Hyundai Santa Fe launch within 2010

Hyundai first SUV Santa Fe had a global launch in 2001. Hyundai Santa Fe will come as a completely built unit but the company would start manufacturing it in the India after two-three years, says Hang-Woo Park, managing director, Hyundai. He adds, “We will bring the Santa Fe SUV to India this year.”

Hyundai Santa Fe would in no way be competition to the company’s other SUV Tucsan says Arvind Saxena, marketing and sales vice president. The Hyundai Santa Fe is built on a different platform from Tucsan and there are no plans to give a facelift to Tucson, added Saxena.

According to Saxena, apart from Hyundai Santa Fe the company is also planning to launch a 800cc small car, which is in the development stage, it is scheduled for a 2011 launch. HMIL had invested close to Rs 800 crore on producing the car, which would be slotted below Hyundai Santro, he said. Hyundai is all set to give a facelift to all its models like the Santro, i10, i20, Accent, Verna and Sonata. The company has plans of selling around 5.25 lakh cars with 50 per cent in the domestic market.