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28-Apr,2008New Delhi, April 28, 2008: Hyundai Motor India, India’s largest passenger car exporter and the second largest car manufacturer in India organized a Mileage Challenge Rally 2008 exclusively for the Indian automobile media. This was the first time such an event had been organized by any manufacturer for the members of the motoring media. The event was flagged from the Heritage Village in Manesar on the outskirts of Delhi on the morning of 24th April, 2008.
The Mileage Challenge Rally that witnessed a total participation of 30 journalists from Delhi, Mumbai and Pune was organized to promote fuel efficient driving techniques and also an opportunity to find out what Hyundai cars are capable of. Culminating in a competitive drive, using Hyundai Verna (diesel and petrol) models, participants were ranked not for speed, but for getting the most mileage per litre of fuel from their vehicles. The average overall mileage that the Verna diesel variant yielded was 33.57 km. per litre (kpl), while the petrol model came up with an impressive average of 25.88 kpl. The overall mileage was the average of all the cars in each category.
Driving a Hyundai Verna diesel model, Bob Rupani and Nekzad Engineer of Auto India emerged the winners of this category achieving a mileage of 42.46 kpl while Manish Sarser and Ashley Baxter of Autocar India pulled off 40.5 kmpl for the first runner-up position and the team of Amit Chhangani and Rohit Paradkar from Car India clocked a mileage of 39.5 kpl to be declared the second runner- up for this category.
The teams driving the Hyundai Verna petrol variant had Dileep Desai and Vikram Gour of Zigwheels.com (of The Times of India Group) attain a mileage of 30.1 kmpl to win this category while veteran journalists Bijoy Y Kumar and Srinivas Krishnan of Business Standard Motoring accomplished 28.04 kmpl to finish second and Ashish Jha of Carwale.com and Suresh Narayan of Auto Bild India, together attained an average of 27.4 kmpl to finish in the third position.
Driving the Verna diesel and petrol models, the 30 participating journalists comprising of both print and TV drove almost 120 kms from Manesar on NH-08 towards Jaipur and back. Each publication had formed a team of two members to compete in this event and before the event started they were all briefed on the techniques of fuel efficient driving.
Expressing his appreciation of the media-persons’ sporting willingness to be part of a challenge rally, Arvind Saxena, Sr. Vice President, Hyundai Motor India, said: “It’s not often that we get the journalists to participate in such challenging events. The participants were already well-informed about how to get the most from the vehicles and the competitive environment brought the best out of each one of them. Most of the participating journalists even switched off their air conditioners in the sweltering heat of Delhi to get the maximum mileage out of their cars, and it was really nice to see their enthusiasm for the event.”
About HMIL
Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea and is the second largest and the fastest growing car manufacturer in India. HMIL presently markets 30 variants of passenger cars across segments. The Santro in the B segment, the Getz Prime and the i10 in the B+ segment, the Accent and the Verna in the C segment, the Sonata Embera in the E segment and the Tucson in the SUV segment.
Hyundai Motor India, continuing its tradition of being the fastest growing passenger car manufacturer, registering total sales of 327,160 vehicles in the calendar year (CY) 2007, an increase of 9.2 percent over CY 2006. In the domestic market it clocked a growth of 7.6 percent as compared to 2006 with 200,412 units, while overseas sales grew by 11.8 percent, with exports of 126,748 units.
HMIL’s fully integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing plant near Chennai boasts of the most advanced production, quality and testing capabilities in the country. In continuation of its commitment to provide the Indian customer with global technology, HMIL has set up its second plant, which produces an additional 300,000 units per annum, raising HMIL’s total production capacity to 600,000 units per annum.
HMIL is investing to expand capacity in line with its positioning as HMC’s global export hub for compact cars. Apart from expansion of production capacity, HMIL plans to expand its dealer network, which will be increased from 230 to 300 this year.
The year 2007 has been a significant year for Hyundai Motor India. It achieved a significant milestone by rolling out the fastest 500,000th export car. Hyundai exports to over 90 countries globally; even as it plans to continue its thrust in existing export markets, it is gearing up to step up its foray into new markets. The year just ended also saw Hyundai Motor India attaining other milestones with the launch of the i10 and yet another path-breaking record in its young journey by rolling out the fastest 1,500,000th car.
Hyundai’s new model i10 which made its global debut here in India in October, 2007 made a clean sweep of all the ‘Car of the Year 2008’ awards from the leading automotive magazines and TV channels like BS Motoring, CNBC-TV18 AutoCar, NDTV Profit Car & Bike India and Overdrive magazine. The i10 is also the choice of the discerning automotive media of the country as they conferred the prestigious ‘Indian Car of the Year’ (ICOTY) award to the i10 as well. The i10 bagged these awards on the basis of excellence in build quality, handling, driver comfort, safety and ride quality. The Santro and the Accent also received the ‘TNS Voice of the Customer - 2008’ award for the Premium Compact Car (Santro) and the Entry Mid size Car (Accent).
Last year, the Hyundai Verna bagged some of the most prestigious awards starting with the title of "Car of the Year 2007" by India`s leading automotive publication – Overdrive, the “Best Mid-size Car of the Year” award by the NDTV Profit Car & Bike India Awards 2007, the “Best Value for Money Car” by the CNBC Autocar Auto awards and ‘Performance Car of the Year 2007’ from Business Standard Motoring.
