Hyundai Motor India Limited - wikipedia Hyundai Motor India Limited Hyundai Motor India Ltd new thinking new possibilities Type Subsidiary Industry Automotive Founded 6 May 1996 ; 21 years ago ( 6 May 1996 ) Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Key people Mr. Y.K. Koo ( CEO ) Products Automobiles Parent Hyundai Motor Company Website www.hyundai.co.in Hyundai Motor India Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hyundai Motor Company in India. It is the second largest automobile manufacturer in India. Hyundai Santro Xing / Atos Prime ( Discontinued - 2014 ) was manufactured only by Hyundai Motor India Limited. Hyundai Motor India Limited was formed on 6 May 1996 by the Hyundai Motor Company of South Korea. When Hyundai Motor Company entered the Indian Automobile Market in 1996 the Hyundai brand was almost unknown throughout India. During the entry of Hyundai in 1996, there were only five major automobile manufacturers in India, i.e. Maruti, Hindustan, Premier, Tata and Mahindra. Daewoo had entered the Indian automobile market with Cielo just three years back while Ford, Opel and Honda had entered less than a year back. For more than a decade till Hyundai arrived, Maruti Suzuki had a near monopoly over the passenger cars segment because Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra were solely utility and commercial vehicle manufacturers, while Hindustan and Premier both built outdated and uncompetitive products. Contents 1 History 2 Manufacturing Facilities 3 R&D Centre 4 Global Quality Centre 5 Models 5.1 Manufactured Locally 5.2 Imported 5.3 Discontinued 6 Sales and Service Network 7 Exports 8 Sales Performance 9 Awards and Achievements 10 Brand Ambassador 11 See Also 12 External Links 13 References History HMIL 's first car, the Hyundai Santro was launched on 23 September 1998 and was a runaway success. Within a few months of its inception HMIL became the second largest automobile manufacturer and the largest automobile exporter in India. Hyundai Motor India Limited ( HMIL ) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company ( HMC ), South Korea and is the largest passenger car exporter and the second largest car manufacturer in India. HMIL presently markets 10 models - Eon, Grand i10, Xcent, Elite i20, i20 Active, Verna, Elantra, Creta, Tucson and SantaFe HMC has set up a research and development facility ( Hyundai Motor India Engineering - HMIE ) in the cyber city of Hyderabad. As HMC 's global export hub for compact cars, HMIL is the first automotive company in India to achieve the export of 10 lakh cars in just over a decade. HMIL currently exports cars to more than 87 countries across EU, Africa, Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Australia. It has been the number one exporter of passenger cars of the country for the eighth year in a row. To support its growth and expansion plans, HMIL currently has 475 strong dealer network and more than 1,226 strong service points across India, which will see further expansion in 2017. In July 2012, Arvind Saxena, the Director of Marketing and Sales stepped down from the position after serving the company for 7 years. Manufacturing facilities The Hyundai i10 ( Discontinued - 2016 ) was exclusively manufactured only by HMIL. HMIL has two manufacturing plants in Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. HMIL 's manufacturing plant near Chennai claims to have the most advanced production, quality and testing capabilities in the country. To cater to rising demand, HMIL commissioned its second plant in February 2008, which produces an additional 300,000 units per annum, raising HMIL 's total production capacity to 600,000 units per annum. Current Production Capacity with these 2 plants in Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur, Chennai increased to 7, 00,000 