A pair of five-door Hyundais—a symmetrical Veloster and a new Elantra Touring—may be headed to the U.S. market, if noncommittal comments from company spokespeople are anything to trust.
Hyundai i30
One of the Veloster’s calling cards is its asymmetrical (some might say mutant) door layout: It has a single door on the driver’s side and two shorter, front-hinged apertures on the right, in addition to the rear hatch. But Hyundai is planning a five-door version with two doors per side for right-hand-drive markets like the U.K. When asked whether the five-door Veloster might be sold in the U.S. alongside the four-door car, Hyundai reps replied “anything’s possible.” We pressed a bit further, asking if the more conventional Veloster variant would overlap with the next Elantra Touring, a Hyundai spokesperson said “we think there’s room for both.” The current Elantra Touring is based on Europe’s i30 hatch, and we would expect that to continue now that a new i30 has been announced.
We also inquired about the timing of the turbocharged Veloster model, receiving a solid “no comment.” Our test of the Veloster revealed that it could use some more power while the number of doors was less of a concern. Turbo first, please.
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