A 10 lakh Hyundai could well be a brand building exercise. We analyze why.
One of India’s leading auto portals Carazoo, is reporting that Hyundai will launch the i30 hatchback in India by the end of this year. While such an outright claim can’t be taken seriously, Carazoo has backed this case by describing engine options and even the price details in their story.
No test mules have been caught testing; no reports of the car reaching ARAI have been emerged; none of the Hyundai officials have ever spoken about it. Counting in these elements, the Hyundai i30 is certainly not on the cards.
The car, according to their report, will be the next i series vehicle in India. It will be launched in both petrol and diesel variants and priced around 9 to 12 lakh rupees.
Hyundai, they say, would offer the vehicle with steering mounted audio control, iPod connectivity, anti-lock braking system (ABS), airbags (6 airbags in total), electronic stability program (ESP), traction control (TC), electronic brake force distribution (EBD).
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The 2010 Hyundai Sonata YF which is to be launched next month, was caught testing yet again. Even though the body shape looks very coupe-ish (like say a Mercedes CLS), thanks to the ultra heavy camouflage, people are left clueless about the car’s overall design. Even the Front bumper we saw earlier, aint of much help!
Nevertheless, some say the 2010 Hyundai Sonata YF’s headlights are from the Hyundai i30, grille from the Hyundai Equus, bonnet from the ixonic concept and looks like a stretched 6-Series beemer, while others say the dashboard has very obvious elements from Chevrolet’s Beat, all Volvos, Honda‘s dials, garnished with Hyundai vertical Aircon vents.
Hyundai has been bringing out some very impressive new car designs of late, which means, a good looking Sonata YF is fairly obvious. But, will it become the ‘Honda Accord slayer’? We can’t wait to find out.
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Entry posted on January 21, 2009 by
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It has not been even a month since Hyundai launched its i20 hatch in India and now the company plans to launch its i30 and Avante (new Elantra) soon in Indian in what we call a launching spree!
The i30 which was first launched at the Tokyo Motor Show for the Japanese market, is now being considered for an Indian debut because of the tremendous response towards the recently launched i20.
Hyundai has unveiled teaser images of their upcoming YF (2010 Hyundai Sonata). The latest spy shots provides a squint of a heavily camouflaged 2010 Hyundai Sonata YF enduring some serious testing at Hyundais R&D center in Namyang, Korea.
First the Kappa engine and then this. Hyundai is in the news for all the right reasons. Hyundai has been thriving to make safe cars and the crash test results of their i30 hatch at the EuroNCAP crash tests talk volumes of the research and engineering that has gone into making it. The Korean maker’s i30 has earned Euro NCAP’s top score for adult occupant protection – but only after [ Read More ]
