hi I'm back and you are looking at the
backs of two of India's most loved
compact SUVs now these SUVs they don't
need no introduction but you definitely
need to know where should you park your
money 12 lakhs and 7 000 rupees will get
you this a compact yet stylish Hyundai
venue and its top spec form so this is
the sxo with the dual tone color option
and the IMT transmission at 39 000 more
to the equation and you can get yourself
this India's most loved and most sold
compact SUV the maruti Suzuki brezza and
this one too is in its top spec form so
zx5 plus with the dual tone color option
and a manual transmission inside now if
you are considering automatic
transmissions this price cap is going to
viral and it widens by a lakh and 25
rupees
so we've established that the venue is a
lot more cheaper than the brezza what
does that mean if it is a better car or
can the Press approve its worth is what
we are going to find out in today's
video
everything
but it's
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a good Euro money Thief is money earned
and that is why if you buy yourself the
Hyundai value you could finally take
that international trip that you've
always wanted to you could also get
yourself a beautiful pet or maybe buy
yourself an iPhone
like my Bop vikas is planning too I
personally would go ahead and buy the
a3450x a stylish scooter to match my
stylus SUV yes the venue has gotten a
lot worker here after this facelift or
maybe call it a cosmetic job
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what also makes it draw eyeballs are the
snazzy dual core alloy wheels and black
a peak around the grill the bumpers all
the proportionate have too many elements
that make it look a little too busy for
my lighting now if you're the sword
through all this grippers the largest
pizza on the menu it is the brezza that
will certainly appetize you
now this SUV has gotten people thinking
that it competes with the creta and not
the venue and that is despite it having
the exact same length and the exact same
wheelbase as compared to the venue it is
however wider by 20 millimeters and
taller by 68 millimeters so it is a
large SUV imposing upright tall things
that we prefer are SUVs to be it also
comes with a great boot where you can
stack your things neat and tidy however
the boot space on offer is not as great
as what the venue has to offer which is
22 liters more than the brezza
foreign
y like the venue is and comes across as
an SUV in its prime love the new
elimination units on the front and rear
especially how the front cluster now
gets LED turn signals also that
clamshell Bonnet looks really nice
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looks on the outside are really
important but not as important as the
cabin experience because this is where
you will be spending a lot of your time
and this is also where the brezza drives
over the value and it all starts with
the seats itself they're large they're
supported they're very comfortable
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also the dashboard it's set higher it's
wider so you get the sense of driving
something big bigger than the value the
cabin is wide yes so that liberates a
lot of space between you and your core
passenger talking about space there's
plenty both in the front and the rear
now about the features let's quickly
talk about them as well it gets
everything that the venue gets but also
gets a lot of segment post features that
includes a 360 degree camera with a cool
animation of the brezza itself and that
is very helpful especially when you're
navigating this big car in the city also
it gets a heads up display and that
again gets a lot of different views that
you can toggle with using the switch on
the right side of the dashboard the
dashboard itself gets an ambient
lighting that also extends to the door
Cuts quite a classy thing now talking
about things being classy here look at
that beautiful analog Dash
look at a dance when I rev the engine
now this is called beautiful I quite
love these analog dials this
as opposed to that nah
yes the venue gets a fully digital
instrument cluster but then again it's
just throwing random information at me
it's not at all classy I used to prefer
the analog dials where the value used to
get remember those those were really
nice so when you jump into this cabin
straight after the brezza you feel it is
cramped all of a sudden space has been
deleted from all four corners however
the use of this light upholstery does
add some sense of alieness into this
cabin but then again it's not as big as
what the pressure is also the fit and
finish levels not as good as the brezza
lots of hard plastics being used
everywhere
scratchy hard plastic now both the cars
get those but then again the quality
here in the venue feels a great lower
than what the brezza has to offer so
this is a slightly smaller slightly
complicated cabin to live with
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now talking about the features it covers
your bases so you get a really
responsive high definition screen with
your modern smartphone connectivity you
get a single pane sunroof you get your
automatic climate control you also get
wireless charging everything that the
brezza gets except those segment first
features
and what the venue offers over and above
the brezza or basically what the brezza
does not get that the venue gets is an
integrated air purifier with the central
armrest which is quite cool and also
gets a four-way powered Driver's Seat
but then my question to you is how often
would you adjust your driving position
once a month five times a month 12 times
a month
I could live without
all right you know what erase all of
that fluff because now that I've got
myself into a really good driving
position thanks to these electronically
adjusted driving seats it's time to fire
up the better of the two engines this
ladies and gentlemen is the tgti
turbocharged three cylinder one liter
engine that eats Cape powered horses for
breakfast
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you know what ladies and gentlemen this
is what you call a compact SUV with a
compact engine but it is also very
Nimble very fun to drive in the city you
can squeeze it through the gaps and
really have lots of fun even on mundane
