The second-generation Hyundai Venue and its sportier sibling, the Venue N Line, will be launched on November 4, 2025. While the turbo-petrol engine is common between the compact SUVs, the standard Venue has more powertrain options. Their exterior designs and feature list continue to vary, and the 2025 Hyundai Venue N Line is expected to come with a tweaked, stiffer suspension setup. Keep reading to find out the major differences between these popular Hyundai models.
New Hyundai Venue vs N Line: Variants, engine and gearbox options
Venue comes in 7 trims, while the N Line is available in 2.
The carmaker announced a fresh trim nomenclature at the 2025 Venue reveal last month, and a total of seven trims will be on offer: HX2, HX4, HX5, HX6, HX7, HX8 and HX10, arranged from base to top. As for the Venue N Line, the variant nomenclature is unchanged, with the N6 continuing to serve as the base model. However, the top-spec N8 trim has been discontinued and has been replaced by a new N10 trim.
The familiar engine trio of 83hp 1.2-litre naturally aspirated petrol with 5MT, 116hp 1.5-litre diesel with 6MT/ 6AT and 120hp 1-litre turbo-petrol with 6MT/ 7DCT will be offered with the standard Venue, as we recently reported. The N Line SUV, as mentioned earlier, will only be offered with the latter, most powerful direct-injection petrol unit that can be paired to either a manual or dual-clutch automatic gearbox.
New Hyundai Venue vs Venue N Line: Exterior design
N Line features bigger 17-inch alloy wheels, red accents on the body
Up front, the full-width LED light bar, quad LED headlight cluster, L-shaped DRLs, rectangular grille and a silver finish on the bumper are common between the siblings. The sportier SUV distinguishes is set apart with a distinct design for the grille’s horizontal slats, N Line badging and a slightly tweaked bumper.
Red accents around the body and on the roof rails, and red brake callipers are exclusive to the N Line, and it also skips the Exter-like plastic cladding around the wheels offered on the standard Venue. Further, the former’s star-shaped alloy wheels with an ‘N’ logo in the centre are comparatively bigger by an inch at 17 inches.
As for the rear section, a prominent dual-ridge roof spoiler is offered with the N Line, while the Venue settles for a traditional unit. N Line badge on the tailgate, a sportier bumper with red accents, and dual exhaust tips are other differentiating features. It should be noted that the availability of some features may vary depending on the variant.
Colours
Excluding the Mystic Sapphire paint option, the new Venue N Line can be had in the same colours as the standard Venue, including Dragon Red, Titan Grey, Abyss Black, Atlas White, Atlas White with black roof, Hazel Blue, and Hazel Blue with black roof. But the Dragon Red shade with black roof is offered only with the Venue N Line.
New Hyundai Venue vs Venue N Line: Interior features
Ioniq 5 N-like steering wheel offered with the Venue N Line
While the all-black theme of the N Line compared to the dual-tone cabin of the Venue stands out, the former’s most prominent upgrade has to be its sportier steering wheel, which looks very similar to that of the Ioniq 5 N. It integrates the drive and traction mode selectors and features red stitching. Other notable changes include N Line-specific gear knobs, red ambient lighting, metal pedals and black leatherette seats with N Line embossing. The Venue also has a new steering wheel with four illuminated dots, instead of the traditional Hyundai logo, representing the letter ‘H’ in Morse code. Depending on the trim level, goodies like dual 12.3-inch screens, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, ventilated front seats, and an 8-speaker Bose sound system are available.
New Hyundai Venue vs Venue N Line: Safety tech
N Line's ADAS suite adds rear radar unit
Six airbags, disc brakes for all wheels, tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) and electronic parking brake with auto hold are common safety features offered with the Venue and the Venue N Line. They also feature a Level 2 ADAS suite with a front camera and radar, but the N Line adds a rear radar unit, too. Notably, 16 and 21 ADAS features are offered with the new Venue and Venue N Line, respectively.
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