Hyundai Veloster N
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3 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2021, with 1 listed configurations.
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The Hyundai Veloster N is the hot-hatch version of the second-generation Veloster and the first car Hyundai's N performance division sold in the United States. It was developed under Albert Biermann, formerly of BMW's M division, and takes its name both from Hyundai's Namyang R&D center and the Nürburgring, where it was honed. Underneath the asymmetrical 3+1-door body sit a 2.0-liter Theta II turbocharged four, an electronically controlled adaptive damper system, a strut-tower brace, bigger brakes and a rev-matching six-speed manual — a genuinely serious front-drive performance package sold for hot-hatch money.
In the U.S. the Veloster N ran from the 2019 through the 2022 model years, always front-wheel drive and always built in Ulsan. It launched with 250 hp as standard and 275 hp via a $2,100 Performance Package that also brought an electronically controlled limited-slip differential, an active variable exhaust, larger brakes and 19-inch wheels on Pirelli P Zero summer tires. For 2021 Hyundai made that package standard, so every car got 275 hp, and added an optional eight-speed wet dual-clutch automatic with N Grin Shift overboost alongside new N Light Sport seats. Hyundai discontinued every other Veloster after 2021, leaving the N as the sole survivor for 2022 before it too was retired; the Elantra N inherited its powertrain.
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