You might not typically think of Hyundai and Buick as direct competitors, but both brands have popular entries in the subcompact SUV class. The 2025 Hyundai Venue and 2025 Buick Envista are affordable, practical, and efficient.
Hyundai’s Venue attracts attention for its box-like styling and larger-than-expected cabin. Meanwhile, Buick created a massive buzz with the debut of the stylish Envista. It added to it with an attractive interior.
Let’s delve deeper into these smaller SUVs to see more of their strong points.
2025 Hyundai Venue
With a boxy exterior that can be painted in some energetic, creative colors like Intense Blue or Green Apple, or a two-tone scheme with a bright white roof, the Hyundai Venue projects fun while offering room for five passengers.
A 121-horsepower 4-cylinder engine makes the Venue fuel efficient, and a small footprint makes parking a breeze. The SUV offers plenty of technology, including proximity keyless entry and a second-row dual USB charging port. Pricing begins at $21,295, including the mandatory factory-to-dealer destination fee.
Hyundai Venue Highlights
SmartSense: An impressive list of standard driver assistance features includes automatic emergency braking, driver attention warning, lane-keep assist, rear occupant alert, and automatic high beams. Additional available features include blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and cyclist detection.
Cheap-to-own car: The Hyundai Venue is our reigning champ for the Lowest 5-Year Cost to Own Award for a subcompact SUV, based on factors like purchase price, depreciation, insurance, maintenance costs, and fuel costs.
Top warranty: Hyundai covers its vehicles with an industry-leading 5-year/60,000-mile basic warranty and a 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty.
Check this week’s Fair Purchase Price or see the Venue models near you.
2025 Buick Envista
The Envista is the most recent addition to the Buick lineup of premium SUVs. With seating for five, this small SUV is designed to lure younger buyers to the brand. The spacious cabin allows plenty of light, adding to the feeling of airiness. Borrowing from many other vehicles in its class, it features a few big screens for the driver and infotainment controls. It’s simple and clean without being spare.
It’s powered by a 1.2-liter turbocharged 3-cylinder, putting out 137 hp. Like the Hyundai Venue, it comes exclusively with front-wheel drive. The Envista is available in three trim levels — Preferred, Sport Touring, and Avenir — and pricing starts at $23,495, including the destination fee.
Buick Envista Highlights
No wires: Wireless phone charging is standard in the Avenir trim and optional in the lower two, Preferred and Sport Touring. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are also standard in wireless form in all trim levels.
Well-connected: The top-grade Avenir comes with three years of OnStar’s Premium Plan connected services. It’s not even an option in the other trim levels.
Hot stuff: To make cooler days and nights a little more bearable, a heated steering wheel and heated front seats are standard in the Avenir and available on the lower trim levels.
Check this week’s Fair Purchase Price or see the Envista models near you.
Similarities
The Hyundai Venue and Buick Envista benefit from eye-catching exterior designs matched by aesthetically pleasing interiors filled with useful technology.
Conclusion
The boxy shell and well-thought-out interior of the Hyundai Venue are just a couple of its strong suits, and the warranty is unbeatable. However, the 4-cylinder engine isn’t as gutsy as the turbo engine in the Buick. The Envista is larger and more powerful — despite giving up a cylinder — with a more daring exterior design. It’s one of the most pleasant surprises of the class of 2025. The Buick Envista is worth the extra cost over the Hyundai Venue.
The Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price for any individual used vehicle can vary greatly according to mileage, condition, location, and other factors. The prices here reflect what buyers are currently paying for New 2025 Hyundai Venue vehicles and New 2025 Buick Envista vehicles in typical condition when purchasing from a dealership. These prices are updated weekly. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) quoted includes the destination fee, but does not include tax, license, document fees, and options.
| 2025 Hyundai Venue | 2025 Buick Envista | |
| Popular Powertrains | ||
| Engine | 1.6-liter 4-cylinder | 1.2-liter turbocharged 3-cylinder |
| Horsepower | 121 hp @ 6,300 rpm | 137 hp @ 5,000 rpm |
| Torque | 113 lb-ft @ 4,500 rpm | 162 lb-ft @ 2,500 rpm |
| Transmission | CVT | 6-speed automatic |
| Fuel Economy | 29 city/32 highway/31 combined mpg | 28 city/32 highway/30 combined mpg |
| Specs | ||
| Basic Warranty | 5 years/60,000 miles | 3 years/36,000 miles |
| Powertrain Warranty | 10 years/100,000 miles | 5 years/60,000 miles |
| NHTSA Overall Safety | 4 stars | N/R |
| Max Seating Capacity | 5 | 5 |
| Wheelbase | 99.2 inches | 106.3 inches |
| Overall Length | 159.1 inches | 182.6 inches |
| Width | 69.7 inches | 71.5 inches |
| Height | 61.6 inches | 61.3 inches |
| Turning Diameter | 33.2 feet | 37.4 feet |
| Headroom, Front | 39.4 inches | 39.4 inches |
| Headroom, Rear | 38.6 inches | 37.3 inches |
| Legroom, Front | 41.3 inches | 41.9 inches |
| Legroom, Rear | 34.3 inches | 38.7 inches |
| Shoulder Room, Front | 53.9 inches | 56.0 inches |
| Shoulder Room, Rear | 53.7 inches | 54.5 inches |
| Cargo Volume | 18.7 cubic feet | 20.7 cubic feet |
