my Ultimate Venue is my daily driver and I've had daily drivers since 1970 because my other cars were vehicles that never got driven in the winter and were high performance/sport type cars...my first daily was a 1971 VW Bug and I put a lot of miles on it, and if you know anything about Bugs from that era, they are not considered as nothing more than poor man's transportation vehicle and I had no problem with the ride etc. for a vehicle of this type, and actually figured dollar for dollar the best vehicle I ever owned...there were other ones between the Bug and my 2022 Ultimate which I love this vehicle, and for the money so far, is now I best vehicle I've bought for dollar for dollar.
Now I'm 76 and I'm the only driver and only passenger for the Venue and I find it very convertible and has a ton of power and wouldn't have any problem driving it from coast to coast [I live in Canada]...the back seat leg room is not the greatest with the front seats all the way back...I drive maybe 3/4 of the way back and would have no problem moving my seat ahead for a back seat passenger because the front floor space actually goes deeper into the front of the car then any other vehicle I've ever had for the size of the car...I love the entertainment center [6 speakers with the Ultimate] which has a very good sound system and when it's on, that is the only noise I hear...the seating has enough positions to allow me to be comfortable and Canadian models have heated seats, heated steering and heated outside mirrors to add to the comfort and driving, and has all the normal safety things that come with my model...another thing I like is the auto lights and auto high beam control which is spot on.
I've been following the Venue since it came out watching road test video's and reading articles on it by the "so-called vehicles reporters" who would say it's a noisy car with no power and only good for the city...these clowns will even compare it to very expensive and very powerful vehicles with things like how fast is it in the quarter mile and the 0 to 60 times, and of course the dreaded CVT transmission which Hyundai calls theirs IVT, and this was the biggest thing I was leery about till I did a test drive and never felt any jerking and never heard any noise coming from it...when the engine is idling and me sitting in the car on my driveway I barely hear it and the engine and of course when flooring it or passing another vehicle I hear it and it has all the poor I need, and I do know a bit about power because of the high performance vehicle I also own now and the past ones as well...and speaking of traveling any great distance, I once owned a 1973 Corvette Stingray and drove it on about a 2000 mile trip down into the US and drove another trip in it from my home here in Ontario to Vancouver BC and back again, and it's not exactly a soft riding car, and I wouldn't think twice of doing the same trips in the Venue.
Like any thing like a vehicle that a person buys, it's good to check off all the things you want in the purchase, and for my needs, the Ultimate Venue is perfect for me...the best thing you can do is take one for a test drive and compare the models for the things you feel you need...to tell the truth, this Venue I have was the only vehicle I test drove before buying it because all the other vehicles I've had and still have were vehicles that I knew had everything I wanted and I knew what I was getting into...for me, probably the number one thing about buying the Venue was having a naturally aspirated engine, which was not to have needed expensive repairs for things like turbos or super charges down the road.
