Hyundai Venue has been launched in India at an introductory price of ₹6.5 lakh (ex-showroom). The highly-anticipated sub-compact SUV had created quite the buzz ever since it was first announced and the excitement was understandable -- there's finally a Hyundai car to take on names such as the Tata Nexon, Ford EcoSport, Mahindra XUV 300 and, of course, the segment-leader -- Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza.

It is to be noted that S.S. Kim, managing director and chief executive officer, Hyundai Motor India Ltd., said, "We are extremely delighted with the launch of Hyundai Venue in India. Venue will be India's first fully connected SUV equipped with our global BlueLink connected technology. The Indian market is at the centre of Hyundai's global growth plan and the launch of Venue will strengthen our commitment to the Indian market and fulfil our promise of creating a happy life for our customers."

Hyundai Venue exterior

Hyundai Venue - Front

The latest Hyundai SUV in India features a contemporary design tenet with the aim to set it apart from its competition. With the goal of facilitating the 'urban entrepreneur lifestyle', the Venue gets a vivid mesh pattern grille with a face that is characteristic of any car from the carmaker's stable. The sub-compact SUV's stance is further complemented by a rugged character line, silver skid plates, and pronounced wheel arches. This is rounded off with projector headlamps with LED DRLS, projector fog lamps, a shark fin antenna, roof rails, chrome outside door handles, diamond-cut alloy wheels, and LED tail-lamps.

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Hyundai Venue dimensions

Length        3,995 mm

Width         1,770 mm

Height (with roof rack)          1,605 mm

Wheelbase 2,500 mm

Fuel-tank capacity       45-litres

Hyundai is offering the car in a total of ten colour options, including seven single-tone options and three dual-tone options.

Hyundai Venue colour options

Polar White

Typhoon Silver

Fiery Red

Denim Blue

Lava Orange

Stardust

Denim Blue with Polar White roof

Polar White with Black roof

Deep Forest

Lava Orange with Phantom Black roof

The fact that it a Hyundai and that it will face rather intense competition in the segment, the Venue comes loaded with an impressive list of features, functionalities, and equipment. Depending on the selected variant, there's an air purifier, cooled glove box, a sunroof, rear AC vents, wireless charging, Arkamys sound console, cruise control, etc. on offer. Furthermore, the infotainment system supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity.

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