Several months with Hyundai's small SUV was enough to identify some serious strengths – and some niggling weaknesses.
This might be the top-spec Venue on offer, but those hoping for luxury and leeway might want to look elsewhere.
Not quite an SUV, not quite a hatchback, the Venue finds its superpowers in small city streets.
Hyundai’s compact SUV is becoming more and more common on our roads. We’re here to find out if you should join the herd.
To summarise, the Venue offers an affordable pricepoint, excellent exterior dimensions and visibility, competitive ownership costs and unique looks. Its interior may or may not work for you, depending on how many kids you have and how often you need to use the full boot. Its downsides are that it lacks a premium feel and polish behind the wheel, and could offer more active safety and driver-assistance features...
The 2020 Hyundai Venue Elite we’ve welcomed into the CarAdvice garage for a long-term loan is resplendent in its shade of Fiery Red paint, serving as the sassy younger sister to Hyundai’s popular Kona small SUV.
The traditional city car is potentially under threat of extinction from pint-sized SUVs. We pitch Hyundai’s new, Accent-replacing Venue against Kia’s established Rio to see whether the sports utility vehicle or hatchback is best equipped for a life of urban motoring.
The Hyundai Venue presents as a great car for singles and empty nesters who live an urban lifestyle but want the styling and practicality of an SUV – pretty much nailing its intended purpose. It's easy to manoeuvre around town while being surprisingly practical inside, can put up with the odd highway stint, and packs in a healthy list of features for the price of most entry-level competitors...
Chinese-owned British brand MG was on a sabbatical from the Australian market in 2015 and 2016, yet it’s now threatening to break into the top 10 sales chart. After just 600 sales in 2017, it’s currently on track to shift about 14,000 units in 2020. With 2018 registering a 401 per cent year-on-year increase, this isn’t a COVID-inspired trend...
Everyone seems to want an SUV at the moment. Australia's mainstream car market declined 12.5 per cent in January, but the SUV market held strong to only fall 1.5 per cent. Given those conditions, manufacturers are tripping over themselves to introduce new high-riding models to the ultra-competitive Australian car market. And Hyundai is no different...
The traditional city car is potentially under threat of extinction from pint-sized SUVs. We pitch Hyundai’s new, Accent-replacing Venue against Kia’s established Rio to see whether the sports utility vehicle or hatchback is best equipped for a life of urban motoring.
Given the average age of a car on Australian roads has increased to 10.4 years, it's fair to say plenty of us are holding out on upgrading to newer models. As such, many consumers might find that when the time comes to trade in, their beloved car has disappeared from showrooms...
2021 Hyundai Venue gets a handful of upgrades from the previous model Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto now standard Entry-level Venue drops its 'Go' badge Prices rise by $500, starting at $20,690 plus on-road costs to $26,490 plus on-road costs The 2021 Hyundai Venue has been updated for the new year, with a number of features added across the model line-up...
Prices for the 2020 Hyundai i30, 2020 Hyundai Venue and 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe have changed this month as part of an update to the company's line-up. The Hyundai i30 1.6-litre diesel Go and Active models will no longer be available with a manual transmission, as the South Korean car company implements changes across its line-up...
ANCAP has awarded the Tesla Model X, Audi A7 and Q8, and the MG HS five stars in its latest round of crash tests, but the Hyundai Venue city SUV fell short. The independent safety body called the all-electric Tesla Model X the "standout performer" among the five cars tested, record-equalling scores for adult occupant protection and safety assist...
