New Hyundai Venue revealed ahead of November 4 launch

Hyundai has released the first official pictures of the second-generation Venue, showing the full exterior and interior of the new compact SUV. Price announcement for the new Venue is scheduled for November 4, and the company has already commenced bookings for a token amount of Rs 25,000. The new Venue carries forward the three engine options of its predecessor, but gets a completely overhauled design and a more premium interior with lots of new features.

1. New Venue is marginally larger than its predecessor
2. Interior gets new twin 12.3-inch curved infotainment displays
3. Gets both petrol and diesel engine options

New Hyundai Venue exterior design

The new Venue cuts a striking figure with sharp character lines, full-width LED light bars and lots of chunky body cladding for the all-important SUV aesthetics. The fascia is defined by an edge-to-edge LED light bar that drops down into the main, quad-beam LED headlamp cluster, somewhat resembling inverted horns. It also gets a wide, rectangular new grille and a pronounced front bumper finished in silver with plenty of muscular details. There are functional air vents on the bumper, and a well-sculpted bonnet, too.

In profile, the sharp character lines over the wheel arches  appear like a mix of the ones on the Tucson and Exter and are a lot more pronounced than they were on the outgoing Venue. There’s generous use of side cladding near the door sills and over the wheel arches, and this time around, there’s a provision of a rear quarter glass as well. The blacked-out C-pillar also gets a silver garnish with the name inscribed on it, and there’s a new design for the 16-inch alloy wheels.

The rear is characterised by a full-width LED light bar, which has almost become a design staple these days. It is enclosed in a contrasting black trim which has the ‘Venue’ lettering in the middle. Meanwhile, the rear bumper mimics the front with muscular details and dual-tone cladding, some of which also extends upwards to the tailgate. There are also L-shaped reflectors on both sides.

In terms of dimensions, the new Venue is marginally longer than its predecessor. Measuring 3995mm in length, 1800mm in width and 1665mm in height, it is 48mm taller and 30mm wider than before. The wheelbase has also grown by 20mm, now measuring 2520mm.

New Hyundai Venue interior and features

On the inside, the biggest talking point is the new curved display comprising two 12.3-inch screens – larger even than the Creta’s. Thankfully, though, Hyundai has retained plenty of physical buttons and dials on the center console for HVAC and media, as well as on the steering wheel. Speaking of which, the new steering does not get the traditional Hyundai logo, but instead gets four illuminated dots which represent the letter ‘H’ in Morse code, much like on the Ioniq 5.

Elsewhere, the dashboard gets a dual-tone theme (dark navy and grey), where the center panel, again, is meant to resemble an ‘H’ with the vertical AC vents at the outer edges. It gets a textured finish for a premium appeal, and also has the word ‘Venue’ inscribed on it. The center console has also been redesigned to house the buttons for the ventilated seats, parking camera, electronic parking brake and even drive and traction modes which are new additions to the Venue. Plus, there’s use of ambient lighting to highlight some of the surfaces like the dashboard and center console.  

Other feature additions on the new Venue include a 2-step recline function for the rear seats, rear window sunshades, new two-tone leatherette upholstery, and front parking sensors, among others. Hyundai says there’s improved legroom in the second row thanks to the longer wheelbase, and ingress and egress is also easier with wider opening doors.

New Hyundai Venue engine and specs

Mechanically, the new Venue remains identical to its predecessor. There are three engines on offer: a 120hp 1.0-litre turbo-petrol, an 83hp 1.2-litre naturally aspirated petrol and a 116hp 1.5-litre diesel. The base NA petrol engine is likely to be offered only with a manual gearbox, while the turbo-petrol will also get the option of a 7-speed DCT. Hyundai is also expected to offer a torque converter automatic with the diesel this time which was previously only available with a manual gearbox.

Hyundai has also used this opportunity to introduce a trim nomenclature. The new Venue will be available in 7 trims: HX2, HX4, HX5, HX6, HX7, HX8 and HX10. Upon its launch on November 4, the new Venue will continue to rival the likes of the Tata Nexon, Maruti Brezza, Kia Sonet and Mahindra XUV 3XO.