New Rims and Tint! Lookin Pretty sweet
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Looking sinister! ;-)
Oh how I wish we lived in a state that actually allowed dark tint! Virginia has a 35% max on the back sides and rear windows and only 50% on the driver/passenger doors. Needless to say... it's not that dark at all!
I like your wheels, too! As for "slamming" it.. I think it would look/ride great with just a modest 1.25" drop w/ Ark springs. JMHO! Looking good, my friend!
Oh how I wish we lived in a state that actually allowed dark tint! Virginia has a 35% max on the back sides and rear windows and only 50% on the driver/passenger doors. Needless to say... it's not that dark at all!
I like your wheels, too! As for "slamming" it.. I think it would look/ride great with just a modest 1.25" drop w/ Ark springs. JMHO! Looking good, my friend!
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I hear ya! Part of me wonders what the VT would be like w/ the 2.0T they're sporting in the Genesis Coupe and Optima SX/Sonata sedans!
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I think about that all the time. As much as I'd love that power plant, it just wouldn't get the economy the VT gets. The VT is all about middle ground.
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Well, we all know that MPG's are most affected by one's right foot discipline, right?!?! LOL!
I have that 2.0T in my Optima and I can tell you that it wouldn't be hard to maintain 30+ MPG in a VT sporting that engine... especially when you take into account that the VT weighs about 700 lbs less!!
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Hyundai would never do it but they should eliminate the two options for the Gen Coupe. Stick with the V6 and offer the 1.6T or 2.0T in the Velosters. This way their family sedans won't outperform their performance geared cars. The 2.0T Veloster would be a beast; faster than the 2.0T Sonata and Optima SX while still not touching the V6 Gen Coupe. The base Veloster gets nothing but poor reviews when it comes to acceleration because it looks so sporty. The NA Veloster doesn't need to exist with the Accent and 3 Elantras. It would be a more well rounded brand.
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Agreed! We should send this idea off to Hyundai, N. America!
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That's why I almost don't want it to happen because then I'd have to do the same thing. Let me have the 1.6T for at least a year
It may be only a matter of time before we see the 2.0T in the Veloster or its successor. By a matter of time I'm guessing 2016-17 and the Elantra and Veloster get bigger.
It looks like the 2014 VT will have the same 1.6T 201hp motor because Hyundai is putting it an Elantra and a Kia Forte unchanged in 2014. There might be a VT-R for 2015 that gets 220+hp. But any more power than that will need the stouter transmission and drive-shafts of the larger drive-train.
I dunno though. Hyundai has purposely placed the VT in a specific gap in the market. If the VT gets more expensive than it has to run up against the GTI, the Focus ST and the Genesis Coupe. Hyundai took over the sedan market by offering equal or slightly better cars at lower prices. Hyundai will probably stick to this plan with the Veloster and Veloster Turbo.
I remember when the GTI came out. It only had 110hp, but it came with nice rims, brakes, suspension and styling. And it was cheap - half the price of a BMW 320i or Nissan 280ZX. Everyone said that the GTI had to have more power, but VW stuck to the affordable formula. GTI's sold more Rabbits/Golfs and Jettas and established VW as a serious manufacturer. Honda joined the fray with the Civic DX Si and CRX Si. They weren't much more powerful, but they were really nice cars and also quite cheap. Now those 2 cars are icons. Honda followed with Acura Integras that were more powerful and more expensive - but they never became icons.
If I was Hyundai, I would ride the sales popularity of the Veloster for one more year and raise prices a little. Once I had the 1.6T VT drivetrain in mass production I would put it in everything and gut the price. I would use the VT drivetrain to to stomp and Honda, Toyota and Ford.
It looks like the 2014 VT will have the same 1.6T 201hp motor because Hyundai is putting it an Elantra and a Kia Forte unchanged in 2014. There might be a VT-R for 2015 that gets 220+hp. But any more power than that will need the stouter transmission and drive-shafts of the larger drive-train.
I dunno though. Hyundai has purposely placed the VT in a specific gap in the market. If the VT gets more expensive than it has to run up against the GTI, the Focus ST and the Genesis Coupe. Hyundai took over the sedan market by offering equal or slightly better cars at lower prices. Hyundai will probably stick to this plan with the Veloster and Veloster Turbo.
I remember when the GTI came out. It only had 110hp, but it came with nice rims, brakes, suspension and styling. And it was cheap - half the price of a BMW 320i or Nissan 280ZX. Everyone said that the GTI had to have more power, but VW stuck to the affordable formula. GTI's sold more Rabbits/Golfs and Jettas and established VW as a serious manufacturer. Honda joined the fray with the Civic DX Si and CRX Si. They weren't much more powerful, but they were really nice cars and also quite cheap. Now those 2 cars are icons. Honda followed with Acura Integras that were more powerful and more expensive - but they never became icons.
If I was Hyundai, I would ride the sales popularity of the Veloster for one more year and raise prices a little. Once I had the 1.6T VT drivetrain in mass production I would put it in everything and gut the price. I would use the VT drivetrain to to stomp and Honda, Toyota and Ford.
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