The New Hyundai Venue has been spied testing under heavy camouflage, hinting at a fresh design inspired by the Hyundai Santa Fe. Discover what’s coming next for this fan-favorite mid-size SUV in India. Nothing much can be seen due to a camo-skin on the car. Only the headlights gave a sneak peak and will most likely be similar to Hyundai Santa-Fe. Still comes as a mid-size suv and has been fan-favorite for a long time.
What does it get? New Hyundai Venue
with many cosmetic changes like newer front and a slight change on the back can be expected. The interiors are not to comment on yet, but will surely get some tech upgrades. Likely to get a curved dual display setup, new alloy wheel design, maybe a spoiler with a high mounted stop light. a reworked interior with changes on the dashboard. a speaker on top of the dashboard and a three spoke steering wheel similar to what we get in the N-line products but not sure if it will be available only for the Hyundai Venue N-line.
Variants?
Being a mid-size suv segment king, the venue come in a five seater configuration and sits very well with the pricing if chose with a variant that is good value for the buyer. The outgoing models with their pricing are listed as, The Hyundai Venue is offered in variants such as E (1.2 petrol MT) priced at around ₹7,94,100; E Plus (1.2 petrol MT) at about ₹8,32,100; S (1.2 petrol MT) for ~₹9,19,800; S Plus (1.2 petrol MT) ~₹9,53,000; S(O) (1.2 petrol MT) ~₹9,99,900; S(O) Knight (1.2 petrol MT) ~₹10,34,500; S(O) Plus Adventure (1.2 petrol MT) ~₹10,36,700; SX Executive (1.2 petrol MT) ~₹10,79,300; then the Executive Turbo (1.0 turbo petrol MT) ~₹9,99,990; moving up to SX (1.0 turbo petrol MT) ~₹11,32,000; SX Dual-Tone (1.0 turbo petrol MT) ~₹11,49,000; SX iMT (1.0 turbo petrol) ~₹11,60,000; SX Sport iMT (1.0 turbo petrol) ~₹12,04,000; SX(O) (1.0 turbo petrol MT) ~₹12,75,000; SX(O) Dual Tone (1.0 turbo petrol MT) ~₹12,87,000; SX(O) iMT (1.0 turbo petrol) ~₹13,03,000; SX(O) Sport iMT (1.0 turbo petrol) ~₹13,21,000; SX+ (1.0 turbo DCT automatic) ~₹13,34,000; SX+ Dual Tone (1.0 turbo DCT) ~₹13,34,000 (same as base SX+); then the diesel variants: E Diesel (1.5 diesel MT) ~₹9,61,000; S Diesel (1.5 diesel MT) ~₹10,67,000; SX Diesel (1.5 diesel MT) ~₹11,83,000; SX Diesel Dual Tone ~₹12,32,000; SX(O) Diesel (1.5 diesel MT) ~₹13,62,000; SX(O) Diesel Dual Tone ~₹13,76,000. Click to check out article fuel prices.
Competition:
It strongly competes with the Kia Sonet. Kia being a sister company to Hyundai always has alternatives to each other’s products. The sonet is more sportier looking than the venue but does not get any special variant like the N-line Venue. The variants of Kia Sonet give a tough competition to the Venue as all the Variants of Kia Sonet are as, Kia Sonet is offered in HTE at ₹7.99 lakh (1.2-litre petrol 5MT) and ₹9.79 lakh (1.5-litre diesel MT); HTE(O) at about ₹8.19 lakh (petrol) and ₹10.00 lakh (diesel); HTK at ~₹8.89 lakh (1.2P MT) and ₹10.39 lakh (1.5D MT); HTK(O) at ~₹9.25 lakh (petrol) and ~₹10.85 lakh (diesel); HTK+ at ~₹10.00 lakh (petrol NA), ~₹10.49 lakh (1.0-litre turbo petrol iMT) and ~₹11.45-11.39 lakh (1.5-litre diesel MT); HTX around ~₹11.56 lakh (petrol) and ~₹11.99-12.59 lakh (diesel, depending on MT/iMT); HTX+ priced about ~₹13.50-13.69 lakh (petrol/diesel mixed); GTX+ ~₹14.55 lakh (petrol automatic) and ~₹15.49 lakh (diesel automatic); X-Line variant at the top around ~₹14.69-15.75 lakh (petrol auto or top diesel depending on version).
Conclusion:
Venue is a great car and has been around for a long time and loved by the audience, so is the case with Sonet. The new venue is most likely to perform like its older variants where it gradually gains its liking in the audience. The only thing that is can bother Venue in its sales is a newer model of Sonet, if introduced anytime later. The new venue launches on 4th November, until then it is safe for the venue to enter the market.