The new Venue will be the first product to roll out from the newly acquired Talegaon plant.
Hyundai will introduce the second-gen Venue in India in 2025, and it will continue to be a sub-four-metre compact SUV. The new Hyundai Venue will continue to be positioned above the recently launched Exter sub-compact SUV in Hyundai’s India line-up.
The next-gen Venue will take on the baton from the first-gen SUV that continues to be a steady seller for the brand. The new Venue will also be the first Hyundai to roll out from the newly acquired Talegaon plant where they plan to build around 1,50,000 units a year. The new Hyundai Venue has been internally codenamed Q2Xi, while the first-gen was codenamed QXi, where the ‘i’ stands for India.
While the Exter is currently one of the more popular SUVs from Hyundai, the Venue recently hit the 4,50,000-unit sales mark in India. Currently sold in as many as 13 variants, the Venue takes on compact SUVs like the Maruti Brezza and Fronx, Tata Nexon (due for a major facelift next month), Kia Sonet and the Mahindra XUV300 (both facelifts coming next year).
Hyundai’s Talegaon plant: second Indian facility for the brand
Hyundai’s second manufacturing facility in India will be active by 2025, with the brand set to invest Rs 5,000 crore in the coming decade. This plant will help Hyundai achieve its goal of manufacturing around one million units a year, with its Chennai plant’s current capacity standing at 8,20,000 units.
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