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Milestones of Hyundai Motor India 2006-2010

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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