Hyundai Motors
Hyundai
Motor India Ltd. was established in 1996, and is a subsidiary of the
giant South Korean multi national, the Hyundai Motor Company. It is
Korea's top automobile manufacturer, with it sales revenue touching 8.24
billion in 1997. The Santro
is steadily capturing the Indian market, and giving a strong competition
to its rivals in the same segment. It's success story is an example of a
profitable Indian - Korean partnership where Indian skills and
workmanship combine with Korean design and technology to produce one of
the best cars.
The Hyundai Santro
has been designed and developed in India at the integrated
auto-manufacturing unit at Irrungattukatoi near Chennai. This plant is
capable of producing 1,20,000 cars and 1,30,000 engine and transmission
systems annually. It also has in built facilities for the manufacture of
critical components. It is planned to invest another $1 billion in this
facility by the year 2001.
The Company has set up more than 70 dealer workshops that are equipped
with the latest technology, machinery, and international quality press,
body and paint shops, across the country, thereby providing a one-stop
shop for a Hyundai customer. Hyundai also has a fleet of 78 emergency
road service cars - specially equipped Santro that can provide emergency
service to all its customers anytime, anywhere.
HMILs fully incorporated state-of-the-art manufacturing plant
near Chennai speaks of some of the most developed production, quality
and testing potentials in the country. Apart from offering the customers
with the global technology products, it has also been awarded with the
benchmark ISO 14001 certification for its sustainable environment
management practices.
Hyundai hopes to increase its presence in the Indian market with coming
up with more new models to cater to the growing and differing needs of
the market.
| AWAITED MODELS |
| Avante |
i20, i30, i40 |
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