JANUARY 10 - 16 | 2020
2020 Hyundai Venue review
Ŷ PERFECT STARTER: New Hyundai Venue offers outstanding safety at an affordable price. RELEASED here in July 2019 Hyundai Venue is the newest, and smallest, member of the Korean carmaker’s growing SUV range. At a smidgeon over four metres in length it’s one of the shortest of all models in the compact SUV market. Three variants are offered: Go, Active and Elite at prices ranging from $19,990 to $25,990 plus on-roads. With the Accent hatchback now dropped Venue becomes the entry-level model in the Hyundai range.
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STYLING Venue’s chunky body is neat and functional without the fussiness of many of its competitors. The front is dominated by a large vertical grille flanked by small stacked headlights, with the profile featuring wide wheel arches, character lines and side clad-
ding which give it a semi-rugged look, as do By ALISTAIR KENNEDY standard roof rails in all models. Venue Elite adds further character with mounted touchscreen that melds neatly into the dashboard. two-tone roof and matching mirrors caps. Hyundai Venue a flat roofline that provides Wheels sizes and material start at 15-inch steel on the Go, 15-inch alloys on the Active enough space for all but very tall occupants. Seats are wide and comfortable and even and 17-inch alloys on the Elite. with the rear seats in use there’s 355 litres of cargo space ENGINE / TRANSMISSIONS All Venue models are powered by the same 1.6-litre petrol engine with maximum SAFETY Standard across the Venue range are outputs of 90 kW and 151 Nm. The two lower-specced models have the option of six- front, side, thorax and curtain airbags; enspeed manual or six-speed automatic trans- hanced ABS brakes; electronic stability program; hill-start assist; IsoFix child seat mission, the Elite is auto-only. restraint anchors as well as Hyundai’s SmartSense suite that includes driver attention INTERIOR The interior has clean lines, well-posi- warning; autonomous emergency braking; tioned buttons and controls and a centrally- lane keeping assist; high beam assist and
tyre pressure monitoring The mid-spec Active adds LED daytime running lights and rear parking sensors while the Elite also gets blind spot collision warning and rear cross-traffic collision warning. INFOTAINMENT The infotainment system is based around an 8-inch tablet style touchscreen. Standard in all models are Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, as well as Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity. There’s a four-speaker audio system in Go with two extra speakers in higher grades. Elite and Launch Edition add satellite navigation with SUNA live traffic updates and DAB+ digital radio.
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4X4 DUAL CAB XTR DRIVEAWAY FROM
$ 46, 990*
PLUS 3 Y E A R S / 4 5, 0 0 0 k m FREE SCHEDULED SERVICING^
ONE MILE MOTORS 10-14 TEMPLETON ST, WANGARATTA 03 5721 5677 LMCT1060 Private Buyers only. Offers not available in conjunction with other offers. *Recommended Promotional Driveaway Price for 2019 Mazda BT-50 4x4 Dual Cab Utility XTR manual only. ^3 years free scheduled servicing applies to up to three standard scheduled services (as specified in the Service Warranty Booklet) for the first three years or 45,000km, whichever comes first. Free scheduled maintenance services must be redeemed within specified service windows and is of limited scope. Offer available to vehicles sold and delivered by 30/11/2019.
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