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Hyundai is spooling up an advertising campaign for the Veloster, and it is arriving in dealers around the country. The first was delivered to a customer on September 23rd. For those looking for funkiness, the Veloster is your car. The hatchback is unique for the fact that its offers a three-door layout, with a door behind the passenger.

That makes for an interesting situation – the driver’s door is larger than the passenger one. Most would think it is a coupe at first glance, and it is styled to give that impression. It remains to see how the inexpensive coupe will fare in sales, but Car and Driver reports it could be adding a door, making for a more traditional layout.

The work in adding a door is already being done in the United Kingdom, which has drivers placed on the right-hand side. Adding a door would make the car’s layout look symmetrical, as well as adding in some more practicality. The response from Hyundai about its arrival was “anything’s possible.” Not very concrete, is it? The answer was a bit more definitive when C&D inquired about overlap with the i30. When asked about that, Hyundai said hey think there is is room for both models.

The i30 takes the place of the Elantra in Hyundai’s European-lineup. It is a bit more high-end, with a nicer looking interior. The previous generation car was sold as the Elantra Touring here in the United States. This time around it is slated to travel across the pond once again, giving Hyundai a hatchback competitor to the Ford Focus.

So there you have it, the Veloster could be getting a bit less funky. With the Veloster, the question of referring to how many doors it has is tricky. Right now if you counted the hatch as a door it would be considered four-door. That doesn’t sound quite right though; we’ll stick to the traditional U.S way of not counting in the hatch.

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Hyundai revealed their latest concept car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show this week – the i-flow. Looking more like a design concept than anything, the i-flow also shows off some ideas about future propulsion technologies. Nothing new, of course, but it uses a diesel variant of Hyundai’s Hybrid Blue Drive technology that we’ve been hearing about for so long. The i-flow uses a 1.7-liter twin-turbo diesel engine supplemented by a lithium-ion battery and six-speed dual-clutch transmission. The powertrain, along with the i-flow’s fluid aerodynamics helps the concept achieve a fuel consumption of only 3 liters per 100 km, or around 78 mpg. Ironically, that’s exactly the same fuel economy as Porsche claims for their 700+ horsepower 918 Spyder Concept.

Hyundai has also implemented new techniques to use heat as an advantage. The technique helps improve fuel economy and better retain energy by using a thermo-electric generator to capture the excess heat from the exhaust manifold and use it to power the electrical systems. The engine is also “thermally encapsulated,” meaning the engine reaches ideal operating temperatures more quickly by retaining heat when the car is idle. This helps save from 5 – 9% fuel economy.



Hyundai says they’ll be producing a new car in 2011 based on the i-flow’s “sleek styling and innovative technology.” Check out the photo gallery below:

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Ah, the Super Bowl, come and gone another year. Many people, myself included, could care less about the game itself, but watch it primarily for the commercials. Check out the videos below, showing the car-related commercials aired during the game, including Audi, Bridgestone, Dodge, Cars.com, Kia, VW, and Hyundai.

What was your favorite commercial?

VW PunchDub Commercial




Audi 2010 Green Car Super Bowl Commercial


Timothy Richman – Cars.com 2010 Super Bowl Ad


Painted Hyundai Sonata


Kia’s 2010 big game commercial




Whale of a Tale – Bridgestone Super Bowl Commercial 2010


Dodge Charger Super Bowl Ad – Man’s Last Stand


Your Tires or Your Life – Bridgestone Super Bowl Commercial 2010


Hyundai Sonata: 10 Years Strong. Featuring Brett Favre

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