Comments by "Stephen Hendricks" (@stephenhendricks103) on "" video.

@TerribleUsernameAmirite Hyundai felt, correctly I think, that the Veloster N with its lower price point and lighter weight would attract enough additional buyers to make it more profitable in the US. In general it appears that Hyundai decided to introduce one or the other vehicle in most, if not all, national markets. Europeans get the i30N reflecting the appeal of sports sedans in those markets while North Americans get the "hot hatch" Veloster N, instead.
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@TerribleUsernameAmirite Undoubtedly. As long as they don't have to actually purchase the i30N at a significantly higher price. Internet preferences are worth exactly what you pay for them.
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Sorry, Yuri. I drove MT's for about 40 years before purchasing a DSG version of the GTI in 2013. I get the feeling that those who complain about its lack of "engagement" don't understand that in manual mode the DSG provides the same level of "engagement" as a manual transmission which in fact the DSG is--an automated manual transmission that simply eliminates the requirement to manually disengage/engage the clutch. Try this thought experiment. Imagine that in an alternate reality the DSG had been around for decades before the introduction of a three pedal version of a manual transmission. Had that been the case I strongly suspect that there would be howls of protest that a conventional MT needlessly introduced the requirement to manually depress the clutch when selecting another gear. Why introduce a "feature" that slowed the reaction of the vehicle in the process of selecting a gear when a flick of a thumb on a paddle shifter or a push/pull on the gear selector between the seats resulted in the same outcome quicker than a human being could possibly accomplish while reducing overall performance to boot. A conventional MT would be widely viewed as a step backwards. I consider the DSG in my GTI to offer the best of both worlds. When I drive in manual mode, as I do about 80% of the time, I select each gear just as I always did with a conventional manual transmission. And when I'm stuck in traffic creeping along at 2-25 mph every 100 yards, I simply let the DSG select the appropriate gear. Less "engaging?" I suppose it is but repeatedly pumping the clutch pedal in that environment is hardly a driving experience I crave. The only "engagement" I lose with the DSG is that the transmission automatically downshifts to second and then to first gear as I slow to a stop even in manual mode. Again, that's not an experience I long for. Finally, there's one other engaging experience I miss in my tuned GTI, the periodic clutch replacement necessitated by the increased power of the GTI's engine. The stock GTI clutch can't handle the additional torque and horsepower of the tuned engine; the DSG has no difficulty doing so. So I've traded the "engagement" of clutch replacement with significantly greater power of a Stage I tuned GTI engine. Seems like a fair trade to me.
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