Hyundai is the most popular name in Indian car market next to Maruti. Hyundai Santro experienced unprecedented success with its zip-model and state of art driving technology. Hyundai Motors India Limited is now country’s second largest car manufacturer and has an impressive portfolio to boast about.
But Hyundai is not complacent and have several plans for the next few years to expand its wings in India. Hyundai is bringing its small car by 2011 which will compete with Maruti 800 and other small cars from Fiat, Nissan, Mahindra Renault and even Maruti’s strongest portfolio of small cars. Hyundai seriously lacks its presence in the SUV segment and its model Hyundai Tucson was impactless. Hyundai now intends to replace Hyundai Tucson with its most stylish model Hyundai Santa Fe.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Santa Fe, Hyundai's SUV to come soon
Hyundai also lined up for new small car
The rate race is started already in India to join the bandwagon of launching small cars in India. The new name in the crowd is Hyundai Motors India (HMIL). The new small car from Hyundai will be smaller than Hyundai Santro. HMIL's newly appointed CEO and MD HW Park informed that the India bound small car is in development process in Korea at the investment of Rs 800 crore. However, he did not disclose about the commercial launch or price of the car. Mr Park said that the company wants to grow domestic sales to export ratio from 50:50 to 60:40 by the next year. He added that Hyundai will continue exporting small cars from India to overseas market.
Hyundai starts up with it's 'Always Around' Campaign
Hyundai Motor India Limited started its campaign ‘Always There, Because We Care’ in order to offer best quality customer support for its Hyundai car owners in India.
This year the company has started a campaign Always Around from November 8, 2009 and Hyundai will be offering free checkups at all convenient locations for its customers in the cities where Hyundai cars are sold.
Shopping malls, jogging parks, Multiplexes, etc can be the targeted locations. This year Shell India has also joined the campaign for Hyundai customers as the lubricant supplier. Participating in the activity to support the campaign Shell India will also take valuable feedback from customers.
Hyundai i10 success
Hyundai i10 is brute sale for Hyundai Motors India Limited. The company manufacture at its Chennai plant at export all over the world. Hyundai i10 1.2 litre has extremely performed well in the market. It has a remarkable sale record at the Scappage Screen launched by European Countries in past few moths.The international model 1.2 Classic come with new affordable price with new design, style price and with five year warranty. Well designed from inside make car looks more attractive and it is very spacious and comfortable.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Hyundai Santa Fe soon in India
Latest version of Hyundai Santa Fe will go on sale in January 2010 in UK market. The latest model of Hyundai Santa Fe is most updated with power engine diesel, reduced CO2 and it will enter with low price in UK market. It will comes in two trims but plenty of Standard equipment like reserve sensor, 17 alloy wheels and good stability control. It has only one engine 2.2 LCRDi engine. It offer R engine with 194bhp with 436 NM of torque which increase 26% power from the past model and Santa's speed is 0-100kmph in 9.8 seconds.
It will reduce the consumption and increase the mileage. Hyundai Santa Fe is the famous SUV in the Hyundai product profile Hyundai is planning to launch in India but due to economic crisis it is postponed. Hyundai is planning to launch Hyundai Santa Fe in India as soon as possible.
Hyundai i10 leaves behind Santro in sales
Hyundai i10 has become the flagship model of Hyundai leaving behind Hyundai Santro. As per the sales figures of last few months, monthly sales of Hyundai i10 have touched 12000 units as against 7000 for the Hyundai Santro. In the year 2000, Hyundai Santro's sales was at 12,000 units a month. It drops to 7,000 units a month at present. Interestingly, Hyundai i10 is priced higher than Hyundai Santro but superior technology, contemporary styling and competitive pricing have made the difference. The company intends to sell around 85,000 units of Santro and 1.4 lakh units of i10 in the current year.
i10 and Santro. Contribution by sales of company's compact cars (i10 and Santro) is remarkable and has a largest customer base. The cars are giving tough competition to Maruti Wagon R, Tata Indica, Maruti Alto and Maruti Zen Estilo. The competition will become more fierce with the launch of Maruti Eeco and Volkswagen Polo in India.
Electric version of Hyundai i10 to be launched at Auto Expo 2010
Electric and diesel version of Hyundai's flagship model, Hyundai i10, might be launched at the up-coming Auto Expo 2010. These launches are expected from a long time in India. The Hyundai i10 has left behind Hyundai Santro on the sales front in 2009. Apart from this, news of launching Hyundai i30 at the expo is also in the air. In addition to this, Indian car enthusiasts may also be blessed by the launch of Hyundai Avante and Hyundai Verna Transformer at the Auto Expo. The company is well prepared to introduce its new Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) Hyundai Santa Fe at the show. The new SUV, Hyundai Santa Fe, will have to compete with Maruti Grand Vitara and Honda C-RV. It is to be mentioned here that the Hyundai Santa Fe has bagged Car of the Year award in North America, China and Canada. The SUV model has been a great hit in the overseas market and now its time to test it in India. The company officials quoted as saying by a news site that its Indian launch is under consideration but Hyundai Tucson will be sold as before in India.
