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Milestones of Hyundai Motor India 1996-2000
2000
Year | Date | Milestone |
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2000 |
November 29, 2000 |
Roll out of the 1,50,000th car from Chennai Plant in just 25 months |
2000 |
November 1, 2000 |
Both Santro & Accent bag top honours in JD Power Asia Pacific 2001 “IQS” and “APEAL” studies. |
2000 |
July 21, 2000 |
First major export-shipment of 760 Accent and Santro cars roll out of the Chennai Port for Algeria |
2000 |
June 12, 2000 |
Hyundai Santro crosses 100,000 car sales |
2000 |
May 8, 2000 |
Launch of Santro zipDrive |
2000 |
April 27, 2000 |
100,000th Car rolls out from the Chennai plant in just 19 months of since commencement of operations |
1999
Year | Date | Milestone |
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1999 |
October 14, 1999 |
Launch of Hyundai Accent |
1999 |
March 31, 1999 |
Hyundai Motor India emerges as the second largest auto-manufacturer in the country |
1998
Year | Date | Milestone |
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1998 |
September 23, 1998 |
Hyundai Santro (Atos Prime) makes its world debut in India |
1998 |
May 27, 1998 |
Pilot production of Santro at plant begins within a record 17 months of ground breaking |
1996
Year | Date | Milestone |
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1996 |
December 10,1996 |
Ground-breaking ceremony at the Irrungattukottai plant near Chennai |
1996 |
May 6, 1996 |
Hyundai Motor India incorporated |