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The second-generation Hyundai Venue has been spied utterly undisguised on the streets of South Korea.
These photographs had been captured by Instagram consumer casper_i.vory, and revealed by The Korean Automotive Weblog. For the brand new mild SUV, Hyundai has saved the fundamental silhouette of its forebear, however there’s a brand new physique with a contemporary design language.
On the entrance, the Venue as soon as once more encompasses a break up headlight remedy, however this time the daytime working mild graphic extends down into the primary headlight unit.
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There’s a black plastic panel with a fake mild bar becoming a member of the 2 higher mild housings, whereas the design of bezels for the primary and high-beam headlights blends them, considerably, into the grille sample.
Outstanding creases above the wheel-arches give the comparatively flat sides a little bit of visible pleasure, and the outer edges of the gray wheel-arch protectors are not spherical.
Aft of the rear doorways there’s a brand new window, and the D-pillar is roofed with a slab of plastic that includes a body-colour island in a sea of gloss black.
Out the again, the tail-lights are housed in a skinny strip of black plastic stretching the width of the automotive, whereas the indications and reversing lights dwell in pods within the bumper. At each ends there’s loads of bashplate-style silver plastic.
On the within, a protracted rectangular slab stretches from forward of the driving force to the centre of the dashboard, and serves as a house for the touchscreen infotainment system and instrumentation show. Beneath the centre vents are an array of bodily buttons and knobs for the air-conditioning and audio methods.
The fashionable dashboard clashes with the fundamental centre tunnel that homes a handbook transmission and mechanical parking brake.
Presently, the Venue serves because the entry level to the native Hyundai SUV vary with costs ranging from $22,750 earlier than on-road prices. The bottom mannequin has a six-speed handbook, with all different variants geared up with a six-speed auto.
All native Venues are powered by a 90kW/151Nm 1.6-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine. We miss out on the diesel engines and smaller petrol motors supplied abroad.
Venue autos made in South Korea – together with these offered in Australia – missed out on an in depth facelift utilized to Indian-built autos from 2022. Venues produced in India and offered all through the Center East all sport a revised inside, and a front-end impressed by the then-contemporary Palisade massive SUV.
To the tip of September 2025, Hyundai has offered 6010 Venues in Australia, a rise of 17.9 per cent over the identical interval final 12 months. It’s at present ranked third within the mild SUV section by gross sales, behind the Mazda CX-3 (11,971) and Toyota Yaris Cross (8319), however forward of the Suzuki Jimny (5929) and Kia Stonic (5029).
There’s no phrase but on when the second-generation Venue could have its international debut, however it might’t be far-off now with undisguised prototypes cruising the streets. Nor do we all know if or when the second-generation mannequin will arrive Down Underneath.
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