Bought the 2012 Veloster shortly after its introduction. It has all of the trim options available, though I never learned to use them. This car has had a lot of pesky recalls, but that is like a lot of vehicles. There have been NO problems for my car, except for an inexpensive part repair in the steering column at about 90K miles. I bought this car because of 1) the great m.p.g., 2) the sporty appearance, and 3) to more easily navigate city traffic. My only complaints are: 1) the seats are not well-padded nor provide lumbar support, but they hold you great when zipping around sharp curves in the mountains, 2) it sits so low to the ground (as sporty cars do), which make it difficult for a tall and older person to get in and out. Those who desire a lot of power would probably be disappointed.

This car looks good, that is about the extent of it. I got it in 2017, within the first year the transmission died on me, at about 55K miles. I was fortunate to have purchased an extended warranty from Car Max where I got it. Less than 2K miles after that, the engine blew and had to be replaced, again under warranty. Lots of small plastic parts have broken on it, the plastic seems to just rot super quick, the covers that hide the seam of the windsheild and car, one flew off when I was driving, some small plastic piece that allowed me to push the gas pedal down broke, a handle broke. The sunroof rusted around it. The AC started to die, but it was not the AC, it was the button. They made the button for the AC compresser have a light around it, and for some reason that button shorts out, and it will work on a higher setting for a while, then finally frizz out. Then the monitor of the radio just bubbled up and the touch screen wont work anymore. It looks like there is a thin piece of plastic covering the monitor and basically over night it looked bubbly and that was the end of that. I took it back for 4 or 5 recalls in the time I have owned it, mind you it only has 92K miles on it now. The insane part of the recalls was that one of them was a fire hazard and they told me not to park it near a building or in a garage because of that. So I was parking it in the street for months while I waited for my appointment to arrive, I could not get a sooner appointment and I was paranoid to drive. I do not drive a lot anyhow. Ive never owned such a hunk of junk before, quite literally, the car is worse than my 1999 Saturn I purchased new. Stay away from this piece of crap, or plan to spend a lot of time fixing it.

This car was a NIGHTMARE. It hardly ran the entire time I had it - I replaced just about everything in the fuel line at least once. It refused to throw the CEL so it was always a guessing game. It’s bad when a dealership calls you and tells you it nearly killed one of their techs and that there’s nothing they can do, so you have to go pick it up and just leave it parked in front of your house.