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.
Both the carmakers do not have a strong presence in the SUV market and with these products they are aiming at filling the gap in their Indian portfolio.
The Verna will be placed in the upper end of the segment priced between Rs 6.21 lakh and Rs 6.36 lakh for the petrol variant and Rs 7.35 lakh for the diesel variant.
Hyundai completely changed the old i20 and provided some alluring cues to its fluidic structure.
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.
Maruti recorded 20 per cent jump in sales during November.
American tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday said his proposed visit to India has been postponed due to "very heavy Tesla obligations". The electric carmaker Tesla CEO -- who was expected to be in India on April 21 and 22 and scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- wrote on X that he is looking forward to coming to India later this year.
We have already seen bigger names like Mercedes, BMW and Honda providing top notch safety facilities and now Hyundai is upping the ante as well.
The automatic transmission is now available on the mid-level Verna 1.6 petrol SX AT and the Verna 1.6 diesel SX AT.
HYUNDAI I20 ACTIVE is fully loaded with features and has two well-refined engine options.
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.
The car is a stunner and has been launched with both automatic and manual transmission variants.
The petrol versions of the car are priced between Rs 5,05,000 and Rs 6,66,000.
The internet is abuzz with sightings of the next generation Hyundai i10 in Europe.
Al-Hilal wrapped up a place in the Asian Champions League semi-finals as a 2-0 win over fellow Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad in Jeddah on Tuesday completed a 4-0 aggregate success and set a world record with their 28th straight win in all competitions.
Close on the heels of Nokia announcing its plans to set up a plant in India, Hyundai India Telecom Ltd on Friday said it will set up a manufacturing unit and R&D hub in India.
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.
Korean auto major Hyundai Motor Co on Thursday launched entry level compact car Eon that has been developed specifically for the Indian market, at an introductory price of between Rs 2.69 lakh (Rs 269,000) and Rs 3.71 lakh (Rs 371,000), ex-showroom Delhi.
The Grand i10 AT competes with hatchbacks such as the Maruti Ritz AT, Honda Brio AT and Nissan Micra CVT.
Volkswagen Passenger Cars is targeting a volume sales growth of about 15 per cent in the country in 2024, even as it expects the Indian passenger vehicle (PV) industry to grow by 5-7 per cent in the current year, its India brand director, Ashish Gupta, said on Thursday. This means the company is expecting to grow 2-3 times faster than the Indian PV industry in 2024. But globally, the German automaker is expecting just 3 per cent rise in sales this year, down from 12 per cent last year.
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 2024 Kia Sonet facelift impresses with its comprehensive upgrades, ranging from a refreshed exterior design to advanced safety and technological features.
Hyundai Motor India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company S Korea, is investing an additional $220 million to expand the capacity of company's Chennai plant, a top company official said on Friday.
Hyundai's Grand i10 jostled with Maruti's Swift, making space for itself in a sub-segment that is witnessing growth.
The car starts at Rs 4.66 lakh.
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.
Strong festive demand in October helped carmakers register a seven-per cent volume growth in the domestic market, even as the largest player, Maruti Suzuki, reported low single-digit growth.
It is as different as chalk and cheese when you step inside the cabin of all these cars.
Let's see if Liva can live up to the expectations of the hatchback buyers and what will woo them to buy it as compared to Maruti Suzuki Swift, Hyundai i20, Ford Figo, and others.
Hyundai has managed to maintain this 20 per cent share even though competition has become fierce
Hyundai Motor India, the country's second largest car maker, on Friday said its plan for launching a small car in the Indian auto-market is "well on course".
The hydrogen-powered vehicle is available for lease in Los Angeles and Orange Counties of Southern California.
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.
Apart from pricing it attractively, Hyundai has taken enough precaution to see that EON's quality, at no point, has been compromised.
Fascinating cars the Korean auto giant is working on. These have technologies such as eye-tracking, gesture-based control and self-healing paint.
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.
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