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Hyundai India rolls out 7 millionth car

By Niranjan Mudholkar,

Added 22 November 2016

Targets to touch 10 million by 1st half of 2021

A white CRETA AT had the distinction of creating history in the Hyundai world by being the seventh millionth car, rolled off the production lines at Hyundai Motor India's (HMI) Sriperumpudur facility near Chennai on November 21, 2016.

MD Y K Koo and VP production Ganesh Mani S were in the driver's seat. With this, HMI achieved the distinction of being the second best position amongst its overseas peers, only after China, in Hyundai Motor Group and the first auto manufacturer, in India to achieve this feat in a record time within 18 years of commercial operation, proving once again that Hyundai Motor India can cross the 1 million mile stone, at an average of every 18 months.

HMIL rolled out its first million car, a Santro, in 2006 just 8 years after commencement of commercial production in 1998. Thereafter, production picked up momentum, with the next million milestone being achieved within an average of 18 -19 months. The 5 millionth car was flagged off in October 2013.

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