Hyundai India is the Indian subsidiary of Koran car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Company headquartered in Seoul. The brand is a proud owner of the world’s largest automobile manufacturing facility situated in Ulsan with a work force of about 75,000 persons around the world. The Ulsan facility is known to produce about 1.6 million units every year that are distributed to about 193 countries through the strong network of about 6,000 dealerships and showrooms across the world.
Hyundai first stepped on the Indian shores in 1996 with the establishment of its manufacturing plant in Irrungattukotai near Chennai. Standing on a land of more than 500 acre plot, it is known to be built with a huge investment of Rs 2500 Crore with a production capacity of about 120,000 cars annually. It is also tagged to be one of the most self-sufficient and successful with ground-breaking technologies to support in-house research and development unit, state-of-art paint shop, and final assembly line. he first car to roll out from this Chennai facility is the Santro, a popular small car running on Indian roads.
The first pilot Santro was rolled out from the Chennai facility and since then the car is doing wonders. After receiving appreciation and acclamation from people across the country, Hyundai India introduced many other counterparts and variants of the small Santro. Further to that, the entire spectrum of Hyundai cars including the i10, i20, Sonata, Accent, and Verna are commendable production offering a complete captivating and joyful driving experience.
Furthermore, in response to the keen desire of expanding its operation in India and a commitment to provide global technology to Indian customers, HMIL established its second plant in February 2008 with a production capacity of an additional 300,000 units per annum. The brand has also mated to various financial institutes like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Punjab National, Sundaram, and Mahindra Finance to provide an easy and comfortable approach to buy Hyundai cars.
In the year 2008, the brand has successfully completed its 10 glorious years on Indian shores. Looking back on the road, the achievements, milestones, success stories, and introductions of HMIL always shine back and brighten the present day. A unique trans-continental drive in the indigenous i10 Kappa from Delhi to Paris was a commendable achievement that created automobile history in its unique way. Moreover, 'Car of the Year 2008' to i10, 'TNS Voice of the Customer - 2008' to Hyundai Santro and Accent, and ‘Car of the Year 2007’ to Verna are some known accomplishments that helped Hyundai carved its own niche in the Indian car market.
Hyundai first stepped on the Indian shores in 1996 with the establishment of its manufacturing plant in Irrungattukotai near Chennai. Standing on a land of more than 500 acre plot, it is known to be built with a huge investment of Rs 2500 Crore with a production capacity of about 120,000 cars annually. It is also tagged to be one of the most self-sufficient and successful with ground-breaking technologies to support in-house research and development unit, state-of-art paint shop, and final assembly line. he first car to roll out from this Chennai facility is the Santro, a popular small car running on Indian roads.
The first pilot Santro was rolled out from the Chennai facility and since then the car is doing wonders. After receiving appreciation and acclamation from people across the country, Hyundai India introduced many other counterparts and variants of the small Santro. Further to that, the entire spectrum of Hyundai cars including the i10, i20, Sonata, Accent, and Verna are commendable production offering a complete captivating and joyful driving experience.
Furthermore, in response to the keen desire of expanding its operation in India and a commitment to provide global technology to Indian customers, HMIL established its second plant in February 2008 with a production capacity of an additional 300,000 units per annum. The brand has also mated to various financial institutes like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Punjab National, Sundaram, and Mahindra Finance to provide an easy and comfortable approach to buy Hyundai cars.
In the year 2008, the brand has successfully completed its 10 glorious years on Indian shores. Looking back on the road, the achievements, milestones, success stories, and introductions of HMIL always shine back and brighten the present day. A unique trans-continental drive in the indigenous i10 Kappa from Delhi to Paris was a commendable achievement that created automobile history in its unique way. Moreover, 'Car of the Year 2008' to i10, 'TNS Voice of the Customer - 2008' to Hyundai Santro and Accent, and ‘Car of the Year 2007’ to Verna are some known accomplishments that helped Hyundai carved its own niche in the Indian car market.
