Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept Rocks 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
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2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
Just the Facts:- The Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept cleverly blends a grown-up ride with elements from the skateboarding and biking cultures. It debuts at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.
- The Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept gets a dual-function convertible roof that rolls backward and forward.
- Repurposed skateboards are used to line the cargo floor, while the color palette for the concept was influenced by the emerging fixed-gear bicycle culture, Hyundai noted.
LOS ANGELES — The Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept cleverly blends a grown-up ride with elements from the skateboarding and biking cultures. It debuts at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.
The Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept gets a dual-function convertible roof that rolls backward and forward.
Repurposed skateboards are used to line the cargo floor and rear seatbacks, while the color palette — red, white, black and teal — was influenced by the emerging fixed-gear bicycle culture, Hyundai noted.
The Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept may be one of the few vehicles at the show to succeed at combining personal transportation for kids with a versatile convertible that adults can relate to.
It was designed by Hyundai Design North America and clearly influenced by California's hyperactive sports scene.
The C3 designation stands for convertible three-door. The concept gets a canvas roof that opens to the rear or the windshield of the vehicle. A tailgate replaces the hatchback for "added utility," said Hyundai in a statement.
Other details include a flat black spoiler, 18-inch wheels with chrome inserts, sculpted side skirts and large exhaust pipes.
The C3 concept gets the 201-horsepower 1.6-liter turbocharged GDI four-cylinder engine used in the 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo.
Edmunds says: Does the Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept get your vote for "it" vehicle of the 2012 Los Angeles Show? Or is there a more compelling choice?
