2020 Hyundai Venue 1.5 Diesel Launched - Prices Up By Rs. 21k - 56k

by Mahesh Yadav on Friday, Mar 20 2020

Hyundai has just launched the BS6-compliant Venue with a newer, bigger and more powerful 1.5-litre diesel engine. Naturally, the prices have gone up too but not to the degree it was expected despite a bigger engine.

Here are the prices of the older, BS4 Venue 1.4 diesel compared against the new, BS6 prices of the 2020 Hyundai Venue 1.5 diesel:

2020 HYUNDAI VENUE DIESEL PRICES (BS6 and BS4 Prices) OLD VS NEW (Ex-showroom)
Variants	New Prices	Difference	Old Prices
E MT	Rs. 8.1 lakh	Rs. 35,000	Rs. 7.75 lakh
S MT	Rs. 9.01 lakh	Rs. 56,000	Rs. 8.45 lakh
SX MT	Rs. 9.99 lakh	Rs. 21,000	Rs. 9.78 lakh
SX Dual Tone MT	Rs. 10.28 lakh	Rs. 35,000	Rs. 9.93 lakh
SX (O) MT	Rs. 11.4 lakh	Rs. 56,000	Rs. 10.84 lakh

To keep the price under the psychological barrier of Rs. 10.0 lakh, the SX variant received the smallest hike of only Rs. 21,000. This also helps with keeping the taxes low for buyers in certain states, where registration charges are lower for cars under Rs. 10.0 lakh.

The S and SX (O) have received the biggest price hike of Rs. 56,000. Meanwhile, the entry-level E and SX dual-tone variants’ prices are up by a reasonable sum of Rs. 35,000.

Here are the dimensions of the 2020 Hyundai Venue compared against the rest of the diesel-powered subcompact SUVs:

2020 HYUNDAI VENUE BS6 VS COMPETITION DIMENSION COMPARISON
	Hyundai Venue	Tata Nexon	Mahindra XUV300	Ford EcoSport
Length	3995mm	3993mm	3995mm	3998mm
Width	1770mm	1811mm	1821mm	1765mm
Height	1605mm	1606mm	1627mm	1647mm
Wheelbase	2500mm	2498mm	2600mm	2519mm
Boot Space	-	350-lt	-	352-lt
Ground Clearance	190mm (est.)	209mm	180mm	200mm

Here are the engines specs of 2020 Hyundai Venue 1.5-litre diesel compared against the rest of the sub-4m SUVs:

2020 HYUNDAI VENUE 1.5L BS6 DIESEL VS COMPETITION DIESEL ENGINE SPECS
	Hyundai Venue	Ford EcoSport	Tata Nexon	Mahindra XUV300
Displacement	1.5-litre	1.5-litre	1.5-litre	1.5-litre
Cylinders	4	4	4	4
Maximum Power	100PS @ 4000rpm	100PS @ 3750rpm	110PS @ 3750rpm	116.6PS @ 3750rpm
Maximum Torque	240Nm @ 1500 - 2750rpm	205Nm @ 1750 - 3250rpm	260Nm @ 1500 - 2750rpm	300Nm @ 1500 - 2500rpm
Manual Transmission	6-speed	5-speed	6-speed	6-speed
Automatic Transmission	-	-	6-speed AMT	6-speed AMT
Claimed FE	-	23.0kmpl	21.5kmpl	20kmpl

With the new engine, the Hyudain Venue is now better equipped to tackle the other subcompact SUVs, all of which have had a bigger and more powerful 1.5-litre engine. The newer engine gives the Venue 10PS more power and 20Nm more torque. It may have been low on power before, but the all important torque of 220Nm was there even in the 1.4-litre engine. That torque output was even better than the Ford EcoSport’s rating of 205Nm despite its larger displacement.

Here’s the difference in performance of the older 1.4-litre Venue diesel and new, 1.5-litre engine:

2020 HYUNDAI VENUE 1.5L BS6 VS 1.4L BS4 DIESEL ENGINE SPECS
	New Engine	Difference	Old Engine
Displacement	1.5-litre	-	1.4-litre
Engine	1493cc	97cc	1396cc
Cylinders	4	-	4
Maximum Power	100PS @ 4000rpm	10PS	90PS @ 4000rpm
Maximum Torque	240Nm @ 1500 - 2750rpm	20Nm	220Nm @ 1500-2750rpm
Manual Transmission	6-speed	-	6-speed
Automatic Transmission	-		-
Claimed FE	-		23.7kmpl