Hyundai

Hyundai Motor is working on a car smaller than Santro and it is expected to be launched in the Indian market in a couple of years, said Arvind Kumar Saxena, Director (Marketing and Sales) of HMIL.
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Hyundai Motor India has said that it will continue to be aggressive with its product launches to protect and grow its market share, in the face of increasing launches in the compact car space in the country.

The company’s newly-appointed Managing Director and CEO, Han Woo Park, and Senior Vice-President – Marketing and Sales, Arvind Saxena, said at a press conference that the company had always been aggressive in introducing products and that it would continue to do that.
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In a very short time, Hyundai has made an amazing transformation from basket case to the automotive equivalent of a “nice girl”—dependable, easy to live with, and undemanding. But can Hyundai get its nice girls to do tequila shots and dance on tables from time to time? The conventional wisdom was that the much-heralded Genesis sedan and coupe would be the Hyundais that buck the trend, but they were variations on the same old Hyundai theme. As it turns out, the rebel Hyundai is an unlikely one—the Elantra Touring, a five door hatchback version of the Elantra sedan. [click to continue...]

Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) today reported 16.41 per cent growth in its total sales in September at 53,804 units, the highest ever monthly sales since the company first rolled out its car in India 11 years ago.

HMIL had sold a total of 46,218 units in the same month last year.
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Even though Hyundai India is gearing up to shift one-third of the i-20 model’s production (the export-driven version) to Europe by 2010-mid due to logistical reasons and tax benefits, it has also decided to put curtains on its less-than-a-decade-old model Getz by 2011 owing to dwindling demand.
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South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co plans to produce a new model in India priced as low as $5,000 and targeting emerging countries, Japanese business daily Nikkei reported.

Lheem Heung-soo, chief executive of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, told Nikkei in an interview the 800cc car, to be manufactured at its Chennai factory, would retail for $5,000-$6,000, adding the vehicle’s debut was several years away.

In addition to the rollout in India, where Hyundai is ranked No. 2, the model will be shipped to other emerging countries, the paper said.
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Hyundai launched an electric version of the i10 in Korea. This Hyundai i10 will be powered by a 49Kw electric motor and a 1Kw lithium-ion polymer battery which will push the i10 electric to a top speed of 120kmph and an acceleration of 0-100kmph in 15 seconds.

The i10 electric will have a range of 150kms on a single charge. The party piece of the i10 electric is how quickly it gets charged, the battery can be charged to 85% capacity in 15 minutes. Full charging will take up to 5 hours. This is attributed to the lithium-ion polymer battery which offers a weight drop of 30%, volume drop of 40% and efficiency boost of 12% compared to nickel batteries.
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Hyundai is one of the biggest automakers in the whole of Asia. Now we have word that the Seoul based manufacturer has launched the Hyundai Tucson ix in Korea. The compact sports utility vehicle boasts of sweeping coupe-styled lines, the feel of a premium vehicle and features over its predecessor.
Hyundai aims at recapturing the sales leadership in the small SUV market in Korea, and has started sales of the Tucson ix. The car has stylings based on the ix-onic concept displayed at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Everything from the fuel-efficiency to power output, from safety features to comfort has been upgraded. Developed under the project name LM, it took 280 billion won and about 36 months for the dream to be realised.

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Hyundai released two sketches of the next-generation Sonata midsize sedan. Orders are already being taken in Korea ahead of its official launch there on Sept. 10; the Sonata won’t hit the U.S. until 2010 as a 2011 model.

We expect to learn and see a lot more of the Sonata next week, but we do know that the Korean version will have a six-speed automatic transmission and 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. The current Sonata has a 2.4-liter four-cylinder with a five-speed automatic transmission returning 22/32 mpg city/highway. This new engine looks to be more efficient. Electronic stability control will be standard across the line.
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