The Hyundai Veloster Turbo arrives in South Africa this week and we’ve got the pricing and some details.

The Veloster is a sporty coupe from the Korean brand that offers good looks as well as innovative doors. There’s a single door on the driver’s side, with two doors on the passenger side. It’s a strange combination, but it works.

One downside to the Hyundai Veloster was its performance. It’s 1.6-litre engine was never going to be a firecracker in outright thrills and instead offered adequate cruising ability. Hyundai has fitted a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine to the Veloster Turbo and this sounds a lot more promising. With 150 kW and 265 Nm on tap, performance is vastly improved and you’re now looking at something with a bit more street cred. I suspect this engine is identical to the 1.6-turbo used in the Kia Cerato Coupe, and if that’s anything to go by the results should be good.

The car will come in a six-speed manual transmission and you’ll see 100kph come up in a sporty 7.4 seconds. While it’s not a semi race car, it’s good to see some performance-orientated vehicles come from the Korean brand.

The Hyundai Veloster Turbo also comes with numerous go-faster visual upgrades. There’s a bigger front grille and bumper combination as well as big exhaust tips at the rear.

Pricing for the new Hyundai Veloster Turbo isR379 900 for the manual transmission, while the automatic retails for R399 900.