Toyota Taisor vs Hyundai Venue: Performance Battle Of Turbo-petrol SUVs!

  • Published July 5, 2024
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Can the Venue’s snappier dual-clutch automatic transmission help it bag the win over the Taisor’s peppy boosterjet engine? Let’s find out

Toyota Taisor vs Hyundai Venue: Performance Battle Of Turbo-petrol highlights

The Toyota Taisor and Hyundai Venue are two of the many sub-4m SUVs on sale in India at the moment. Both cars get multiple powertrain options, including the choice of a turbo-petrol engine, which promises to be the pinnacle of performance in their respective lineups. In this story, we pitch the two turbo-petrol sub-compact SUVs against one another to find out their real-world performance. Let’s do a quick spec check before you place your bets:

Spec check

 

Hyundai Venue

Toyota Taisor

Engine

1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol 

1-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol with mild-hybrid tech

Power

120PS

100PS

Torque 

172Nm

148Nm

Transmission Options

6-speed MT / 7-speed DCT

5-speed MT / 6-speed AT

Both the Hyundai Venue and Toyota Taisor get a 1-litre turbo-petrol engine. But the Venue’s unit puts out more power compared to the Taisor’s output of 100PS and 148Nm.

Toyota Taisor vs Hyundai Venue: Performance Battle Of Turbo-petrol details

The Venue also gets a quicker dual clutch automatic transmission, compared to the Taisor’s smooth 6-speed torque converter. Will that make a difference in the real world? Let’s find out:

Performance

 

Hyundai Venue DCT

Toyota Taisor AT

0-100kmph

11.24s

10.98 seconds

Quarter Mile

18.15s@126.88kmph

17.67s@127.17kmph

Kickdown 20-80kmph

06.72s

6.64s

100-0kmph

42.92m

42.81m

That’s a clean sweep for the Toyota Taisor. Despite the difference in on-paper specs, the Taisor is quicker in the 0-100kmph sprint, and further widens the gap in the quarter mile time. 

Toyota Taisor vs Hyundai Venue: Performance Battle Of Turbo-petrol overview

The cars are closest in the kickdown 20-80kmph test, with a difference of just 0.08 seconds between the two.

Toyota Taisor vs Hyundai Venue: Performance Battle Of Turbo-petrol gallery

The braking test too, is very close, with the Taisor stopping 0.11m (11cm) before the Venue.

Price and rivals

 

Hyundai Venue

Toyota Taisor

Price (ex-showroom)

Rs 7.94 lakh to Rs 13.48 lakh

Rs 7.73 lakh to Rs 13.03 lakh

With the Hyundai Venue and Toyota Taisor retailing between Rs 7.94 lakh and Rs 13.48 lakh, and Rs 7.73 lakh and Rs 13.03 lakh, respectively, both the cars are priced very similarly. But the Venue carries a slight premium over the Taisor, likely because of its extra set of features, including sunroof and ADAS. 

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Also Read: Toyota Taisor vs Mahindra 3XO: Real-world Performance Comparison

Apart from rivaling each other, the Venue and Taisor take on the likes of the Maruti Fronx, Nissan Magnite, Renault Kiger and Mahindra 3XO.

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