cars per year. R&D centre Hyundai Motor India Engineering ( HMIE ) is a fully owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea, which is located at Hyderabad, Telangana. HMIL established HMIE in November 2006 and contributed to the development of Hyundai Motors ' popular new models for the Indian market starting with the Eon and followed now by the `` i '' series, and also in SUV segments like the Creta. Hyundai Motors ' other overseas R&D centres are located in the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, and China. Global quality centre Named Indian Quality Centre ( INQC ), The centre is one of the five quality Centre worldwide after the U.S, China, Europe and Middle East. The India centre located at Faridabad, Haryana will conduct durablity study of existing models and benchmark parts and systems for constant improvement. The key activity of India quality Centre would be to `` contribute in new car development from pilot stage to create quality product with zero defect ''. Besides, the centre will also be responsible for ensuring `` top level safety quality `` through proactive customer oriented management system and understanding feedback from them to eliminate potential risks. The centre also has an objective to study market conditions and other Asia Pacific regions to develop new cars and adapt strategies for continuous product quality improvement. The company also opened a training centre at same facility. It will have its own body and paint unit, The new service training will ensure overall skill development of entire service profile of dealer manpower Models Hyundai Eon Hyundai Grand i10 Hyundai Fluidic Verna Hyundai Santa Fe ( Third Generation ) Hyundai i20 Manufactured Locally Hyundai Eon ( Launched 2011 ) Hyundai Grand i10 Facelift ( Launched Feb - 2017 ) Hyundai Xcent Facelift ( Launched April - 2017 ) Hyundai Elite i20 ( Launched 2014 ) Hyundai i20 Active ( Launched 2015 ) Hyundai Elantra ( Launched 2016 ) Hyundai Creta ( Launched 2015 ) Hyundai Tucson ( Launched 2016 ) Hyundai 3rd Gen - Verna ( Launched 2017 ) Imported Hyundai Santa Fe Third Generation ( Launched 2014 ) Discontinued Hyundai Santro ( 1998 -- 2003 ) Hyundai Santro Xing ( 2003 - 2014 ) Hyundai Accent GTX ( 1999 -- 2002 ) Hyundai Sonata Gold ( 2001 -- 2005 ) Hyundai Sonata ( Launched 2012 ) Hyundai Accent Viva ( 2002 -- 2004 ) Hyundai Accent CRDi ( 2002 -- 2006 ) Hyundai Terracan ( 2003 - 2007 ) Hyundai Getz ( 2004 -- 2007 ) Hyundai Accent GLS ( 2004 -- 2005 ) Hyundai Sonata Embera ( 2005 -- 2009 ) Hyundai Accent GLE ( 2006 -- 2011 ) Hyundai Verna ( 2006 -- 2010 ) Hyundai Getz Prime ( 2007 -- 2010 ) Hyundai i10 ( 2007 - 2010 ) Hyundai Verna Transform ( 2010 - 2011 ) Hyundai Elantra ( 2004 -- 2010 ) Hyundai Tucson ( 2005 -- 2010 ) Hyundai Sonata Transform ( 2010 -- 2011 ) Hyundai Santa Fe Second Generation ( 2010 - 2013 ) Hyundai Accent Executive ( 2011 - 2013 ) Hyundai i20 ( 2008 - 2014 ) Hyundai Verna ( 2011 - 2015 ) Hyundai Elantra ( 2012 - 2016 ) Hyundai i10 ( 2010 - 2016 ) Hyundai Grand i10 ( 2013 - 2017 ) Hyundai 4S Fluidic Verna ( 2015 - 2017 ) Sales and service network HMIL has 475 dealers and more than 1,226 service points across India. HMIL also operates its own dealerships known as Hyundai Motor Plazas in large metros across India. HMIL has the second largest sales and service network in India after Maruti Suzuki. Hyundai Motor India Limited Annual Sales Year Domestic sales Exports Total 1998 8,447 0 8,447 1999 17,627 20 17,647 2000 82,896 3,823 86,719 87,175 6,092 93,267 2002 1, 02,806 8,245 111,051 2003 1, 20,325 30,416 150,741 1, 39,759 75,871 215,630 2005 1, 56,291 96,560 252,851 2006 1, 86,174 1, 13,339 299,513 2007 2, 00,411 1, 26,749 327,160 2008 2, 45,397 2, 43,919 489,316 2009 2, 89,863 2, 70,017 559,880 3, 56,717 2, 47,102 603,819 2011 3, 73,709 2, 42,330 616,039 