Hyundai has formally pulled the covers off the new-gen Venue and commenced bookings for the compact SUV, with prices set to be disclosed on November 4. The new Venue sports a fully overhauled design and a more upmarket interior over the existing model. Let's take a look at everything that separates the old and new Venue.
Hyundai Venue new vs old exterior design
New Venue is taller and wider.
At 3,995mm in length, 1,800mm in width, and 1,665mm in height, the new Venue is 48mm taller and 30mm wider than the current model. The latter is mostly due to the new Venue’s boxy flared fenders, which lend it a distinctive appearance. The wheelbase has also grown by 20mm (2,520mm), which, when combined with the height bump, should make for greater interior space.
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Other notable styling differentiators on the new Venue include a thoroughly redesigned fascia that incorporates an LED light bar with L-shaped DRLs extending into the main headlight units, a bonnet-mounted Hyundai emblem, a new rectangle-patterned grille, and a large silver skid plate.
Over to the side, the new Venue gets thicker and more squared-off body cladding than the existing model, along with a smoother profile, boxier glass area, larger and more angular roof rails, satin silver garnish on the D-pillar, sleeker wing mirrors, new 16-inch alloy wheels, and of course, the aforementioned flared fenders.
Current Venue has a larger rear light bar than its successor.
The new Venue’s rear end features a smaller LED light bar with integrated ‘VENUE’ lettering, a bigger roof spoiler, L-shaped reflectors, and a similar skid plate on the front. Overall, the new Venue has a much sharper and squared-off design than the current model.
Hyundai Venue new vs old interior
Much more premium dashboard layout with sleek dual-screen setup.
Coming to the cabin, the new Venue takes a veritable step up over its predecessor thanks to a completely revamped dashboard layout and a new blue-and-beige colour scheme. Gone is the current Venue’s freestanding 8-inch infotainment touchscreen, and in its place are curved dual 12.3-inch displays – bigger than even the ones in the Creta.
A beige panel runs across the width of the dashboard, with vertical AC vents on its extremities. There’s a brand-new flat-bottomed three-spoke steering wheel on offer too, which interestingly ditches the Hyundai emblem in favour of the four-dot motif you see in the Ioniq 5 and Creta Electric; the four dots represent ‘H’ in Morse code.
Lots more physical controls in the new Venue.
Lower down, the new Venue’s centre console does away with the current model’s trio of circular knobs, and instead comprises two rows of buttons separated by a small climate control display. The gear lever looks quite premium and is surrounded by more buttons, including a rotary drive mode selector and an electronic parking brake.
At the rear, Hyundai claims to have improved ingress/egress thanks to wider opening doors, and the increased wheelbase is touted to free up more legroom. In our review of the current Venue, we noted that its narrow width makes seating three adults abreast at the rear challenging, so it remains to be seen if the new model has rectified this.
Hyundai Venue new vs old features
Driver’s display is now fully digital.
In typical Hyundai fashion, the new Venue is quite well-equipped and gets lots of extra features over the current model. Chief among these are the new Venue's larger 12.3-inch screens, with the driver’s display now finally a fully digital unit as opposed to the part-digital one in the existing Venue. The infotainment system is expected to run updated software, and will receive over-the-air (OTA) updates too.
Ventilated front seats, Level 2 ADAS, ambient lighting, and more in new Venue.
Elsewhere, the new Venue trumps its predecessor with ventilated front seats, an electronic parking brake with auto hold, ambient lighting, rear sun blinds, and Level 2 ADAS. The latter enables additional features like adaptive cruise control, safe exit warning, rear cross-traffic collision avoidance, blind-spot collision avoidance, and more over the current Venue’s Level 1 ADAS suite. Hyundai also claims to have upped the strength of the new Venue’s body shell.
Hyundai Venue new vs old engine and gearbox options
Petrol and diesel engines to be carried over.
On this front, the new Venue is matched with the existing model. It continues to offer the same three engines: an 83hp, 1.2-litre naturally aspirated petrol; a 120hp, 1.0-litre turbo-petrol; and a 100hp, 1.5-litre turbo-diesel.
New Venue anticipated to offer automatic gearbox with diesel engine.
In the current Venue, the diesel and NA petrol engines are available with 6-speed and 5-speed manual gearboxes, respectively, whereas the turbo-petrol motor is offered with a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic too. Hyundai is expected to add a 6-speed torque converter automatic to the new Venue’s diesel gearbox options, but the entry-level petrol engine will likely carry on with its sole manual transmission.
