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Veloster N Wins 2020 Performance Car of the Year | Hyundai N

11.07.2019

  • Road & Track Editors Considered the 2020 Finalists the Most Exciting Field of Contestants to Ever Compete for the Award
  • Veloster N One of Only Two Contestants Priced Below $30,000

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 4, 2019 - Hyundai Veloster N has won the highly selective and prestigious Road & Track Performance Car of the Year honor for 2020. Veloster N, with a base price well under $30,000, emerged the victor in an arena with considerably more expensive world-class challengers, including the Toyota Supra, Lexus RC F Track Edition, Lotus Evora GT, McLaren 600LT Spider, Lamborghini Huracan Evo, BMW M2 Competition, Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Nissan GT-R Nismo and Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Club.

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On behalf of our entire N product development team, I couldn’t be more proud of the Veloster N receiving Road & Track’s prestigious Performance Car of the Year award for 2020. We’re even more satisfied to make such a fun-to-drive car affordable to a wide range of buyers and driving skill levels, as these were key development targets for the Veloster N.

Head of Hyundai’s global research and development teams

Albert Biermann

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Never has the disparity been greater between the capabilities of a modern fast car and what is legally possible. The new definition of performance isn’t what a car can do, but what it will do on a good road. The Veloster N is what a great front-wheel-drive car should feel like, a delight that welds a smile to your face every time you drive it. It cheers you on, treating you like the hero. And it came from a company that had no reason to build it. Chevrolet has to make a Corvette; Porsche, a 911. Short of a giant meteorite or nuclear winter, those names will always exist. Cars like the Veloster N are more special, crafted not of obligation, but for the sheer joy of driving.

Road & Track editors

Road & Track editors were clearly smitten with Veloster N’s fun-per-dollar ratio:

Don't sleep on the Hyundai Veloster N. Though it may be the only front-wheel drive car in this year's test, it's still massively fun to drive. With a starting price under $28,000, it represents one of the best value cases here. Also worth noting: it's the only car here that can't be optioned with an automatic transmission. That's right, manual only, just how we like it.

Road & Track editors

To be eligible for the Performance Car of the Year test, vehicles must be series-production, street-legal cars that push the limits of performance and pleasure on both road and track. The winning Performance Car of the Year was determined using the following criteria:

  • Outright speed and testing numbers are part of the package but they don’t determine the winner. Beyond sheer pace, a car has to bring emotion to the table.
  • The car must embrace track duty while still being enjoyable on the road.
  • Technology has to be used in service to the driver, not just added speed. Feedback and sensation via complexity is great but complexity alone doesn’t cut it.
  • Lastly, would any other manufacturer build it? Does the car feel uniquely of its story and brand?

The seventh-annual comparison test appears in the December/January issue, on newsstands November 26, and on RoadandTrack.com now.