Hyundai Rolls Out Performance Upgrades For The Veloster Turbo At SEMA

Do you have a Veloster Turbo in your driveway, but wish you’d held out for the new Veloster N? Well, before you go to your local Hyundai dealer looking to trade in, you might want to consider these latest upgrades the manufacturer is offering first.

Presented this week at SEMA, the new line of performance enhancements includes a K&N high-flow air filter, a Borla axle-back exhaust, a B&M sport shift kit, Eibach springs and anti-roll bars, and a new set of lightweight alloys.

Now, those parts are not going to turn your Veloster Turbo into a Veloster N, but they will help bridge the gap. And these are mostly components you’ll be able to get straight from your local dealer instead of having to look for aftermarket tuners.

The middle child of the Korean automaker’s oddball sport hatch lineup, the Veloster Turbo slots in between the base Veloster and the forthcoming Veloster N. It packs a 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine good for 201 horsepower (150 kW) and 195 lb-ft (264 Nm) of torque, driving the front wheels through either a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.

That makes it more potent than the base Veloster 2.0 with its 147 hp (110 kW) and 132 lb-ft (179 Nm) of torque, but less powerful than the N with its 2.0-liter turbo four rated at 275 hp (205 kW) and 260 lb-ft (353 Nm). But as much of a performance bargain as the Veloster N may seem, the Veloster Turbo is much more affordable, starting at just $22,900 for the base Turbo R-Spec, rising to $25,400 for the automatic Turbo, and topping out at $26,650 for the loaded Turbo Ultimate (with the manual – the automatic costs an extra $1,500).

Though Hyundai didn’t release pricing info for these performance upgrades, we presume they’ll cost you less than trading your car in for the N. Plus, they’ll make your ride sportier, and after all, while the Turbo is down on power compared to the N, it’s no slouch, either.