Hyundai i10 Diesel delayed

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLasLUYfpewEhdEAZ2QnKXDd4BvGbTj8QqwwiWorloP-28uHubckbkESqiVb0JMOXnae6jRrgWX7EU3zXMowxLdOlejFEqFci-FAxpvYcQp3UI699u3-M7G7vdATbw56S3FNEj6VMVZg/s1600/next-gen-Hyundai-i10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674809555364441442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLasLUYfpewEhdEAZ2QnKXDd4BvGbTj8QqwwiWorloP-28uHubckbkESqiVb0JMOXnae6jRrgWX7EU3zXMowxLdOlejFEqFci-FAxpvYcQp3UI699u3-M7G7vdATbw56S3FNEj6VMVZg/s400/next-gen-Hyundai-i10.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" /></a><br /><p>It is a known fact that every car owner, right from owner of Maruti Alto to the owner of say, a Honda Accord, is bothered by the rising price of petrol in India. Thanks to the strong increase in price of Petrol, India is seeing a great demand for the diesel driven cars. But this all has not really made India’s second largest car maker Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) to tap in on the potential. The Korean giant has stated that it has put on hold its<span class="WebRupee"> Rs. </span>400 crore diesel engine plant, which would have an installed capacity of 1.5 lakh unit per annum, due to sluggish demand. With this move the i10 diesel will surely not make it in 2012. The diesel version of the popular car may be launched in 2014-15 when the new i10 on a new platform is expected to be launched. It may be noted that i10 is already posting good sales figures and with the two petrol mills it has on offer, the manufacturer is probably not seeing a need to rush with the diesel plant.</p> <p>In December 2010, HMIL MD & CEO Han Woo Park had said the company had planned to invest<span class="WebRupee"> Rs. </span>400 crore over next three years to set up a diesel engine manufacturing plant with an installed capacity of 1.5 lakh unit per annum. “<em>The feasibility study for the diesel engine plant has been completed and we will announce the location in the next few months. The plant is proposed to have an annual installed capacity of 1.5 lakh units</em>” he had said.</p> <p>From various reliable sources it was reported that the plant would have manufactured as many as three different engines of 1.1 litre, 1.4 litre and 1.6 litre capacities only for the domestic market. The manufacturer was thinking of utilizing the engine from the new plant in its new models and only some of them to be used for the existing models. The company at presents imports its diesel engines from Korea for its premium hatchback ‘i20′ and its present generation of ‘Accent’ sedan that is sold as the ‘Verna’ in the market.</p>

Hyundai i10 Diesel delayed

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Hyundai Plans to Regain Market Share

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QwFXJd_5uim1BYhFbj-nmt5KIrhB20CLFjQny5wTsNCd0umPnp_tsg03Fb2d35hWMfInVxHhsOXakvPl5fCeQja-hF7QBLT2rrcwrZL3UoYzJ4LOSzEycfl1hGIwr7UfmRW6wjgAF5k/s1600/hyundai_i10_motoroids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QwFXJd_5uim1BYhFbj-nmt5KIrhB20CLFjQny5wTsNCd0umPnp_tsg03Fb2d35hWMfInVxHhsOXakvPl5fCeQja-hF7QBLT2rrcwrZL3UoYzJ4LOSzEycfl1hGIwr7UfmRW6wjgAF5k/s320/hyundai_i10_motoroids.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Small car maket is witnessing a lot of heat this year. Ford Figo is giving nightmares to all other players in the market. And Hyundai is no exception. Hyundai's consistent efforts and products have made sure that the brand attained its niche in the market. But now as the competetion speeds up Hyundai seems to have lost its sleep.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if Economic Times is to be believed, Hyundai will launch a diesel version of their i10 car soon in order to show the competetors what Hyundai is worth of. After all Hyundai once gave nightmares to every brand from Maruti to Mercedes, here in India. Hyundai Motor India (HMI) MD H W Park said that he wasnt worried because of the to-be launched Nissan Micra but because of the Ford Figo and the new Wagon-R. He hinted at Hyundai's plans of launching a diesel i10 but he didn t comment on the when the car is going to be launched.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If i10 diesel is launched then Hyundai will be able to snatch some customers from both Figo and Ritz diesel. This will increase i10's sales as well as Hyundai's foot hold in the market.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGoXHW2REvTekDFTBbGrxR16pLtOQyR8Fbg5YyZlUvI5perjbSevmAUcdQ6krqNLmfItBPc_LxL20iSAg7yVrPU172HzUZL9fFK_TeqK_cQnLaUz5nrenfBkcC6CpbhB7fel6A3VRD9c/s1600/hyundai_santro_xing_motoroids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGoXHW2REvTekDFTBbGrxR16pLtOQyR8Fbg5YyZlUvI5perjbSevmAUcdQ6krqNLmfItBPc_LxL20iSAg7yVrPU172HzUZL9fFK_TeqK_cQnLaUz5nrenfBkcC6CpbhB7fel6A3VRD9c/s320/hyundai_santro_xing_motoroids.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also said that there still exists demand for their once best selling car, Santro, which manages to sell around 8000 units a month and they dont plan to phase it out anytime soon. “Development of the sub-Santro model is at evaluation stage at Namyang (its R&D centre). We are on schedule as far as the development stage work is concerned,” he said about their sub-Santro category car. “We will launch one new model every year, one face-lifted version and a model year model,” he said regarding their plans. So expect some surprises from the Korean manufacturer soon.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the i10 diesel we will have to wait until some concrete announcement is made. Once that happens, Hyundai will be able to regain its lost market share.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>

Hyundai Plans to Regain Market Share

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Hyundai scraps plans for i10 diesel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmYO4rioxRSsHvGE5-Y0s-cGIcdgOIEzW-gzYunqSPBztaj0MTUfEY5eU7J7x1H4vPPGFulc9JFoZZOe2BamlIlsKalW5bJd6mMBNtzp6EZOil5wRYhugodvV329NwgB1r2pXV2KCCow/s1600/hyundai_i10_diesel_engine_motoroids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmYO4rioxRSsHvGE5-Y0s-cGIcdgOIEzW-gzYunqSPBztaj0MTUfEY5eU7J7x1H4vPPGFulc9JFoZZOe2BamlIlsKalW5bJd6mMBNtzp6EZOil5wRYhugodvV329NwgB1r2pXV2KCCow/s640/hyundai_i10_diesel_engine_motoroids.jpg" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The i10 from the Hyundai stable is a car that is in the good books of a majority. The firm had plans to introduce a diesel variant for the same which would probably give one more reason for the car to be a favorite. The firm had plans of introducing a 1.1-litre CRDI engine powered variant. However, our friends at Autocar have revealed that Hyundai has scrapped this plan as the diesel engine will have to be manufactured across the national borders, thus making the price of the car soar high. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the diesel engine being manufactured out of India, the car would cost about Rs 6 lakh which would be utterly meaningless when the i20 diesel variant is available at the same price. However, according to various sources, there might be a diesel engine powered variant in the next generation i10 which is scheduled to be rolled out by 2013. Most probably, the engine should be manufactured in India itself to keep the prices down.</span></div>

Hyundai scraps plans for i10 diesel

The i10 from the Hyundai stable is a car that is in the good books of a majority. The firm had plans to introduce a diesel variant for the s...

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