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Milestones of Hyundai Motor India since 1996 until now.

Milestones of Hyundai Motor India 2001-2005

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2005

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Year	Date	Milestone
2005	November 29, 2005	HMI exports its first shipment to UK
2005	November 1, 2005	All time high cumulative sales in October.
2005	October 18, 2005	HMI exported its 200,000th car to the overseas market
2005	September 26, 2005	Sania Mirza was signed as Brand Ambassador of Hyundai Getz
2005	August 18, 2005	Hyundai Motor India introduced the export variant of its premium hatchback, Getz, in the Indian market,Getz-GLE.
2005	August 17, 2005	Launch of Sonata Embera
2005	June 8, 2005	Hyundai Motor India launched three new variants of the Santro Xing with eRLX technology(XK-non AC,XK, XL)
2005	April 6, 2005	HMIL launches the GDMS – Global Dealer Management System , a software that will help its dealers stay connected with the company in real time.
2005	April 6, 2005	Launch of SUV – Hyundai Tucson
2005	February 1, 2005	HMIL was declared the “Star Company” amongst the unlisted companies by Business Standard
2005	January 1, 2005	Accent CRDi – was awarded the 'No 1 Midsize Diesel Car' by TNS Automotive, India
2005	January 1, 2005	Accent Petrol – was awarded the 'No 1 Entry Midsize Car' by TNS Automotive, India
2005	January 17, 2005	Getz awarded ‘Car of the Year 2005” by CNBC – TV 18, Auto Car Auto Awards.
2005	January 1, 2005	Santro once again becomes the largest selling brand in its segment.

2004

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Year	Date	Milestone
2004	December 25, 2004	Getz awarded “Car of the Year” 2005 by Standard Motoring Magazine
2004	December 1, 2004	Santro becomes India’s largest selling single brand across segments with 12,061 units.
2004	November 17, 2004	HMIL introduced India’s Best Warranty for the 1st time in the history of Indian Automotive Industry – 4 years/80,000 km warranty for Sonata & Elantra.
2004	October 31, 2004	HMIL crossed the figure of 1, 00,000 vehicles in export and emerged as the largest exporter in the automobile industry.
2004	September 10, 2004	Launch of Hyundai Getz
2004	April 15, 2004	Launch of Hyundai Elantra
2004	March 1, 2004	Santro crossed the figure of 1,00,000 sales in terms of annual sales. The first Indian car to do so in its segment.
2004	January 15, 2004	Launch of Accent Viva CRDi

2003

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Year	Date	Milestones
2003	December 11, 2003	Hyundai rolls out 500,000th vehicle in India
2003	August 12, 2003	Export shipment of 1,500 Santro Xing cars leave for Europe, HMI becomes small cars export hub for HMC
2003	August 4, 2003	Hyundai Motor India launches its premium SUV, Terracan
2003	June 1, 2003	Hyundai Motor India wins the Business Standard Motoring Jury Award for the Accent CRDi.
2003	May 22, 2003	Hyundai Motor India launches Santro Xing, the global small car
2003	May 8, 2003	Hyundai Motor India rolls out 400,000th car
2003	March 18, 2003	Hyundai Motor India awarded ISO 14001 for sustainable Environment Management
2003	March 13, 2003	Hyundai Motor India commences exports to Latin America
2003	February 5, 2003	Hyundai Motor India declared ‘Car Maker of the Year’ at the ICICI Overdrive Awards
2003	January 14, 2003	Hyundai Motor India awarded ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ at the CNBC Autocar India Awards for the second year in a row

2002

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Year	Date	Milestone
2002	December 1, 2002	Hyundai Motor India rolls out 350,000th car in a short period of 50 months
2002	November 1, 2002	Santro bags top honours in J D Power Asia Pacific 2002, tops both IQS & APEAL for 3rd time in a row & Accent ranked No. 1 in APEAL for 2nd time in a row
2002	October 23, 2002	Hyundai Motor India launches Sonata 2.7 V6
2002	October 10, 2002	Hyundai Motor India launches Accent CRDi
2002	September 6, 2002	Hyundai Motor India launches Santro Automatic Transmission
2002	August 16, 2002	Hyundai Motor India launches Accent VIVA
2002	June 26, 2002	Hyundai Motor India rolls out 3,00,000th car
2002	March 18, 2002	Global launch of 1.1 Litre E-Epsilon engine on the new Santro Zip Plus

2001

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