Hyundai Venue pips Brezza to become top-selling SUV

Maruti Brezza, the country’s largest-selling SUV, has been outpaced by Hyundai’s newly launched mini off-roader Venue. The Venue was launched by Hyundai in May this year, and has got off to a flying start, notching up bookings of over 50,000 units. The Venue sold 9,585 units in July against the 5,302 units recorded by Brezza.

NEW DELHI: Maruti Brezza, the country’s largest-selling SUV, has been outpaced by Hyundai’s newly launched mini off-roader Venue.

The Venue was launched by Hyundai in May this year, and has got off to a flying start, notching up bookings of over 50,000 units. The actual deliveries made so far are close to 20,000 units. According to numbers accessed by TOI, the Venue sold 9,585 units in July against the 5,302 units recorded by Brezza. Mahindra’s XUV300, another new sub-4 meter SUV to hit the markets, notched up sales of 4,464 units in the month.

Maruti did not respond to a questionnaire emailed on the matter on Thursday. Calls made to a spokesperson were also not returned. The Brezza, launched in March 2016 with only a 1,300cc diesel engine option, had taken the leadership position in the SUV market, and sold 1.48 lakh units in 2017-18, and 1.57 lakh units in 2018-19.

However, as the larger market is shifting away from diesel, and Maruti has also announced its exit from the category, the model has been under pressure. “We had developed the Venue with India as the lead market. We are now investing for enhanced production to meet the growing demand,” said Hyundai India MD & CEO S S Kim.

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