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Originally Posted by thill
I have been seeing them around as well. I just about see one everyday now. I actually give kudos to Hyundai for being different on the styling, and the car has lots of standard features, for the money (I test drove one). But man that car is horrible to drive. For those of you who think the FRZ is slow, don't drive one of these... The driving dynamics are awful (vague handling, crappy suspension). It is typical Hyundai. They have unique styling (some love it, some hate it), they give you tons of features and options at a good price with good MPG. But they offer poor driving dynamics and a vague transmission and poor handling.
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To be fair, even the Veloster turbo is quite a bit cheaper than the FR-S and has much more standard equipment, and even when it's fully loaded comes out to at least $1500 less than the FR-S. The average buyer probably would get more use out of the Veloster. The Veloster isn't sold as a hot hatch but a faster version of the regular car (no suspension mods) and it's built on the decidedly unsporty Elantra platform (Mac struts, torsion beam).
Different cars for different markets.