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 Milestones of Hyundai Motor India 2006-2010
 
					
					 
				2010
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | 

 
                                        