2012 3, 91,276 2, 50,005 641,281 2013 3, 80,000 2, 33,260 613,260 2014 4, 10,000 1, 91,221 601,221 2015 4, 76,001 1, 67,268 643,269 2016 5, 00,537 1, 61,517 662,054 Exports HMIL currently exports vehicles to over 92 countries across Africa, Middle East, Latin America, Australia and Asia. It has been India 's number one exporter for the last 10 years consecutively. HMIL has been consecutively awarded `` Top Exporter Of The Year '' for 10 years by EEPC. The Highest Exported volume was 2, 70,017 in year 2009. Sales performance Hyundai Motor India Ltd ( HMIL ), the country 's second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter, registered 4.6 % growth in exports for the month of May 2013. The domestic sales accounted for 32,102 units and exports stood at 24,754 units. sales 476000 in 2015 domestic sales 17.1 % market share. In 2016 It sold 30K units more thereby hitting the 5 lakh mark. Hence domestic sales stood at 500537 which is an increase by 5.2 % compared to last year, with 17.13 % market share. `` 2016 has been an Year of Excellence for Hyundai in India achieving various milestones - Celebrating 20 years in India, the roll out of 7 Millionth car in November'16, crossing the 5 lakh domestic sales in CY2016 and the fastest 50,000 unit sales in the month of October, '' YK Koo, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India said, in a statement. Hyundai 's Holy trinity - the Grand - i10, Elite - i20&Creta has cumulatively achieved 1.3 Million sales in less than 4 years which includes 1.1 Million domestic and 0.29 Million for exports. With exceeding 2, 50,000 sales in first quarter of 2017 Hyundai aims to target half million sales in domestic market in 2017. Awards and achievements Indian Car Of The Year ( ICOTY ) 2008 -- Hyundai i10 2014 -- Hyundai Grand i10 2015 -- Hyundai Elite i20 2016 -- Hyundai Creta JD Power Appeal Awards 2016 demonstrating excellence of ' Made In India ' Products as per global standards for Grand - i10, Elite - i20 & Creta. Brand ambassador The carmaker gets Shah Rukh Khan on board as its brand ambassador for the Hyundai Xcent, the company 's recently launched sub-compact sedan in India. Back in 1998, SRK shot his first TVC for the Hyundai Santro, and his association with the car brand has now turned 19. In 2010 Shah Rukh Khan won the `` Brand Ambassador of the Year '' for Hyundai i10 at NDTV Profit Car and Bike Awards. SRK also promotes the `` Be The Better Guy '' road safety campaign for Hyundai. In, July - 2017 Hyundai India extended the contract of Shah Rukh Khan for 2 Years. See Also Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Kia Automotive Group Automobile industry in India External Links Hyundai Motor India Limited Hyundai history References Jump up ^ http://motorbash.com/eight-years-counting-hyundai-india-is-the-top-exporter-of-the-year/ Jump up ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/external/display.jsp?mode=details&id=38739 Jump up ^ `` Arvind Saxena resigns from Hyundai ''. 23 July 2012. Jump up ^ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-05-06/news/72886399_1_rd-centre-koo-hmil Jump up ^ http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/hyundai-s-price-jolt-for-maruti-114031201116_1.html Jump up ^ http://www.hyundai.com/in/en/AboutUs/HyundaiMotorIndia/WhoWeAre/index.html Jump up ^ `` Hyundai Exports up by 4.6 % - BigGaddi.com News ''. BigGaddi.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013. Jump up ^ `` Shah Rukh Khan as brand ambassador for Hyundai Xcent in India ''. CarAndMe.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2013. Jump up ^ `` Shah Rukh Khan as brand ambassador for Hyundai Xcent in India ''. ZigWheels.com. Retrieved 23 September 2013. 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Question: when was hyundai verna first launched in india
Answer: 2006