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Milestones of Hyundai Motor India 2006-2010

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2010

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Year	Date	Milestone
2010	December 30, 2010	"Hyundai Motor India Production touches 6 Lakh units in 2010 - Achieves highest ever production in a calendar year since inception"
2010	November 30, 2010	HMIL reaches 20 lakh domestic production & sales milestone achieves fastest 20 lakh car production in a span of 12 years
2010	November 16, 2010	HMIL receives the coveted 'Niryat Shree’ Gold and Silver Trophies for 2008-09 by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO). The Gold Trophy was received in the Engineering and Metallurgical products – Non- MSME category and the Silver Trophy in the Highest Foreign Exchange Earner category.
2010	November 10, 2010	"Hyundai i20 crosses landmark sales of 2.5 lakh units - First in its segment to achieve this milestone - Introduces factory-fitted GPS-based Audio Visual Navigation (AVN) System "
2010	November 1, 2010	Record domestic sales of 34,725 units in Oct, 2010
2010	October 13, 2010	Santa Fe Launch
2010	September 23, 2010	Launch of All New Next Gen i10
2010	September 13, 2010	HMIL received the 'All India Award for Export Excellence 2008-09' by the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC). HMIL was awarded the Gold Trophy – in the Large Enterprise category.
2010	August 6, 2010	Hyundai Motor India rolls out the 3,000,000th car
2010	July 23, 2010	Hyundai Motor India Ltd has been awarded the prestigious ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Award’ as the ‘Best Commercial and Industrial Institution’ for the year 2009-10
2010	July 13, 2010	Hyundai i10 wins Small Family Favourite Car award by Carwale.com
2010	June 23, 2010	Launch of the all new Verna Transform
2010	April 6, 2010	Launch of the all new i20 with 2 new variants Era and Sportz
2010	February 22, 2010	Fastest 10 lakh export car
2010	January 6, 2010	Hyundai i10 brand ambassador Shahrukh Khan wins the ‘Best Brand Ambassador’ of the year award at the NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards 2010
2010	January 6, 2010	Hyundai i20 wins the ‘Design of the Year’ award at the NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards 2010.
2010	January 6, 2010	Hyundai Motor India Ltd unveils the ‘i10 electric’ at the 10th Autoexpo. Shahrukh Khan, brand ambassador of Hyundai i10 unveils the car.
2010	January 5, 2010	Hyundai Motor India Ltd wins the award for ‘Best Customer Service’ at the Auto India Best Brand Survey 2010.
2010	January 5, 2010	Hyundai i20 wins the ‘Viewers Choice Car of the Year’ award at the CNBC TV18 Overdrive Awards 2010.

2009

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Year	Date	Milestone
2009	December 7, 2009	Hyundai Motor India Ltd reaches the milestone of rolling out the fastest 2.5 million cars in India.
2009	September 2, 2009	Hyundai Motor India Ltd launched the New Santro with dual tone beige interiors and sporty exteriors.
2009	August 29, 2009	Hyundai Motor India Ltd. receives the EEPC ‘National Award for Export Excellence for 2007-08. Hyundai won the Gold Trophy in the ‘Large Enterprise’ category.
2009	July 7, 2009	Hyundai Motor India Ltd. launches the 1.4 Litre Diesel and the 1.4 Litre Petrol Automatic variant of its premium hatchback, the i20.
2009	May 29, 2009	Hyundai Motor India wins ‘Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Gold Award’ for the ‘Car’ category, in India
2009	May 27, 2009	Hyundai i20 awarded ‘Five Star Rating’ for Safety by European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP)
2009	May 21, 2009	Hyundai Motor India launches dual fuel, Accent eco LPG.
2009	April 15, 2009	Hyundai wins the DHL-CNBC Tv18 International Trade Awards 2008-09
2009	April 6, 2009	Hyundai enters Taxi segment in Mumbai. Hands over its first batch of it’s best selling model – the Santro, to the Mumbai Taxi Union.
2009	March 25, 2009	Hyundai Motor India honored with ‘EXIM Achieved Award’ for the year 2008 by Tamil Chamber of Commerce
2009	March 12, 2009	Hyundai i10 clocks the fastest 3 lakh i10 sales since its launch on 31st October, 2007.
2009	February 20, 2009	Hyundai Motor India named ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ at the NDTV Profit Car & Bike Award 2009.
2009	February 11, 2009	Top Exporter of the Year for 2006-07 in the category of ‘Large Enterprises’ and received the Gold Trophy at the Southern Region Annual Award Presentation by the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC)
2009	February 9, 2009	Hyundai Motor India launches the new Verna - Introduces the first Diesel Automatic in the segment.
2009	February 1, 2009	Hyundai i20 adjudged ‘Family Hatch of the Year’ by TopGear
2009	January 21, 2009	Hyundai Motor India awarded with the Silver Award for ‘CSR Activities’ by Reader’s Digest.
2009	January 15, 2009	Hyundai Motor India launches the all new Sonata Transform.
2009	January 7, 2009	Hyundai awarded the ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ award and the 'Best Variant' award for it’s ‘i-10 Kappa’ engine at the UTVi Autocar Awards 2009.

