The second-generation Hyundai Venue and its sportier sibling, the Venue N Line, are set to launch on November 4, 2025. While the turbo-petrol engine is common to both versions of this compact SUV, the standard Venue has more powertrain options. Their exterior designs and feature lists continue to vary, and the 2025 Hyundai Venue N Line is expected to come with a tweaked, stiffer suspension setup. Continue reading to find out the major differences between these popular Hyundai models.
New Hyundai Venue vs N Line: Variants, engine and gearbox options
Venue comes in 7 trims, while the N Line is available in 2.
The carmaker announced a fresh trim nomenclature at the 2025 Venue reveal last month and will offer the car in seven trims: HX2, HX4, HX5, HX6, HX7, HX8 and HX10, arranged from base to top. As for the Venue N Line, the variant nomenclature is unchanged, with the N6 continuing to serve as the base trim. However, the top-spec N8 has been discontinued and replaced by a new N10 trim.
The standard Venue is available with one of these powertrains: an 83hp 1.2-litre naturally aspirated petrol with 5MT, a 116hp 1.5-litre diesel with 6MT/6AT or a 120hp 1-litre turbo-petrol with 6MT/7DCT, as we recently reported. The N Line SUV, as mentioned earlier, will be available only with the turbo-petrol engine, a direct-injection unit that can be paired with either a manual or a dual-clutch automatic gearbox.
New Hyundai Venue vs Venue N Line: Exterior design
N Line features bigger 17-inch alloy wheels, red accents on the body
Up front, the full-width LED light bar, quad LED headlight cluster, L-shaped daytime running lamps (DRLs), rectangular grille and a silver finish on the bumper are common between the siblings. The sportier SUV distinguishes itself with a distinct design for the grille’s horizontal slats, N Line badging and a slightly tweaked bumper.
Red accents around the body and on the roof rails, along with red brake calipers are exclusive to the N Line, which also skips the Exter-like plastic cladding around the wheels offered on the standard Venue. Further, the N Line’s star-shaped 17-inch alloy wheels with an ‘N’ logo in the centre are an inch bigger than those of the standard version.
As for the rear, the N Line sports a prominent dual-ridge roof spoiler, while the standard Venue settles for a traditional unit. An N Line badge on the tailgate, a sportier bumper with red accents and dual exhaust tips are other differentiating features. Do note that the availability of some features may vary depending on the variant.
Colours
Excluding the Mystic Sapphire paint option, the new Venue N Line comes in the same colours as the standard Venue, including Dragon Red, Titan Grey, Abyss Black, Atlas White, Atlas White with black roof, Hazel Blue and Hazel Blue with black roof. The Dragon Red shade with black roof is offered only with the Venue N Line.
New Hyundai Venue vs Venue N Line: Interior and features
Ioniq 5 N-like steering wheel offered with the Venue N Line
While the all-black theme of the N Line stands out from the dual-tone cabin of the Venue, the former’s most prominent upgrade has to be its sportier steering wheel, which looks very similar to that of the Ioniq 5 N. It integrates the drive and traction mode selectors and features red stitching. Other notable changes include N Line-specific gear knobs, red ambient lighting, metal pedals, and black leatherette seats with N Line embossing. The Venue also has a new steering wheel with four illuminated dots representing the letter ‘H’ in Morse code instead of the traditional Hyundai logo. Depending on the trim, goodies like dual 12.3-inch screens, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, ventilated front seats and an 8-speaker Bose sound system are available.
New Hyundai Venue vs Venue N Line: Safety tech
N Line’s ADAS suite adds rear radar unit
Six airbags, disc brakes for all wheels, a tyre-pressure monitoring system (TPMS) and an electronic parking brake with auto hold are common safety features on the Venue and the Venue N Line. Both also feature a Level 2 ADAS suite with a front camera and radar, but the N Line also adds a rear radar unit. Notably, the new Venue and Venue N Line offer 16 and 21 ADAS features, respectively.
Suraj Viswanathan
