Auto majors, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Tata Motors, on Sunday reported high double-digit growth in their domestic passenger vehicle sales in July riding on stabilisation of macro-economic factors and better consumer sentiments. Similarly, Honda, Nissan, MG Motor and Skoda also reported healthy growth in their sales last month leveraging on improved market mood amid prevailing lower coronavirus infection rate, despite supply constraints of semi-conductors. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) domestic sales increased by 39 per cent to 1,41,238 units last month as against 1,01,307 units in July 2020, the company said in a statement.
The company had rolled out the first car -- a hatchback Santro -- from the Sriperumbedur facility in September 1998.
The company has so far sold about 15 lakh (1.5 million) units of Santro in the country. The new model under Santro Non-Ac are priced at Rs 2,63,000, while Santro GL and GLS are priced at Rs 3,28,000 and Rs 3,48,000 respectively. The LPG variant of Santro GL is priced at Rs 3,49,000, whereas the LPG variant of Santro GLS is priced at Rs 3,69,000.
India's second largest car maker, Hyundai Motor India, is planning to phase out its hatch-back Getz and focus on its other small car i20.
Hyundai Motor India also plans to raise its sales in the overseas market this year.
Hyundai had signed a wage settlement on Thursday with a pay rise of 21-24 per cent over a three-year period. HMIEU had earlier gone on strike from April 20 to May 7 saying the management had not recognised the Union and had dismissed 80 employees, suspended 20 workers and transferred nine employees. The strike was called off after the meeting held by the labour commissioner on May 17.
While MSI's price cuts range between Rs 8,502 and Rs 30,984 across its models, Hyundai has slashed prices by between Rs 10,000 and Rs 135,300.
Commenting on the company's performance, HMIL managing director and chief executive officer, BS Seo said: "We surpassed our targets of selling 4 lakh vehicles in the domestic market by adding new products like Xcent, Elite i20 and Santa Fe to our robust product portfolio."
The country's second largest carmaker, Hyundai Motor India, on Friday said it is cutting production by 25 per cent and will work two shifts instead three from the next week following a slump in demand.
The company's new engine and transmission plant in Chennai, set up at an investment of $250 million, would have a capacity of 2.5 lakh units per annum. Overall, the company has invested $421 million on the Kappa project over a period of 48 months.
Besides making India its global small car hub and increasing the R&D headcount by four fold, the company would start exporting its engines from the Chennai plant from next year.
Hyundai Motor India and General Motors have announced cuts in prices of their small cars, following the finance minister's announcement of excise duty reduction on small cars
Hyundai Motor India expects its SUV range to gain further traction in the domestic market with demand for personal mobility gaining momentum post the second wave of COVID-19, according to a senior company official. The company, which already leads the SUV space with models like Venue, Creta, Tucson and recently launched Alcazar, is looking to maintain its lead in the segment which is growing with each passing month.
"We plan to launch the new 'i10' model with 1.2L petrol engine in the next two months. It will be powerful by an additional 15 bhp against the existing one, which comes in a 1.1L engine," a Hyundai Motor India Limited's spokesperson told reporters on the sidelines of induction ceremony of third batch of students traffic volunteers in New Delhi.
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.
Automobile exports from India recovered in the first quarter with all vehicle segments, including passenger vehicles and two-wheelers, witnessing growth following an improvement in the pandemic situation across various international markets. As per the latest SIAM data, total vehicle exports during the April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 14,19,430 units as compared with 436,500 units in the same period of 2020-21 which saw massive disruptions due to the COVID lockdowns across the country, hampering sales as well overseas shipments. SIAM director general Rajesh Menon told PTI that while two-wheeler shipments were better than previous three years, passenger vehicles, three-wheelers and commercial vehicles export numbers were yet to catch up with numbers in the first quarter of 2018-19 fiscal.
Young Key Koo, managing director, Hyundai Motors India, said SUV was the right product for India
International automakers have supported the Hyundai Motor's demand for a two-year notice period before any changes are made by the Indian government with regard to excise or custom duties for the auto sector.
Hyundai Motors India, which last year gifted 100 cars to Chennai City Police, plans to donate furniture to needy schools across Tamil Nadu as part its community development programme.
High real estate prices make the South Korean car maker look at Chennai and Hyderabad.
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.
Hyundai may join the battle in the sub-compact car market in India after Tata Motors introduces its Rs 100,000 car.
Maruti's Alto retained the top position in June with 14,856 units, as against 15,750 units in June last year.
HMIL sells a range of vehicles starting from entry-level small car Eon to premium SUV Santa Fe, which are priced between Rs 325,000 and Rs 31.75 lakh
The Grand SportZ Edition will have features as Diamond cut Alloy wheels, blue tooth connectivity, steering mounted audio and Bluetooth controls, leather wrap on steering wheel, rear spoiler, B-Pillar blackout along with body graphics.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd has launched a public charitable trust to support a variety of social initiatives.
Besides their country of origin, General Motors, Ford Motor and Harley-Davidson have another trait in common: all three have failed in India, the world's fifth largest automobile market. All three of them took a tough call to de-prioritise India as a market amid disruption from heightened regulations and sharper focus on capital allocation by the parent.
Hyundai eyes sales of three lakh units this year.
Tata Motors, India's third largest passenger vehicle maker, took pole position in the competitive sport utility vehicle (SUV) market in October, reveals the data from industry sources. Riding high on the Punch - the sub-compact SUV offering launched on October 18 - the Tata group flagship sold a record 23,381 units in October, higher than 20,022 units sold by archrival Mahindra & Mahindra, 18,538 units sold by Hyundai Motor India, and 15,931 units sold by Kia Motors India. Utility vehicles - that include SUVs and multipurpose vehicles - accounted for almost one in every two passenger vehicles sold in India in the first seven months of the current financial year, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.
The new line-up will be supported by a 360-degree marketing campaign touting 'I live the uber life'.
Petrol variants of the car are priced between Rs 6.38-7.09 lakh.
Hyundai Motor India on Thursday said it would be launching a "new generation" model of its mid-size offering 'Accent' in the Indian market around the latter part of 2006 for which it would be investing close to $130 million.
Hyundai Motor India recorded an impressive 121 per cent growth in sales in April this year at 19,853 units.
The economy segment of India's car market is unlikely to revive soon term as inflation and prices prompt buyers to defer purchases. The share of entry-level cars in the passenger vehicle market dropped to the lowest in seven years at the end of the Financial Year 2021-22 (FY22). A recovery in the segment will be largely driven by the overall economic growth, improvement in income levels, and easing of semiconductor shortage, say carmakers and analysts.
Hyundai Motor India on Monday jacked up prices of a variant of mid-size car Accent by 11,640 after a steep increase in steel prices raised input costs.
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