Got my Ultimate Venue Denim model yesterday and I love it.

I've watched road tests on utude since the Venue came out and most of the testers really don't have a clue about vehicles like the Venue...they compare it to every other car they've tested...they complain about the Venue because it doesn't do the 0-60 times, road noise, engine noise, not cornering like sports cars and cars that cost any where from 100 grand to millions...the Venue was built for those who are looking for a reliable car in the 20 to 25 grand price...my experience with my Ultimate has none of the bull that the testers have complained about...mine has all kinds of power and I proved that driving to my son's home where there are a variety of road conditions and with lots of very steep hills and the car didn't complain and I had the car in normal mode and was driving as high as 90 and 100 kilometers/hour and was always staying below the 4000 rpms that the break in is calling for the first 700 kilometers...and I was really surprised by the difference the sport mode was...I had my 37 year old son with me and he was really surprised when I move from normal to sport...as far as road noise it wasn't any where noisy as the testers made it out to be and all I could hear is probably from the tires and the condition of the pavement which wasn't any where close to being like a newly paved roads and there was absolutely no wind noise from the windows or doors and the ride was very smooth and the only rough spots were from broken pavement and small pot holes and I think some of that was because I discovered my tires had around 54 psi and I thought that maybe the tire read out I was getting on the instruments was probably not reading it right...today I checked the pressure with my tire gauge and the psi was indeed around the 54 and 55 psi, so I changed the tires down to 33psi like the sticker on the door says and as well in the manual...and as far as engine noise the only time I heard anything from it was on the type of acceleration needed on highways and the engine is very quiet at idle...when I was experimenting with the blue link by starting the engine from inside my house and I went to the front door to see if it was running and I actually had to walk closer to the car to hear the engine.

I'm attaching some pictures and you'll notice that the Canadian Ultimate is a bit different then the Limited in the US...we have a different grill and everything comes standard with the Ultimate like the sunroof and the full compliment of heated goodies like the seats, the steering wheel and outside mirrors and the mirrors have the side lights are on them instead of on the body of the car.

my post looks a little long winded but I'm very impressed with the Venue and like I told the dealer that the Venue is probably the best car in it's class especially because of how it's optioned out comparing it to much higher priced vehicles.





the one picture for some reason didn't keep it's proper rotation even though I did fix it.