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The three-door Veloster is an example of the hot automotive company's willingness to challenge industry conventions.

Once a Global Also-Ran, Hyundai Zooms Forward Mike Ramsey 2011

Hyundai Motor Co.'s sporty new 2012 Veloster three-door coupe has a fuel-economy game programmed into the screen that also displays the car's location, onboard entertainment and telecommunications.

The Back-Seat Driver in Your Dashboard Joseph B. White 2011

This is absolutely the coolest Ferrari of all time, "cool" insofar as it delivers brain-solvent performance without looking like it gives a damn what you think, cool insofar as its radical Pininfarina styling a "shooting brake," or three-door hatch GT waves a contemptuous finger at conventional wisdom.

The Coolest Ferrari Ever—Drive Carefully Dan Neil 2011

One red car stood out: Hyundai's new three-door sporty hatchback called Veloster, which hit showrooms here in May and is slowly rolling out globally.

Bright Colors Struggle to Bloom in South Korea's Silver-Car Nation Evan Ramstad 2011

And yet there is some essence of Mininess in the DS3, some inescapable core quality that goes beyond the mundane fact that it is a small three-door car.

On the road: Citroën DS3 1.6 THP DSport Andrew Anthony 2010

Unlike previous efforts at three-door coupes, including the Mini Clubman and Mazda RX8, the door opens independently of the front and swings wide enough to make ingress/egress easy.

A Bargain-Priced Hatch Dan Neil 2011

Hyundai Motor America The Veloster—a three-door one on the left, two on the right hatchback with a direct-injection 1.6-liter and choice of six-speed manual or dual-clutch automatic—comes standard with 17-inch alloy wheels, four-wheel disc brakes, LED headlight accents, Bluetooth, XM satellite radio, and more.

The Hyundai Veloster 2011

The patina of a worn brown-leather soccer ball in one photo inspired the leather-wrapped door handles on the upcoming Mini Paceman, a three-door crossover coupe that goes into production next year.

The Man Who Reinvents Wheels Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

The Veloster—a three-door (one on the left, two on the right) hatchback with a direct-injection 1.6-liter and choice of six-speed manual or dual-clutch automatic—comes standard with 17-inch alloy wheels, four-wheel disc brakes, LED headlight accents, Bluetooth, XM satellite radio, a 7-inch color touch screen with a Pandora app (that syncs up to your iPhone), and more.

A Bargain-Priced Hatch Dan Neil 2011

I was driving as if I was in a three-door supermini with a small engine, which was an understandable error, because that's exactly what I was in.

On the road: VW Polo BlueMotion 1.2 TDI 75 Andrew Anthony 2010