At the 82nd Geneva Motor Show Hyundai showcased their latest i20 in a new avatar. The facelifted i20 will undoubtedly make its way to India very soon and so it was of keen interest to us when we saw it in Geneva. Keeping design hues in line with Hyundai’s fluidic design concept, the new i20 [...]

Passenger car sales in India rose significantly in November 2009, on the back of a low-base effect and festival discounts. Car sales had plummeted by 19.3 per cent in November 2008, compared to sales in the same month in 2007. Maruti Suzuki posted a 61.6 per cent growth in domestic sales, up from 47,103 units [...]

Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) may launch its small car earlier than 2011-12, to give competition to other small cars scheduled for launch around the same time. Codenamed 2CV, the car is being developed specifically for the Indian market. It is expected to come with a 1.1 litre petrol engine, and will be priced between [...]

Car maker Hyundai Motor is planning to launch another small car, to be placed below the Santro. The new MD and CEO of Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), Mr HW Park, told mediapersons that the company was developing a small car in Korea, specifically for the Indian market, at an investment of Rs 800 crore. [...]

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) is sparing no effort to expand its used-car business, Hyundai Advantage, in the country. Launched in the year 2006, Hyundai Advantage today has 69 dealers in 49 locations across India. The company plans to increase the number of dealers to 108 by the end of 2009, and 200 by the [...]

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) has filed a case against Mahindra Renault in the Delhi High Court, accusing the latter of using the name ‘Sandero’ for a compact car it is planning to launch, which sounds very similar to Hyundai’s own well-established Santro.  The Korean company is accusing Mahindra Renault is trying to cash in [...]

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) may phase out its only SUV in the country, the Hyundai Tucson. Faced with stiff competition from Ford’s Endeavour, Toyota’s Fortuner, Chevrolet’s Captiva and Mitsubhishi’s Pajero, the Tucson has been able to sell only 3 units in the past four months. This is largely due to the high import duty [...]

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) recently started a driving school for the underprivileged, as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. HMIL will invest a sum of Rs 12 lakh, annually, to train economically backward youths as drivers. The school has been set up within HMIL’s factory premises in Chennai and will train four batches of [...]

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) launched two new variants of the i20 this week, the i20 diesel and the i20 automatic. The diesel version of the car comes with a 1.4 litre CRDi engine which gives a maximum power output of 90PS@4000rpm. It will be available in three variants – the Magna, the Asta and [...]

The Hyundai i20 has become the first India-manufactured car to get a five-star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP). The NCAP safety test has four main parameters to judge a car – adult occupancy, child protection, pedestrian protection and safety assist. The i20’s active head-restraints, front seatbelt, pre-tensioner and six airbags [...]