Car News in India

If winter comes, can spring be far behind! This is what the car makers should believe. Maruti sales in February are down by 8 percent and the second largest car maker Hyundai not doing good as well. As per the official communication, Hyundai sales are up by 5.4 percent only and this shows how pathetic the market condition is. The A2 segment or the small car segment that consists of Hyundai Eon, legendary Hyundai Santro, new i10, and the more than hatchback i20 received the maximum volume. The condition is expected to go....  Continue Reading

December 2012 has deceived the car makers badly and this month seems to recover them from losses. Keeping their fingers crossed in a situation when the market is down, interest rates are up and the overall sentiment is low, some car makers have dared to increase the price of their cars. Following the suit, Korean car maker Hyundai will be increasing the price of its cars by upto Rs 20k from this February 1. Thus right from Hyundai Eon to  Continue Reading

Hyundai Motors Ltd had launched its compact car, Hyundai Eon in India a couple of months ago. Now, the carmaker has launched this car in Chile. However, Eon was particularly developed for India, but this one will be expanding the portfolio of Hyundai in Chile as well. There, the car will be positioned at the bottom accompanied by many news cars lined up for next year. In India, the car has been doing an amazing business but it will still take a bit long for taking over the very victorious  Continue Reading

Everyone knows that Hyundai Motors India is the second largest car manufacturer in the country. However, the company experienced about 2.29% fall in the total sales of November 2012. In November 2011, the company has sold around 57,071 units of Hyundai cars, but this time around this figure came down to 55,762 units. See More Hyundai Eon Photos Get  Continue Reading

The Maruti’s Manesar crisis was in fact a wild fire that has now reached other car makers as well. Hyundai’s manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur is the latest victim. The labor unrest at the plant continued to flare up for the sixth day as well. However, production of all Hyundai cars including Hyundai Eon, Hyundai i10, Hyundai i20 and other cars remained normal, said....  Continue Reading

The Manesar crisis seems to be a contagious disease but it is slow reacting and the other car makers have adequate immunity to it. However, affecting production for over an hour, the Hyundai India workers at the Chennai plant went on strike. Though this was only a symbolic strike and it did not affect production too much but the management is taking this seriously. It here that most of the Hyundai cars are produced including the most popular Hyundai Eon,  Continue Reading

It’s the clash of the titans in the small car segment since the time Maruti Alto 800 has been brought into the market. Many car makers are anxious and petrified from this small wonder from MSI. However, one of the biggest competitors of Alto 800 in the Indian car bazaar is Hyundai Eon and it sure is quite nervous, which is evident from the recent advertisement. Lately, Hyundai recently published a full page advertisement comparing its Eon and the....  Continue Reading

The country’s second largest car maker Hyundai Motors India Limited has joined the league of other major car manufacturers who have recently announced to hike prices of their portfolio. The country’s second largest car maker Hyundai today said that it is going to hike the prices of the vehicle within a period of couple of weeks. The company has blamed the high input material cost for this price increase. The Korean firm, however, hasn’t disclosed the size of this proposed car price increase.  Continue Reading

At a time when the leading car makers in the country are gearing-up to make the most of the high demand in the upcoming festive season, the second largest car maker Hyundai Motors is reported to be struggling with labor problem at their Sriperumbudur plant. As per the recent media reports, the production of Hyundai cars is getting affected at this plant as the workers of the company’s logistics department are deliberately going slow, in order to show solidarity with the on strike temporary workers. The temporary workers who handle logistics at the company’s plant are....  Continue Reading

Hyundai and Cricket has a close relation just as VW does. Hyundai has bagged the exclusive right to showcase the cricket balls to be used in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 on September 18, 2012 in Sri Lanka. Following this, Hyundai organized the showcase in glittering Hyundai Eon at select Hyundai dealerships across India. Hyundai officials will be handing over the balls to the match umpire. As a mark of celebration, the car maker had customized a special Eon with lots of ICC World Twenty20 branding on it. The Eon has....  Continue Reading

India will yet again be under the grip of cricket fever as the ICC T20 World Cup will begin in September 2012 in Sri Lanka. With T20 World Cup beginning to create excitement among the cricket lovers, South Korean car maker has come up with an innovative idea to lure customers to the showroom. The ICC T20 World Cup trophy will be available at the Hyundai dealerships across the nation and cricket lovers can get a picture clicked posing with the trophy. See More  Continue Reading

A close look at the reasons why car maker Hyundai was not able to launch Hyundai Eon Diesel, Hyundai Santro diesel or other low priced diesel cars in India, suggests that it is the unclear stand of the government that desisted the car maker from taking a firm decision. The dilly dallying attitude over the special tax on diesel cars in India has marred the car industry lately and it continues to do so.....  Continue Reading

Have you ever heard of not buying any product, that too after tasting it, and still becoming eligible for the gift? Sounds exceedingly good to be true, but that is exactly what Hyundai Motors dealers are offering their customers on Hyundai Eon D-Lite Plus under ‘Eon Challenge’ scheme. All you need to do is test drive the small car and if after test driving also you decide on another vehicle, besides Eon, you will be eligible for an....  Continue Reading

Hyundai Motors will begin the export of its entry level car Hyundai Eon in a month’s time to South Asian countries and Africa. India will be the export base for Hyundai’s small car Eon. According to the sales figure, Hyundai India is the largest car exporter of India, the company was exporting almost half of its production to other countries a few years ago. However due to the economic slowdown the demand slumped sharply in Europe followed by the debt crisis which led to Hyundai look out for new....  Continue Reading

The stylish small car Hyundai Eon, which was launched in the Indian market in October 2011, has now marked its debut in the Ghanaian market. The car was officially launched in the country recently by joint venture of South Korean car maker Hyundai and Investments Ghana Limited. The Hyundai EON is a new generation small car from Hyundai camp which is blessed with company’s next generation Fluidic design language. Powered by an 814 CC petrol engine, the car is capable of delivering a peak power of 55 bhp along....  Continue Reading