NEW DELHI: Hitting the 10-lakh SUV gross sales landmark, Hyundai is assured that the demand for SUV physique kind is powerful, steady, and sustained.“From the Indian buyer standpoint, SUVs are a really sensible mode of transportation. Highway situations and driving patterns swimsuit SUVs. The joy available in the market can also be excessive with a number of OEMs coming ahead with their merchandise,” stated SS Kim, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India.

The Korean carmakers lately introduced the 10-lakh landmark SUV gross sales in India on the again of Creta and Venue. Kim believes the demand for SUVs is powerful and steady in coming years. In response to Kim, the SUV phase for HMIL has progressively grown over the past half-decade.

“4 years in the past, SUVs contributed to solely 15 per cent of general gross sales for Hyundai. The quantity has risen to 30 per cent and near 46 per cent in final two years respectively,” Kim added. Within the calendar 12 months 2020, the corporate cumulatively offered 1.80 lakh items of Venue and Creta, and emerged because the top-selling SUV producer within the nation.Hyundai was the primary carmaker to introduce an electrical SUV within the Indian market, when Kona was launched in 2019. Commenting on the electrification roadmap, Kim stated, “Adoption of EVs is a gradual course of and shall be depending on infrastructure, battery manufacture and a number of other different components. In the meantime, OEMs can ship improved petrol and diesel powertrains to the purchasers.”

Hyundai is introducing Alcazar, a premium three-row SUV, with a brand new petrol engine alongside 1.5-litre diesel engine. Alcazar’s rivals are closely depending on diesel. The client sentiments additionally tilt in the direction of diesel, nonetheless, Hyundai is bullish on petrol. In response to an organization official, “When Creta was launched in 2015, the penetration of petrol was 2 per cent. Right now, that has risen to nearly 45 per cent. With Alcazar, we’re providing a superb array of choices to the shopper and are assured of a optimistic response.”

Alcazar is touchdown in a phase which booming these days however would not drive a major quantity but. Conscious of the actual fact, Hyundai feels it is a duty to supply merchandise throughout value vary and segments. “At present, when it comes to phase, the sub-4-metre and compact SUVs have good demand.