drives like your commute to work it's
fantastic
it is a little stiff so when you put it
through the potholes it will unsettle
the entire cabin but the flip side for
that is when you find yourself a good
driving Road like how I have at this
very moment it is an absolute joy and an
absolute Hood to drive this thing around
it is so much more lively and so much
more involving and so much more
connected than the present that is what
I absolutely like about the Hyundai
venue
behind the wheel the venue actually like
a compact hatchback that is allowing you
to have a lot more fun in the city also
when you push it a little too hard it
tends to understand I mean it is a front
wheel drive so yes it will understand
but then it still feels very well
controlled this entire platform this
chassis gearbox it all Demands a manual
transmission to go along with it and
that is where when you Misses out yes it
does have the DCd but then that comes to
the price and that is also quite
expensive to repair if something does
happen to it a manual transmission a
simple six-speed manual transmission
would have really been very sweet but
then again what you get instead is this
IMT an intelligent manual transmission
it might be intelligent but in terms of
the fun that it offers not so much so
what is an IMT basically you don't get a
clutch whereas you still have to slot it
into individual gears uh how does the
clutch operate well there is a cable
that sits right under here so every time
you shift the clutch engages first and
after that is when you slot it into the
gear your desired gear now while you're
driving in the city it's actually quite
beneficial because you don't have to
worry about your left foot you can just
rest your left foot and also you don't
have to Shell a million bucks to get
yourself a good automatic transmission
but when you're driving out here when
you're driving enthusiastically this
dense
to just not deliver the driving Thrills
it lacks I mean it feels notchy and the
gear shifts they take a little effort
sometimes it also tends to miss and that
is something that I really don't like
about this translation but then again
the normal audience out there doesn't
really drive like this too they drive in
a much more irritated fashion and in
those sort of driving conditions this
transmission Works absolutely fine it
works like a dream to be honest it's
actually magical how you can change it
into any gear without the need of
pressing a clutch pedal
it's as easy as that third to Fourth
that's it it's actually pretty easy to
drive this IMT it's not fun though
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quite raspy the way it sounds as well
and the steering wheel might be light in
the city but out on the highway it does
really weigh up and that makes it quite
an enthusiastic car not an M5 it's not a
twin turbocharged V8 but then again for
the money that you spend it is quite
good
foreign
there are three things that are made
evidently clear when you start driving
the maruti Suzuki brezza number one it
lacks power it is fine till about the
speeds of 40 but then after that it runs
out of breath as if it has cholesterol
it really takes a lot of effort to get
this thing moving number two the ride is
phenomenal it is just brilliant it is
great it is it is unbelievable I mean
you can throw anything at it and the
suspension will sort you out and that
list can even include speed Breakers and
number three every touch point that
involves human interaction has been
smoothened out it's been smoothened out
to a level that it's hard to believe
that it's a machine that you are
operating like for instance that engine
is super silky smooth as a result of
which the pedals have zero vibrations
and they are very well sprung
and then the clutch is very light the
bite point is very well defined at the
gearbox the slots the gates everything
is just brilliant it feels like this
gearbox deserves to be in a sports car
and no I am not making this up this is
actually the reasons why we still love
driving manual transmission
so the gearbox is a lot of fun to
operate the only thing that the brezzer
then lacks is power and what a shame
that is because power was never really a
concern with the earlier brezza the
diesel was good the earlier press are
the petrol powered brezza it never felt
so underpowered like how this one feels
now while the brezza might have lost all
that performance it has definitely
earned a lot more fuel efficiency Yep
this is one of the most efficient petrol
powered compact SUVs that our Market
currently has and yes I've been driving
it like a maniac since morning and all
of that verifies it checks because this
thing has been throwing some unreal fuel
efficiency figures at me so then this
powertrain combined with that gimmicky
mild hybrid system does not make you
want to miss that diesel uh brezza that
you all used to love at the door for its
fuel efficiency especially this one does
the job equally well while being a lot
more refined and while being efficient
compliant as well so I think it's a
win-win situation for most of us out
there
foreign
this one has been really difficult but
now it's time to sum it up all together
which of these two should you consider
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which one would be by happily as Indians
well I believe the answer to that
question lies in this question itself no
you don't agree well think of it this
way while it was a venue that really
made me smile and I really did enjoy
this compact little SUV with that Punchy
turbocharged engine I've come to realize
that occasions like these if you drive
in the spirited fashion present
themselves very rare the global drivers
the normal Road users are going to find
themselves either in traffic or in
Portal ridden roads and that is where it
is the pressure that feels a lot more
rewarding it is also a lot larger than
the venue offers a lot more features
than a venue so I think it deserves to
take that crowd
so that extra money that you pay to get
yourself dispatched the Suzuki badge not
only gets you all those features it also
gets you a piece of mind and ease of all
of them ladies and gentlemen this is
then the winner of today's comparison
well all hail the king to see great hope
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