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Hyundai Motor India - Wikipedia
Hyundai Motor India - Wikipedia
HyundaiMotorIndiaLtdisawhollyownedsubsidiaryoftheHyundaiMotorCompanyheadquartere
dinSouthKorea.Itisthesecondlargestautomobilemanufacturerwith15%
marketshareasof2022andUS$5.5billionturn-overinIndia.
HyundaiMotorIndiaLtd
HeadquartersinGurugram,Haryana,India
Type Subsidiary
Industry Automotive
Founded 6May1996
Headquarters Gurugram,Haryana,India
Keypeople UnsooKim(MD&CEO)
Products Automobiles
Productionoutput 710,012units(2018)[1]
Revenue ₹47,042.79crore(US$5.9billion)(2022)
Netincome ₹2,861.77crore(US$360million)(2022)
Parent Hyundai
Website www.hyundai.co.in(http://www.hyundai.co.in)
HyundaiSantro Xing (discontinued-2015) wasmost successful car in India.It is manufactured only byHMIL.
TheHyundaii10(discontinued-2016)wasexclusivelymanufacturedonlybyHMIL.
Hyundai Motor India Limited was formed on 6 May 1996 by the Hyundai Motor Company
ofSouthKorea.WhenHyundaiMotorCompanyenteredtheIndianautomobilemarketin1996theHyund
aibrandwasalmostunknownthroughoutIndia.DuringtheentryofHyundaiin1996,therewereonlyfive
majorautomobilemanufacturersinIndia,i.e.Maruti,Hindustan,Premier,TataandMahindra.Daewoohad
enteredtheIndianautomobilemarketwithCielojustthreeyearsback
whileFord,OpelandHondahadenteredlessthanayearback.
FormorethanadecadetillHyundaiarrived,MarutiSuzukihadanearmonopolyoverthe
passengercarssegmentbecauseTataMotorsandMahindra&Mahindraweresolelyutilityandcommercia
lvehiclemanufacturers,whileHindustanandPremierbothbuiltoutdatedand
uncompetitiveproducts.
History
HMIL's first car, the Hyundai Santro was launched on 23 September 1998 and was a
runawaysuccess. Within a few months of its inception HMIL became the second largest
automobilemanufacturerandthelargestautomobileexporterinIndia.HyundaiMotorIndiaLimited(
HMIL)isawhollyownedsubsidiaryofHyundaiMotorCompany(HMC),SouthKoreaandisthelargestpas
sengercarexporterandthesecondlargestcarmanufacturerinIndia.
HMC has set up a research and development facility(Hyundai Motor India Engineering –
HMIE)inthecybercityofHyderabad.
As HMC's global export hub for compact cars, HMIL is the first automotive company in India
toachieve the export of 10 lakh cars in just over a decade. HMIL currently exports cars to
morethan87countries.Ithasbeenthenumberoneexporterofpassengercarsofthecountryfortheeig
hthyearinarow.[2]
Tosupportitsgrowthandexpansionplans,HMILcurrentlyhas1200strongdealernetworkandmorethan1
,309strongservicepointsacrossIndia.
InJuly2012,ArvindSaxena,theDirectorofMarketingandSalessteppeddownfromtheposition
afterservingthecompanyforsevenyears.[3]
InAugust2018,RakeshSrivastava,DirectorofSalesandMarketingatHyundaiIndia,resignedfromhis
positionafterservingforsixyears.
On 4 December 2018, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, announced the top level management
changeswithimmediateeffect.SeonSeobKimassumedtheresponsibilitiesofMDandCEOfromYoungKe
yKoo.
In2019,HyundaiMotorCompanyinvestedaround1.1trillionKRWforadditionalEVproductionlinean
dbeganmanufacturingKonaElectric.
In2022,HyundaiMotorIndiaLimitedreceivesabout85%ofitselectricalpoweraseco-
friendlyenergyfromexternalpowerplant.Moreover,itiscurrentlyinstallingstationarysolarpower
systemof1.9MWpusingthemodulefactory’sroofwiththesizeof13,028m².
Hyundai'smanufacturingplantnearChennai.
HyundaiCarsataport.
Manufacturingfacilities
HMILhastwomanufacturingplantsinIrungattukottaiandSriperumbudurinTamilNadu.HMIL'smanufac
turing plant near Chennai claims to have the most advanced production, quality
andtestingcapabilitiesinthecountry.Tocatertorisingdemand,HMILcommissioneditssecond
plantinFebruary2008,whichproducesanadditional300,000unitsperannum,raisingHMIL'stotalpr
oductioncapacityto600,000unitsperannum.CurrentProductionCapacityefficiency,
hasledtorollingoutcarsin31seconds,withthesetwoplantsinIrungattukottai,Sriperumbudurincreasedto7
,40,000carsperyear.
R&Dcentre
HyundaiMotorIndiaEngineering(HMIE)isafullyownedsubsidiaryofHyundaiMotorCompany,SouthKore
a,whichislocatedatHyderabad,Telangana.HMILestablishedHMIEinNovember
2006andcontributedtothedevelopmentofHyundaiMotors'popularnewmodelsfortheIndianmarket
starting with the Eon and followed now by the "i" series, and also in SUV segments likethe
Creta. Hyundai Motors' other overseas R&D centres are located in the United
States,Germany,Japan,Korea,andChina.