2008

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Year	Date	Milestone
2008	December 29, 2008	Hyundai launches its premium hatch, i20 in India.
2008	December 16, 2008	Hyundai Motor India awarded the ‘Niryat Shree’ Silver Trophy for the year 2005-06 by the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO). The award was conferred for Hyundai’s outstanding performance in export in the Engineering and Metallurgical products under the Non-SSI category.
2008	November 13, 2008	Hyundai Motor India reaches the milestone of manufacturing the fastest 2 million cars in India.
2008	November 5, 2008	Hyundai exports its first batch of ‘i20’ to European market. The first export consignment comprised 2,820 units of ‘i20’.
2008	October 2, 2008	i20 launched in Paris Motor Show and display of ‘i drive to Paris’ cars
2008	September 30, 2008	Hyundai launches the dual fuel- ‘Santro Eco’
2008	September 10, 2008	10th Anniversary celebration and flag-off of ‘i drive to Paris’ by Abhinav Bindra
2008	July 15, 2008	i10 Kappa launched
2008	July 1, 2008	Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group Joins Ranks of Global Top 5 Automakers (Automotive News' 2008 Global Market Data Book)
2008	June 11, 2008	Fastest Export - Over One lakh units of i10 exported since its launch in Oct 31, 2007
2008	April 4, 2008	i10 awarded ‘Car of the Year 2008’ by ICOTY
2008	March 27, 2008	Export of 500,000th car
2008	February 2, 2008	Inauguration of 2nd plant in Chennai
2008	January 11, 2008	i10 awarded ‘Car of the Year 2008’ by Overdrive
2008	January 10, 2008	i10 awarded ‘Car of the Year 2008’ by NDTV Profit Car& Bike
2008	January 9, 2008	i10 awarded ‘Car of the Year 2008’ by CNBC TV18 Autocar Auto awards

2007

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Year	Date	Milestone
2007	December 29, 2007	i10 awarded ‘Car of the Year 2008’ by Business Standard Motoring Magazine
2007	October 31, 2007	Launch of Hyundai i10
2007	September 1, 2007	Launch of Getz CRDi
2007	September 1, 2007	HMIL rolled out the fastest 1,500,000th car
2007	Aug 6,2007	Export of 400,000th car
2007	July 4, 2007	Launch of Santro CNG
2007	June 27, 2007	Launch of Sonata CRDi Automatic
2007	June 1, 2007	Hyundai Motor India adjudged the Top Exporter of the Year for 2005-06 in the category of ‘Large Enterprises’ and received the Gold Trophy by the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC).
2007	April 19, 2007	Launch of Verna CRDi SX
2007	April 2, 2007	Launch of Hyundai Getz Prime
2007	March 26, 2007	Hyundai Motor India ships out the first Getz
2007	January 12, 2007	Launch of Sonata CRDi
2007	January 1, 2007	Best Mid-size Car of the Year” award by the NDTV Profit C&B Awards 2007
2007	January 4, 2007	Verna was awarded the ‘Best Value For Money Car 2007’ by CNBC TV 18 Autocar Auto awards
2007	January 3, 2007	Verna was awarded the ‘Car of the Year 2007’ by Overdrive magazine

2006

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Year	Date	Milestone
2006	December 30, 2006	Verna CRDi was awarded the ‘Performance Car of The Year 2007’ by Business Standard Motoring
2006	November 1, 2006	Santro crosses the million mark
2006	October 31, 2006	Hyundai Motor India rolls out the fastest 300,000th export car
2006	September 25, 2006	Launch of Hyundai Verna Petrol & Diesel
2006	April 10, 2006	Launch of Hyundai Motor India Foundation
2006	March 13, 2006	HMIL rolled-out the fastest 10,00,000th car
2006	February 9, 2006	Plant Capacity expansion announcement by Hyundai Motor Chairman, production to be enhanced by 600,000 units by 2007
2006	January 11, 2006	Tucson was awarded as “SUV of the Year 2006” by NDTV Profit-Car India awards 2006

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