Welcome to CarSceneKorea. I introduce newly released Genesis, Hyundai and Kia
cars. And I have in front of me.
Veloster N DCT.
There you go.
Who would have thought that somebody would be waiting an automatic over a
manual? But, that is the case for this Veloster DCT. Veloster just gently
leaving the scene. And there's only 20 of these cars in entire Korea. And they've
got this car, so that the people who are interested can come and take a look, and
we can take it for a brief test drive out for five minutes ish.
It's definitely this N light bucket seat. So, this N logo is hooked up with
the room light, right here. So, if I open up a door, it will light up, like so.
It's really bright out right here, so it's kind of hard to see. This N light bucket
seat, it really holds you well. But, there is a little bit of a debate that it's
not actually the seat itself, but rather it could be the material, which is
Alcantara. Compared to leather seats or cloth, obviously, this Alcantara will hold
you more steady and firm. There is a airbags on a side bolsters, right here.
Which I'll show you when I get off the car. And unfortunately, due to the seat
being, there is no ventilated seats, but only heated seats for this N light
bucket seats. You could still go with the regular seats, where you can choose
the ventilated seats and also heated seats at the same time.
So, there's the
side airbags and the bolster is much higher. And no doubt, this is a bucket seat,
and it will certainly serve the purpose when you're in need of a such
performance seats like these. I'm not so sure down to an inch, but it's most
likely the sitting position and also the height of the seat is just exactly the
same as that of the regular seats. Again, this bolster seems to be a little bit
too high for a daily. So, it kind of interferes when you're getting in and
out of the seats and whatnot. So, this is the OEM seat for Veloster N as we
know. Of course, the N logo right there. And, so this is the bolster that we
talked about. But, this height is not as high as we've seen it on the DCT model.
And this bolster-wise, I think it's just about the same height as well. Or, it
sticks out just as much as it does. But, obviously, it really feels different.
It hugs different. And, yes, three pedals. And a shift lever. Unlike the DCT model,
here is the Rev for a single Rev match, and Cancel for cruise controls and whatnot.
The drive mode, and the N mode -- they stay the same.
And this is the original screen. It only differs by an inch, so I don't really see
the difference as to how bigger it got or smaller it is. Until now, it was
backwards where this shift up was up here. And shift down was down here. But, it
only makes sense especially on a performance cars like these, that shift
down is towards the top. Because, when you're shifting down on a track in a
fast racing conditions, you'll be applying brakes hard where all the
momentum will go to the front, even your body. So, it only
makes sense to shift up towards the front, to go down a gear. And, that's the
exact opposite applies to shifting up. The momentum goes to the back of the car,
so, it's much more easier to pull into your body to make the necessary shift up's.
Of course, there's a pedal shift for DCT and DCT only.
And immediately, these two buttons that were not on at stick shift,
the NGS button as well as the lane keeping.
The room lights, the dome lights
has been changed into LED. The lights are -- this is minor change, but again it's
what's visible on the exterior, LED. Let's turn it on. System on. This screen has
gotten bigger by one inch from seven-inch, now it's eight inch.
And let's fire it up!
No big, or major change has been made on this Veloster N DCT, but one obvious
thing is the exhaust note. It's now a little bit more quiet, but not
necessarily because it's tuned that way. But, it's of course, the difference is the
transmission. Because of the DCT, it's being toned down a little bit. And the
valves open up. I gently press the gas a little bit.
So, the fan is at work, cooling down the radiator.
And it just got turned off. And that's with the engine off.
Person off the car. And, one of the largest difference of this Veloster N to
that of a manual is that camera, right there. And look at that. You can see that
N bucket logos and lights really well from the outside. Again, what that
camera allows is the whole feature of Hyundai Smart Sensing. With that camera,
there is this LKA and LDW, Lane Departure Warning. HBA, High Beam Assist.
that controls the high beam and the low beam of the car.