Anyone else excited for the Veloster N / i30 N?

Dude what haha. Not sure if we're reading the same thing?

I stated that I'm getting rid of my Fiesta with future anticipation of buying another "fun" car, namely the Veloster N if it lives up to the hype. My main point of responding to a thread named "Anyone else excited for the Veloster N / i30 N?" was to share my excitement for the Veloster N/I30 N... That seems reasonable. I know you're new here but seriously, calm down. No one is bashing the Fiesta. It's a great car.

Thank you to the poster. The i30N is a game changer in the hot hatch market. The Veloster N is the up and coming affordable street racer. Hyundai is offering the best affordable options for small fast daily drivers. It doesn't matter that your broke ass Fist is rusting out in the northern parts of the hemisphere. Hyundai is offering alternatives that Ford has abandoned. Lets all take a close look at performance options and discuss what is affordable. Its all about how fast we can go, how inexpensive it can be without having bloody knuckles and spending the weekends under the hood.

Yeah, I get ya - I financed mine on purpose just to build credit history though, put 70% down and financed the remainder for 6 years 0% interest. Figured why not, I was surprised to see on a credit karma report that "not enough credit accounts" was a negative. No ETF and no interest, once I get tired of making payments I'll just pay it off lol.

I'm excited about the *idea* of the veloster N, and hope it creates interest in the market segment. I appreciate that they focused on making it fun, time will tell if they pull it off or not. I do not like the look or... "girth" of the veloster, at least from photos. I'd still like to kick the tires and take one out for a test drive. I think they have a DCT option, and I'm rapidly losing the ability to use my right arm so at some point I'll have to ditch the stick :|

Historically, my experience shopping at Kia and Hyundai dealers has not been great, they got really pushy and when I notified them I had my own financing they became really unhelpful, to the point of having to *beg* to test drive a car. I could not for the life of me line up a drive in a genesis coupe a few years back, and a newer optima turbo was "too rare" for test drives, and the base model "drives the same, but faster".

Veloster N is the i30 for the US market. i30 is 200lbs lighter than Focus ST.

you totally just doomed it by saying that lol

Kind of. The Elantra is actually the i30; however, both are based off the same chassis.

True, as do all of the Nippon/far eastern import fanboyz about their 'sacred' rides. LOL

So then, how are you so absolutely SURE that it will have all of the requisite items on your "must have check list" once it IS released??
Did Hyundai give you some sort of written N model guarantee of them ALL being included/available on the final product?

I just do not get where the disconnect is here. Here's a quote from me:

Never once did any one claim that I'm gonna buy this thing no matter what.

However, literally everything stated can be found on their website here: https://www.hyundaiusa.com/veloster-n

In addition, the i30 N is already out in Europe and has literally all those things, so the future is bright.

Now this is a car. I just need some money.

https://youtu.be/PrejZp1JECs

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And to think they almost Kept building tractors instead way back in the day.....

i30N. 6 month waiting list, $43,990 on the road in Australia.

I met him in person last week. Nice guy, great family, cool car. Straight up kind of guy you'd have a beer with.

This.

You're right on Hyundai reaching out where Ford is closing the tap. The V N does look like a decent car and if it's under 30k and really is a good one then it will leave a mark.

The bloody knuckles and weekends under the hood are enjoyable, and a much better habit than cocaine and hookers that's for sure. Meh, I've put about $4,000 of power mods into my car which makes it faster than the Veloster N is predicted to be and about $7,000 cheaper even with the price of mods included. So if we're talking about going fast on a budget the Fiesta ST is a better option here.

Wrenching and modding is fun for most of us I would say. That's a big part of what steered me toward purchasing my car.

Welcome to the forum btw.

In all honesty the Hyundai seems like fun. Would I ever buy one no. I watched a video about the Hyundai Veloster Turbo and the price just no way. This thing is going to be close to $30,000 if not more. There are too many vehicles in that price range for me. WRX, GTI, Si. I like all 3. I would also love a 392rt Dodge Challenger. If I have the funds BMW M2.

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Jeff, I love your vids on YouTube, big fan. Ford ST is a caustic person, its clear that you have had some sort of positive transaction, but he serves no purpose in the forums with this thread

I'm really looking forward to the Alfa Romeo Coupe coming in 2019. It should be pretty amazing. In addition to my Fiesta ST I also have an Alfa Romeo Stelvio and it is an awesome vehicle. An SUV that drives like a sports car. I sold my 370Z Nismo to get into it. I do miss a manual transmission but the paddle shifters are great and very easy to shift with. Kind of a lazy person's manual.

Ah different class, while they could be considered a hot hatch. Fact is it falls into the compact category vs sub compact. A FiST is a sub compact, a FoST is a compact. A Veloster is a compact, Its built on the floorpan of an Elantra. Which is another car considered to be a compact and in some places midsize.
You just cannot compare it to FiST and I can bet just like a FoST it will not handle like a FiST.

Veloster boring - FiST exciting IMO

Oh and ya for the money that the N is going to be? Lol I can buy Something RWD or AWD that will drive much nicer than a Veloster. Lol Friends don’t let friends buy Velosters.

Touché! Bravo....agree 100% ...Hot hatches are a dying breed....at least the fun....cheap ones are.

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Really? Damn I didn't know about that. I'll have to look up on that more.

Agreed. That's why if this thing plays out well I plan to vote with my money and do my part in saying that there's still interest in fun small hot hatches.