现代近日在北美车展发布了第二代飞思，虽然新车外观与老款车有很多相似之处，但实际上它的内部改变很大。首先，新车比老款车更大，长度增加20毫米，宽度增加10毫米。虽然车身高度没有变化，但新车后排头部空间增加了15毫米。新车的设计也是新的，按照现代美国公司小型车产品经理MichaelEvanoff的话说：“与老款车相比，2019款车型机器盖和A柱进一步向后，形成更长，更短粗的引擎盖，新车的轮拱线条进行了改款，在轮圈周围增加了新的空气帘功能，进一步优化的气动布局。引擎盖把手的位置更高，靠近风挡，更容易找到。“新车仍保留了飞思传统的轿跑车造型，仍采用驾驶员一侧单门，乘客一侧双门布局。新车仍采用中置排气尾管。而新车后悬挂从原来的扭力梁变成了取自伊兰特GT和运动版的多连杆后悬。车辆转向比也更快，进一步提升了驾驶乐趣。新车可提供两种引擎，其中入门级搭载一台2.0升直列四缸引擎，功率147马力，扭矩132磅-英尺（约合179牛米），比老款车搭载的1.6升引擎增加了15马力和12磅-英尺（约合16牛米），与该引擎搭配的是六速手动或自动变速器。而飞思Turbo仍搭载1.6升四缸涡轮引擎，功率201马力，扭矩195磅-英尺（约合264牛米）@1500转/分，而老款车达到峰值扭矩是1750转/分，搭配六速手动或七速双离合变速器。
2019 Hyundai Veloster Gets A Racy Redesign
The Hyundai Veloster is back for a second generation, and although it looks rather similar to the last one on the outside, plenty has changed beneath the surface.
For starters, the 2019 Veloster is a little larger than the previous version, growing by 0.8 inch in length and 0.4 inch in width. Although the car’s overall height is the same, the new Veloster thus improves rear headroom by a welcome 0.6 inch.
The design is also new, informed by a mantra that Michael Evanoff, Hyundai Motor America’s manager of product planning for small cars, calls, “City Rally Car.” Compared to the outgoing Veloster, the 2019 model’s cowl and A-pillar are moved backward to create a longer and less stubby hood, its fender line has been reshaped, and new functional “air curtains” around the wheels help aerodynamics. The liftgate’s handle is now relocated higher up, near the wiper, so it’s easier to grab.
Many quirky styling cues remain, however. Primarily, the fact that there’s one long coupe-style door on the driver’s side and two doors on the passenger side. And there’s still a center-exit exhaust. Unlike so many modern sporty cars, those exhaust tips are actually the exhaust, not just ornamental finishers.
That rear suspension is one of the biggest changes designed to make the 2019 Hyundai Veloster sportier. Where the old car had a torsion-bar rear, the new one has a multilink arrangement borrowed from the Elantra GT and Elantra Sport. The car’s steering ratio is also quicker than before, another stab at improving the fun-to-drive quotient.
The two engine options pretty much mirror what was offered on the old Veloster. The base mill is a 2.0-liter inline-four with 147 horsepower and 132 pound-feet, gains of 15 hp and 12 lb-ft versus the outgoing 1.6-liter base engine. The engine pairs with a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic.
The Veloster Turbo returns with a 1.6-liter turbo-four, rated for 201 hp and 195 lb-ft. Those are the same ratings as before, though the new engine does deliver its peak torque earlier, at 1,500 rpm versus 1,750. It’s paired either to a six-speed manual or a seven-speed dual-clutch.