Regionalheadquarters
Asof2July2018,aspartoforganizationalrestructuring,Hyundaihasannouncedthecreationofthree
regionalheadquarters–HyundaiMotorIndia,HyundaiMotorNorthAmericaand
HyundaiMotorEurope.Theregionalheadquarterswillhavevariousdivisionsforplanning,
finance,productsandcustomerexperience.TheywillworkincollaborationwithHyundaiMotorCompany–
thecorporateheadquartersbasedinSeoul,SouthKorea.
HyundaiMotorIndialedbySSKimwilloverseetheoperationsofthebrandintheregionalmarket.
GlobalQualityCentre
IndianQualityCentre(INQC)isoneoffivequalitycentresworldwide,alongwiththoseintheUS,China,Europe
andMiddleEast.
TheIndiacentrelocatedatFaridabad,Haryanawillconductdurabilitystudiesofexistingmodelsandbenchm
arkpartsandsystemsforconstantimprovement.
Thekeyactivityofthecentreisto"contributeinnewcardevelopmentfrompilotstagetocreatequalityprod
uctwithzerodefect".
Thecentrewillalsoberesponsibleforensuring"toplevelsafetyquality"throughproactive
customerorientedmanagementsystemandunderstandingfeedbackfromthemtoeliminatepotential
risks. The centre also has an objective to study market conditions and other AsiaPacific regions
to develop new cars and adapt strategies for continuous product qualityimprovement.
Thecompanyopenedatrainingcentreatthefacility.Itwillhaveitsownbodyandpaintunit.Thenew service
training will ensure overall skill development of entire service profile of dealermanpower.
Models
Currentmodels
Currentmodel
Model Indianintroduction Introduction(modelc
Update(facelift)
ode)
Hatchback
Grand
Oct312007 2019(AI3) –
i10Nio
s
Sedan
SUV/crossover
Electric
Kona
2019 2019(OS) –
Electric
Discontinuedmodels
[1](https://www.hyundai.com/in/en/hyundai-story/hyundai-motor-india/history-1996-2000)
HyundaiSantro(September231998–2014,2018–2022)
HyundaiAccent(October141999–2013)
HyundaiSonata(July182001–2014)
HyundaiTerracan(August42003–2007)
HyundaiElantra(April152004–2022)
HyundaiGetz(September102004–2009)
HyundaiSantaFe(October132010–2017)
HyundaiEon(2011–2019)
HyundaiXcent(2014–2020)
Salesandservicenetwork
HMIL has 475 dealers and more than 1,300 service points across India.[4][5]HMIL also
operatesits own dealerships known as Hyundai Motor Plazas in large metros across India. HMIL
has thesecondlargestsalesandservicenetworkinIndiaafterMarutiSuzuki.[6]
Salesandexports
HyundaiMotorIndiaLimitedannualsales
Year Domesticsales Exports Total
HMILcurrentlyexportsvehiclestoover92countriesacrossAfrica,MiddleEast,LatinAmerica,Austral
iaandAsia.IthasbeenIndia'snumberoneexporterforthelast10yearsconsecutively.
InFebruary2010HMILachievedarecordexportof1millionunits.
[7]
HMILhasbeenconsecutivelyawarded"TopExporterOfTheYear"for10yearsbyEEPC.TheHighestE
xportedvolumewas2,70,017inyear2009.Now,ithasmoveddownasfourthlargestcarexporterfollo
wingMarutiSuzuki,VolkswagenandNissan.[8]
Awardsandachievements
IndianCaroftheYear(ICOTY)
2008—Hyundaii10
i202016—HyundaiCreta
2018 — Hyundai
Verna2020 — Hyundai
Venue2021-Hyundaii20
JD Power Indian Customer Satisfaction Award 2017 – For Ranking Number 1 in After
SalesCustomersatisfaction.
Brandambassador
ThecarmakergotShahRukhKhanonboardasitsbrandambassadorfortheHyundaiXcent,thecompany'
srecentlylaunchedsub-compactsedaninIndia.1998,SRKshothisfirstTVCforthe
HyundaiSantro,andhisassociationwiththecarbrandhasnowturned23.
In2010Khanwonthe"BrandAmbassadoroftheYear"forHyundaii10atNDTVProfitCarandBikeAward
s.
Khanalsopromotesthe"BeTheBetterGuy"roadsafetycampaignforHyundai.InJuly20
17,HyundaiIndiaextendedKhan'scontractfortwoyears.[9][10]
HyundaiMotorIndiaFoundation
In2021,theHyundaiMotorIndiaFoundation(HMIF),thephilanthropicarmofHyundaiMotorIndiaLtd.,
announcedanewinitiative,ArtforHope.Itwillworktowardsencouragingartistsacrossvariousdomainslik
edigitalarts,crafts,multidisciplinaryarts,performanceartsandvisualarts.Theprojectisscheduledtob
eginOctober2021.Selectedartistswillgetan
opportunitytoexchangeideas,completeanartprojectandbementoredbykeyindustrypeople.Thefinalpr
ojectswillbedisplayedinartshowsacrossIndia.[11]