My friend has a 2012 Veloster with the Style package and it' snot a pile of garbage. For the price of the car 18,500 the amount of bells and whistles is astounding. The car definitely has an interesting style which either you really love or hate..but it's not a piece of garbage.
Funny, my first car was an '81 Rabbit which I got when I was 18. I just got a new 2012 GTI on Sunday and I'm 34...last 3 cars have all been GTI's since 2003. Most of the people I see driving GTIs around here are definitely younger than me though!