VENUE NEED TO ARRIVE IN STYLE
I NEED NOT EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE VENUE is for Hyundai, as it enters new, unexplored territory. And the same can be said about our drive location as we head to the North East where a lot is yet to be discovered.
Starting from the rain-washed roads of Guwahati, we drove on one of the best driving roads in India that leads to Shillong in the neighbouring state of Meghalaya.
There are three engine options to pick from: two petrol and one diesel. We got our hands on the much-anticipated 1.0-litre turbo petrol with the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and the tried and trusted 1.4-litre diesel which gets a six-speed manual. Since the 1.2-litre petrol manual was not available during this drive, we hope to review that in one of the forthcoming issues of Car India.
No matter which engine you choose, the exterior design looks identical. Many of my colleagues feel it looks like a sub-four-metre version of the more premium Creta, which I feel works in favour of the smaller SUV. Talking about size, the Venue has a width of 1,770 millimetres and is 1,590 mm high, making it neither the tallest nor the widest in the segment, but
