.
So far as storage goes, there’s not loads. There is a cubby for a telephone below the middle stack. Two cupholders sit in entrance of the small-ish middle console storage bin. There are door pockets, however the left rear simply will get a bit armrest divot. There is not any middle seat within the again, in order that’s the place Hyundai put the rear cupholders and a small cargo tray. There are not any pockets on the backs of the entrance seats, both.
The automotive’s diminutive stature suggests there’s not numerous area to go round, and that is the case. Entrance headroom is minimal, and it is in even shorter provide within the rear. I put my son’s automotive seat on the passenger facet, and moved the entrance passenger seat ahead to present him area. Sitting behind me would not be enjoyable. There’s not numerous legroom, and you need to crawl in from the passenger facet, as there is not any rear driver-side door. Cautious in that transit, although. The middle cupholders between the rear seats harm like hell when you bash your elbow or knee on them.
The trunk is spacious, regardless of a small opening. It may be tough loading giant or heavy objects in there. I additionally discovered it a bit troublesome to dig out the rear LATCH anchor from below the load ground. It is good which you can cover them, although, in case you have obtained scratch-prone cargo to place again there.
The entire ensemble works properly collectively. It is not a luxurious automotive, and it is not a typical household car. This Veloster N is all about having the sporting touches to match its hot-hatch efficiency. For a sticker value of $35,005, with completely zero added choices, it is a profitable execution.
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