The country's second largest maker Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Monday said it has introduced three new variants with additional features of its latest small car Eon, which will be costlier by up to Rs 7,000 from the existing versions.
Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) has been giving facelifts to its current range of cars. So are the changes on the Hyundai i10 worth it? Dig deeper to get your answers.
The Chennai facility will continue to service Indian and non-European markets. In July 2009, Hyundai India's managing director H S Lheem had said the company was planning to move production to Turkey, the Czech Republic or Slovakia.
Since Hyundai has developed its 'small cars' based on the current definition of 4,000 mm, it could lose out on excise benefit if the length were to be altered to 3,800 mm as per the auto policy.
Hyundai Motors India, the country's second-largest car firm, launched the diesel version of its top-end sedan Sonata Embera tagged at an introductory price of Rs 14.75 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
In yet another recognition of India's manufacturing expertise, Hyundai Motor India has decided to export engine and transmission to global manufacturing units of its Korean parent company and subsidiary Kia Motors from next year.\n\n\n\n
Adding a new dimension to the ongoing price war, Hyundai Motor India on Thursday introduced the export variant of its premium hatchback, Getz GLE, in the Indian market priced at Rs 415,000.
The car is expected to hit the road on October 23 and is being launched as Hyundai celebrates two decades in the country. Industry sources say that it will be priced at Rs 3,70,000 to stay competitive with its biggest competitors, Tata Tiago and Maruti Suzuki Celerio.
Meanwhile, the company on Wednesday launched an advanced version of its mid-sized Verna sedan, priced at Rs 6.56 lakh-Rs 9.22 lakh (ex showroom Delhi).
For hatchbacks and sedans, offers range between Rs 40,000 and Rs 80,000 while SUVs and multi-purpose vehicles carry benefits exceeding Rs 1 lakh.
Hyundai Motor India said on Friday it will hike prices of all models, including the flagship Santro, from this month-end because of higher input and freight costs.
Declaring a price war against rival Maruti's Swift, Hyundai Motors India Ltd launched its new premium hatchback Getz Prime, starting from Rs 3,89,000.
Apart from pricing it attractively, Hyundai has taken enough precaution to see that EON's quality, at no point, has been compromised.
Hyundai Motor India on Thursday hiked prices of its various cars, including Santro and Sonata by upto Rs 10,700.\n\n\n\n
The curious case is of Honda, which has moved up the pecking order while actually losing market share!
Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Tuesday said that tis new sedan Verna will be launched in India during the third quarter (Jul-Sept) of 2006, which will be slotted between its Accent and Elantra models.
Named 'i Tech', will be available with engine options of 1.1 litre and 1.2 litre.
Hyundai Motor India Limited plans to set up its own facility at the Chennai port for parking its vehicles for shipment, a top Hyundai official said on Wednesday.
Honda's segment-first features and a competitively-priced diesel engine could help it reclaim its crown.
Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday flagged off maiden shipment of its flagship 'Santro' brand of passenger cars to European markets of Italy, Spain and Netherlands.
Hyundai has invested $1.8 billion in India.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd plans to set up a research and development centre in Hyderabad.
Hyundai Motor India on Thursday said it has crossed the half-a-million mark in cumulative exports, with the loading of its latest product the i10 at the Chennai port. The company reached the first milestone of exporting 1,00,000 cars in four years and 10 months that ended in October 2004. In October 2005, it exported its 200,000th car, followed by 300,000th car and 400,000th car in October 2006 and August 2007 respectively. Hyundai India is targeting 530,000 units this year.
Hyundai Motor India on Thursday launched premium sedan Elantra to fill the gap between its mid-size car Accent and luxury sedan Sonata.
India's second-biggest carmaker Hyundai Motor India on Thursday said it planned a price hike in April this year due to rising input costs.
Hyundai Motor India Limited head H S Lheem will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday to discuss issues concerning HMIL, which is the single largest Korean investor in India
The share of eastern India in the overall sales volume is also expected to grow from the existing 9 per cent to 15 per cent by 2010. At present, Hyundai sells around 1,000 units per month in eastern India.
Hoping to turn the tables on Japanese rival Maruti Suzuki's Swift, Korean car major Hyundai will launch a new version of its premium hatchback Getz under a new name Getz Prime by the end of this month in India.
Passenger vehicle dispatches from companies to dealerships witnessed an increase of 1.6 pc year-on-year in January at 399,386 units driven by robust demand for utility vehicles, industry body SIAM said on Thursday. It was the highest-ever passenger vehicle dispatch for the month of January.
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The New Year will begin on a costly note for car buyers with major players, including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motors and General Motors, planning to increase prices of the vehicles by as much as Rs 12,000.
Hyundai Motor India said on Wednesday that its car sales has surged by 53.1 per cent in September 2003 to 17,009 units from 11,105 units a year earlier.
The Hyundai i10 has always been a sweet deal and considering all the bells and whistles that the new car comes with, we can only say that the deal just got sweeter.
Sunil Pahilajani, managing director and CEO, Caparo India, said that the plant, which will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caparo India, under its division Caparo Vehicle Products India, will commence production in the final quarter of 2008-09. Caparo signed the technical support agreement with Hyundai Motor on Monday evening. The facility to be set on 20 acres will employ 200 people to start off with.
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The plant will double the company's production capacity to 6 lakh cars per annum and strengthen its Indian operations as a global manufacturing hub for Hyundai's small cars. The second plant, which has been developed adjacent to the first plant, was inaugurated on Saturday by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