Hyundai cars have been a favorite at all awards ceremonies and have always been winning awards. Our models like Sonata Embera won the ‘Executive Car of The Year 2006’ award from Business Standard Motoring Magazine and NDTV Profit Car & Bike India declared the Tucson as the ‘SUV of The Year 2006’. Not only this, HMIL has also been awarded the benchmark ISO 14001 certification for its sustainable environment management practices
The Mileage Challenge Rally that witnessed a total participation of 30 journalists from Delhi, Mumbai and Pune was organized to promote fuel efficient driving techniques and also an opportunity to find out what Hyundai cars are capable of. Culminating in a competitive drive, using Hyundai Verna (diesel and petrol) models, participants were ranked not for speed, but for getting the most mileage per litre of fuel from their vehicles. The average overall mileage that the Verna diesel variant yielded was 33.57 km. per litre (kpl), while the petrol model came up with an impressive average of 25.88 kpl. The overall mileage was the average of all the cars in each category.
Driving a Hyundai Verna diesel model, Bob Rupani and Nekzad Engineer of Auto India emerged the winners of this category achieving a mileage of 42.46 kpl while Manish Sarser and Ashley Baxter of Autocar India pulled off 40.5 kmpl for the first runner-up position and the team of Amit Chhangani and Rohit Paradkar from Car India clocked a mileage of 39.5 kpl to be declared the second runner- up for this category.
The teams driving the Hyundai Verna petrol variant had Dileep Desai and Vikram Gour of Zigwheels.com (of The Times of India Group) attain a mileage of 30.1 kmpl to win this category while veteran journalists Bijoy Y Kumar and Srinivas Krishnan of Business Standard Motoring accomplished 28.04 kmpl to finish second and Ashish Jha of Carwale.com and Suresh Narayan of Auto Bild India, together attained an average of 27.4 kmpl to finish in the third position.
Driving the Verna diesel and petrol models, the 30 participating journalists comprising of both print and TV drove almost 120 kms from Manesar on NH-08 towards Jaipur and back. Each publication had formed a team of two members to compete in this event and before the event started they were all briefed on the techniques of fuel efficient driving.
Expressing his appreciation of the media-persons’ sporting willingness to be part of a challenge rally, Arvind Saxena, Sr. Vice President, Hyundai Motor India, said: “It’s not often that we get the journalists to participate in such challenging events. The participants were already well-informed about how to get the most from the vehicles and the competitive environment brought the best out of each one of them. Most of the participating journalists even switched off their air conditioners in the sweltering heat of Delhi to get the maximum mileage out of their cars, and it was really nice to see their enthusiasm for the event.”
About HMIL
Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea and is the second largest and the fastest growing car manufacturer in India. HMIL presently markets 30 variants of passenger cars across segments. The Santro in the B segment, the Getz Prime and the i10 in the B+ segment, the Accent and the Verna in the C segment, the Sonata Embera in the E segment and the Tucson in the SUV segment.
Hyundai Motor India, continuing its tradition of being the fastest growing passenger car manufacturer, registering total sales of 327,160 vehicles in the calendar year (CY) 2007, an increase of 9.2 percent over CY 2006. In the domestic market it clocked a growth of 7.6 percent as compared to 2006 with 200,412 units, while overseas sales grew by 11.8 percent, with exports of 126,748 units.
HMIL’s fully integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing plant near Chennai boasts of the most advanced production, quality and testing capabilities in the country. In continuation of its commitment to provide the Indian customer with global technology, HMIL has set up its second plant, which produces an additional 300,000 units per annum, raising HMIL’s total production capacity to 600,000 units per annum.
HMIL is investing to expand capacity in line with its positioning as HMC’s global export hub for compact cars. Apart from expansion of production capacity, HMIL plans to expand its dealer network, which will be increased from 230 to 300 this year.
The year 2007 has been a significant year for Hyundai Motor India. It achieved a significant milestone by rolling out the fastest 500,000th export car. Hyundai exports to over 90 countries globally; even as it plans to continue its thrust in existing export markets, it is gearing up to step up its foray into new markets. The year just ended also saw Hyundai Motor India attaining other milestones with the launch of the i10 and yet another path-breaking record in its young journey by rolling out the fastest 1,500,000th car.
Hyundai’s new model i10 which made its global debut here in India in October, 2007 made a clean sweep of all the ‘Car of the Year 2008’ awards from the leading automotive magazines and TV channels like BS Motoring, CNBC-TV18 AutoCar, NDTV Profit Car & Bike India and Overdrive magazine. The i10 is also the choice of the discerning automotive media of the country as they conferred the prestigious ‘Indian Car of the Year’ (ICOTY) award to the i10 as well. The i10 bagged these awards on the basis of excellence in build quality, handling, driver comfort, safety and ride quality. The Santro and the Accent also received the ‘TNS Voice of the Customer - 2008’ award for the Premium Compact Car (Santro) and the Entry Mid size Car (Accent).
Last year, the Hyundai Verna bagged some of the most prestigious awards starting with the title of "Car of the Year 2007" by India`s leading automotive publication – Overdrive, the “Best Mid-size Car of the Year” award by the NDTV Profit Car & Bike India Awards 2007, the “Best Value for Money Car” by the CNBC Autocar Auto awards and ‘Performance Car of the Year 2007’ from Business Standard Motoring.
Hyundai cars have been a favorite at all awards ceremonies and have always been winning awards. Our models like Sonata Embera won the ‘Executive Car of The Year 2006’ award from Business Standard Motoring Magazine and NDTV Profit Car & Bike India declared the Tucson as the ‘SUV of The Year 2006’. Not only this, HMIL has also been awarded the benchmark ISO 14001 certification for its sustainable environment management practices
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