List of articles tagged: Hyundai i20

Last year, when Hyundai had given a facelift to the i20, it had added one more gear to the CRDi engine making it a 6-speed manual transmission. The changes even included a new front grille and blue backlight interiors.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd continued to grow at 5.3 % in the month of February, 2011. HMIL’s total sales for February, 2011 stood at 52,007 units as against 54,610 units in February, 2010 registering a decline of 4.8%. The domestic sales accounted for 32,629 units as against 31,001 units in February, 2010 while the exports dipped by 17.9% from 23,609 units in February, 2010 to 19,378 units in February, 2011.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd domestic sales grew by 23.1% while exports saw a decline of 8.5%. Cumulative growth stood at 7.8% for the year ending December, 2010. HMIL’s total sales for December, 2010 stood at 47,228 units as against 47,217 units in December, 2009 while the cumulative sales almost remained the same. The domestic sales growth however registered a healthy growth of 17.6% over 2009 and stood at 26,168 units as compare to 22,252 units for 2009. Exports dipped by 15.6% to 21,060 units in 2010 against 24,965 units in 2009.

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), will soon be setting up a greenfield plant in India. The company will be spending Rs. 400 crore for this very purpose. This plant will be utilised to build 1.5 lakh diesel engines. Though the plants' location is not finalised as of now,  the company will be looking at expanding its reach throughout the country.

Hyundai Motors India Limited (HMIL) played host to a limited audience for a visit to their plant in Chennai. The ride from the airport to the plant was estimated to be around an hour and a half. We passed the roads of a state where politics was defined by a demigod named Karunanidhi and regional films boasted of a God named Rajnikanth. With posters pasted on either side of the road which lead to the plant, the beginning of the hour long journey already looked interesting. The Hyundai H1 that we were travelling gave the word ‘comfort’, a whole new meaning and the somewhat long journey was a breeze.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) has been conferred with the coveted 'Niryat Shree’ Gold and Silver Trophies for 2008-09 by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO). HMIL was awarded the Gold Trophy in the Engineering and Metallurgical products – Non-MSME category and the Silver Trophy in the Highest Foreign Exchange Earner category.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd achieved another milestone by crossing the sales of 2.5 lakh units of its premium hatchback i20 for the domestic and overseas markets since its launch in December, 2008 . Of the 2.5 lakh i20 cars sold, over 92,000 cars have been sold in the domestic market and approximately 168,000 units were exported to around 80 countries. To celebrate this success, HMIL has equipped the Asta variant of the i20 with the cutting edge GPS-based Audio Visual Navigation (AVN System).

Hyundai Motor India Ltd achieved record sales of 34,725 units in the domestic market this month which is the highest ever since the company started sales in September, 1998. This is also the first time that HMIL in the last four consecutive months has achieved over 50,000 units of sale cumulatively. HMIL’s total sales for October, 2010 stood at 52,225 units as against 51,735 units in October, 2009 registering an increase of 0.9%. The domestic sales accounted for 34,725 units as against 28,301 units in October, 2009 while the exports dipped by 25.3% from 23,434 units in October, 2009 to 17,500 units in October, 2010.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd registered a growth of 17.2%, over the same month last year, in domestic sales. HMIL’s total sales for August, 2010 stood at 50,636 units as against 49,521 units in August, 2009 registering a 2.3 % cumulative growth over the same period last year. The domestic sales accounted for 28,601 units as against 24,401 units in August, 2009 while the exports declined by 12.3 % from 25,120 units in August, 2009 to 22,035 units in August, 2010.

Hyundai Motor India would be increasing the prices of its products by up to 1.2% across all models, from the 1st of September 2010. This increase is attributed to the increase in input costs. The Verna Transform (read road test here) is the latest offering from the Hyundai stable and the i10 and the i20 have certainly brought in the moolah for the company. Since the rise is across segments, the costs will of course still compete with the other manufacturers but only time will tell if the costing has made any difference to the sale of the car.