Hyundai Motors India Ltd on Wednesday said the company would invest up to $600 million for product development and capacity expansion.
Sales of recently launched Grand i10 and Xcent jump even as those of competing models drop in past two months.
The Kolkata golfer fired a superb eight-under 64 to grab a two-shot lead at the half-way stage of the Hyundai-TNGF Open 2005.
The curious case is of Honda, which has moved up the pecking order while actually losing market share!
The premium midsize segment (Rs 6.5-10 lakh) has always been a tricky one for all car manufacturers.
India's second-biggest carmaker Hyundai Motor India on Friday said its sales surged 13.4 per cent in May 2004.
The auto industry body has been lobbying hard with the government for extension of the reduced excise rates.
India's second-biggest carmaker Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday said its sales soared 109 per cent to 15,508 units in February 2004.
The festive season is the time when car manufacturers offer major discounts and freebies to lure customers and Hyundai has decided to cash in on the occasion with Eon.
Passenger vehicle wholesales in India rose 9 per cent year-on-year in August on the back of strong demand for utility models, industry body SIAM said on Monday. Overall passenger vehicle dispatches to dealers rose to 359,228 units last month from 328,376 units in August 2022. Utility vehicle sales increased 34 per cent year-on-year to 181,825 units.
Prices across all models starting from Eon to Santa Fe has been hiked in the range of Rs 15,000 to Rs 127,000
This i20 automatic promised the prowess of the original with a more comfortable transmission. Did it match up? I find out.
Hyundai Motors India Ltd has sought to amend its original petition filed before the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission to include posters and pamphlets in the purview of its prayer.
Defending champion Mukesh Kumar and Ashok Kumar returned identical cards of four-under 66 each to forge ahead of the rest of the field on day 2.
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.
However, the company's cumulative sales (including exports) in November were up by 48.89 per cent to 43,105 units compared with 28,950 units in the year-ago period, HMIL said. Its exports for the month rose by nearly three-fold to 28,500 units, the same stood at 9,898 units during the same month in 2007.
Hyundai Motor India, the country's second-largest passenger car manufacturer, may introduce more luxury cars in India, president Ashok Jha told Business Standard at the launch of the compact car, the i10, in Pune.
The firm, which has operations in India through a wholly -owned subsidiary, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, will manufacture the car, which will be smaller than the Santro, at its plant in Chennai.
Similar to its predecessor i-10, the i-20 will be manufactured exclusively in India and exported to other countries. The i-20 model, which will come in many variants, is expected to be priced anywhere between Rs 5-6 lakh. The i-20 is likely to be equipped with an automatic gear box to facilitate convenient driving.
It has refreshing new design and feature rich interior.
Verna is loaded with features, classy desing but handling could have been better.
At a time when consumers increasingly embrace green mobility solutions, it is not electric cars but hybrids that are taking the lead, as automotive sales data indicate. Since January, 64,097 electric cars have been sold compared to 266,465 hybrids, according to data from the ministry of road transport and highways' Vahan dashboard. Hybrid car sales have surged from 4.42 per cent of the 4.1 million cars sold in calendar year 2022 to 7.2 per cent this year.
Hyundai Motor India on Monday said its vehicles sales grew by 27.4 per cent in October 2003 to 13,297 units as demand for its compact car Santro and mid-size model Accent continued to increase.
Tamil Nadu is leaving no stone unturned in marketing its upcoming global investors meeting on January 7 and 8. While business veterans are promoting the positives of the state's industrial climate through the 'Titans of Tamil Nadu" campaign, the state is narrating the human stories behind its robust industrial growth via the 'One Trillion Dreams' campaign. Among the industry bigwigs, who are showcasing Tamil Nadu to the world through this mega marketing initiative include Venu Srinivasan of TVS Motor Company, K M Mammen of MRF Ltd, Pratap Reddy of Apollo Hospitals, P R Venketrama Raja of Ramco Group, Mallika Srinivasan of TAFE; and Vellayan Subbiah of Murugappa Group.
Hyundai Motor India, India's second-biggest carmaker, on Monday said its car sales surged by 46.8 per cent in August to 14,436 units on higher domestic demand and exports.
Clock 11% growth in the first 11 months of 2022.
In what signals an emerging battle among small car manufacturers, Hyundai Motors India Ltd has asked the country's apex auto association to act against moves by "some pressure groups" to change the definition of a small car.
Hyundai has also decided to phase out Getz looking at the growing demand for i20.
Apart from this, the company will roll out its SUV Santa Fe in October this year which will carry a price tag between Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) and Rs 22 lakh (Rs 2.2 million) a unit.
At a time when consumers increasingly embrace green mobility solutions, it is not electric cars but hybrids that are taking the lead, as automotive sales data indicate. Since January, 64,097 electric cars have been sold compared to 266,465 hybrids, according to data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' Vahan dashboard. Hybrid car sales have surged from 4.42 per cent of the 4.1 million cars sold in calendar year 2022 to 7.2 per cent this year.
Car major Hyundai has announced a price hike prices across models, including recently launched Verna, between 1 to 1.5 per cent.
Maruti Suzuki India said its domestic sales rose 10.6 per cent in May.
"They (Mahindra Renault) are planning to launch Sandero, which is very similar sounding to our Santro. Both are hatchbacks and Santro is an established trademark and they are trying to get mileage out of it," a senior HMIL official said.
Contrary to expectations that car sales dip in December, auto majors Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor India are poised to grow 30 per cent in sales (the two companies control 72 per cent of the domestic market). General Motors is looking at 70-80 per cent increase in sales.
Centre of Indian Trade Unions district secretary Muthukumar said the workers were arrested when they tried to stage an agitation in front of the plant at Sriperumbudur.
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported a double-digit increase in dispatches to dealers in April as the demand remained robust especially for the sports utility vehicles. The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said its domestic passenger vehicle wholesales rose 13 per cent to 137,320 units last month as against 121,995 units in April 2022. Sales of mini cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, fell 18 per cent to 14,110 units as compared with 17,137 units a year ago.
The country's second largest car maker Hyundai Motor India will ramp up its capacity by about 20 per cent from September onwards to cater to increased demand in the overseas markets and plans to hire 1,000 people this month.
The phenomenal success of Xcent, Grand and Santa Fe increased volumes creating positive momentum
Hyundai currently sells hatchback models Santro, i10, Getz along with sedans Accent, Verna, Sonata Embera in the country. The company's move to hike prices follows rival Maruti Suzuki India, which hiked prices last week across various models between Rs 1,000 and Rs 18,000.
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