Hyundai Motor India has announced that the Hyundai Venue, the carmaker’s first compact SUV, has crossed the 100,000 unit sales milestone in the domestic market.

According to the company, a total of 97,400 units have been sold in India since launch in May 2019, and over 7,400 units in export markets. As per Autocar Professional’s sales data, the Venue sold a total of 94,866 units from May 2019 till May 2020, which means 2,534 units have been sold in the first three weeks of June. This translates into a monthly average of 7,905 units (not counting April 2020 which was a washout month for India Auto Inc).

Hyundai claims the Venue is the highest-selling sub-four-metre SUV in India in the January-May 2020 period with 24,400 units sold. Of the variants on offer, 44 percent of customers have chosen the Kappa 1.0 l T-GDi petrol engine and over 30 percent for the 1.5-litre U2 CRDi Diesel BS6 engine (March-June 2020). Furthermore, over 30,000 customers have opted for the Venue equipped with BlueLink connected technology.

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