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Milestones of Hyundai Motor India 2006-2010
2010
Year | Date | Milestone |
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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
Year | Date | Milestone |
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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
Year | Date | Milestone |
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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
Year | Date | Milestone |
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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
Year | Date | Milestone |
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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 |