Hyundai Venue, chintu size suv with tons of features
In market all companies are investing in compact suv, likely Hyundai also debut in this garage, Hyundai recently launched its compact suv names Venue. Under the hood of Venue we get three engine options with three transmission options which are following.
1.2 litre petrol engine – MT
1.5 litre Diesel engine – MT
1.0 litre turbo petrol – MT / DCT / IMT
In India venue is the first clutch less manual vehicle ,
which Hyundai called it intelligent manual transmission (IMT), it’s get 24 variants with special sport version. Coming to the dimensions, It’s length is 3995 mm , width is 1770 mm ,
height is 1605 mm and ground clearance is 195 mm which is very impressive. In top variants we gets 16” dual tone alloy
wheels, which we also gets in the Creta. In front we get we get squared projector headlamps with led drl’s which turns indicators ,
and also got fog lamps, in back we get led crystal taillights . This is the Hyundai’s vehicle so there is lots of features and
tech which can be available in Venue. In interior we get simple clean dashboard, also gets a 20.32 cm squared shaped touchscreen infotainment system with
android auto and apple car play, at centre console we get wireless charging pad (first in the segment), usb C type charging port, Hyundai’s air purifier, automatic climate control ,
front center armrest. We also gets electric sunroof , rear AC vents , cooled glove box , adjustable steering wheel , engine start/stop button ,
indicators on outside rear view mirror, rear wiper washers with defogger and many more. So in safety venue gets 6 airbags, ABS , EBD , brake assist, traction control , electronic stability control (ESC), vehicle stability control ,
Hill hold control , isofix child seat anchor point , SOS button , road side assist , cornering fog lamps , reverse camera with parking sensors ,
driver rear view monitor ( DRVM ) . The elephant in the room is , Venue is India’s first connected car , So the fact is Venue gets the Hyundai’s Bluelink
in this Bluelink we get 33 connected features like remote to engine start stop, remote door lock unlock , voice command, climate control by phone , navigation, geo fencing and many more . So in this chotu suv we get a special sports variants ,
in this sports variant we didn’t get any changes in the engine but gets some cosmetic changes like sports badging on doors, red treatment on brake calipers , red inserts on roof rails ,
shark fin antenna, glossy black front grill with red treatment , dual tone exterior colours options , sporty metal pedals , all black interior , D cut steering wheel
which we also seen in the creta and much more. So in this venue we get 9 colours options with dual tone interior options .
1.Fiery red
2.Polar White
3.Typhoon silver
4.Denim Blue
5.Deep Forest
6.Titan Grey
7.Lava Orange
8.Polar White, phantom black roof
9.Titan Grey, phantom black roof
However this Creta’s sibling , costs starts from 6.92 lakhs to 11.70 lakhs ( ex-showroom ) .
At this price range it rival with Kia sonet , Ford ecosport , Maruti Suzuki breeza , mahindra xuv 300 , Tata nexon , Renault kiger , Honda WRV , Nissan magnite , but comparing this from its rivals we expect some more features like ventilated seats , panoramic sunroof , all led headlamps , digital instrument cluster,
auto dimming IRVM , 360 degree parking camera , front parking sensors , but we hope that we get this in it’s next generation. Well this family car gets good price range with some great features, and will get good position in this league .
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