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The Korean car maker, Hyundai Motors will be presenting its i-flow concept at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March. The i-flow concept has been developed jointly by Hyundai and the chemical company, BASF. The i-flow concept will be showcasing Hyundai’s future mobility concept and will be utilizing futuristic materials in the vehicle. These material [...]

Hyundai has revealed its plans for the upcoming Auto Expo. The Hyundai stall is going to be buzzing with action as the company has planned to bring in a host of cars to the biennial event. Making its global debut is the Hyundai HND-7 Compact MPV Concept. This could go into production in a couple [...]

Hyundai has been testing the Sonata/i45 in India for quite some time now. The next generation of the premium sedan was spotted many times in and around Chennai, where Hyundai has its manufacturing facility. Now the company plans to locally manufacture both the Santa Fe and Sonata in India, in a bid to save on [...]

The year 2011 has been quite rough for the auto industry. Car sales have plummeted down in the recent months due to increase in petrol prices and also rise in the interest rates. The months of November and December show a dip in car sales every year because people wait for the New Year to [...]

A couple of years ago, if anyone talked about the design of a Hyundai car, people would say it is a copy of some other vehicle. However things have changed drastically and Hyundai has emerged from a carmaker who used to take cues from other car companies for its styling to have its own family [...]

Just recently we were whining about the cheapest SUV from Hyundai in India being the Santa Fe, costing no less than Rs. 30 lakhs. Looks like Hyundai India has heard us or probably seen the tremendous response for the Mahindra XUV500, because the Korean automaker is now planning to launch a compact SUV, which could [...]

Hyundai has said that it is currently putting its plans of setting up a diesel engine plant in India on hold. The upcoming plant was supposed to have a production capacity of 1.5 lakh units per annum. The company says the reason behind taking such a call is the sluggish demand for cars in recent [...]

Hyundai is going on a product onslaught strategy in India. The Korean automaker has big plans for Indian customers with the launch of close to 15 models by 2015. With the entry of global car makers in India, Hyundai has seen a slight decrease in its market share and plans to counter that by offering [...]

Bookings of the Hyundai cars have slowly started to rise in the event of the on-going strike at the Maruti Suzuki’s production facility at Manesar and low volume turnover in the Gurgaon facility. “Bookings of Hyundai’s cars have increased to some extent”, R Sethuraman, Sr VP (finance & corporate affairs) of HMIL quoted. To a [...]

Hyundai is planning to unleash its small car attack in India soon with the launch of its 800cc HA. The Korean automaker plans to expand into rural areas by opening 300 rural sales outlets within the next two months. Hyundai plans to launch the HA (H800) this November, 2011 and will price it below Rs. [...]