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To any sane onlooker, a Hyundai Veloster tackling a high-speed wet lap of the famously treacherous 21km Nurburgring Nordschleife should make for some very uncomfortable viewing.
This place isn’t known as the “Green Hell” for nothing. You need to be brave, if not downright courageous, to drive flat-out here. And that’s on a dry track.
But with the South Korean maker becoming the latest manufacturer to open a test centre at this famous German circuit that has become the benchmark for dynamic testing, these sorts of fiery baptisms will become commonplace for its new models.
CarAdvice has been given exclusive access to run the gauntlet in the company’s $31,990 Hyundai Veloster Turbo.
This is a hatch that looks like it means business – especially when cloaked in the optional matte black paint that nods convincingly to the car’s serious sporting intentions.
The Turbo’s main attraction, though, is its 1.6-litre direct injection turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 150kW of power and 265Nm of torque. And that’s on regular unleaded.
Essentially, it’s the same 1.6-litre as the entry-level Veloster, but with an intercooled twin-scroll turbo and a 9.5:1 compression ratio. The turbo’s wastegate is motor driven to more tightly control the maximum 18psi boost pressure.
Hyundai doesn’t publish performance figures, but unofficial testing of the Veloster Turbo with six-speed manual has recorded times of 6.5 seconds for the benchmark 0-100km/h sprint. Top speed is better than 235km/h.
Here at the Nordschleife we’re testing the optional six-speed automatic with paddleshifters, which adds $2000 to the Turbo’s $31,990 price tag and is claimed to be even quicker than the manual.
In fact, Hyundai admits the Turbo makes too much torque for the double-clutch transmission offered with the base Veloster.
Nestled among the Eifel Mountains in western Germany, the Nurburgring’s 20.8km Nordschleife (Northern Loop) is arguably one of the most difficult and dangerous tracks anywhere in the world
To tackle “Green Hell” in the wet, you need to be a professional racing driver, Ring-experienced or stark raving mad, as there are simply no run-off areas on many of the most treacherous sections. The tarmac itself is a patchwork of more than 40 different consistencies and surfaces, some of which provide as much traction as an ice rink during downpours.
So in the passenger seat we have Belgian driver Dirk Schoysman providing some worthwhile wet-weather instruction.
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