Chennai, Feb 7 - An entirely new team of office bearers of the United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE) will hold wage negotiations at the country's second largest car manufacturing company Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), which has been embroiled in labour tensions for several years, said a top union official.

Bhopal, Feb 5 - Car manufacturers are setting their eyes on smaller Indian cities and towns as markets boom for their products, particularly sale of luxury vehicles.

And one such city is the Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal where an Auto Expo is going on. At least 14 major manufacturers, including Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, BMW, Jaguar, Renault, and Mahindra and Mahindra, are participating in the four-day trade fair.

South Korea’s largest automaker, Hyundai Motor Co. has reported a 38 percent increase in profits in the quarter till December 2011.

The net income for the company rose to 2 trillion won in the quarter compared to 1.45 trillion won in the same period previous year, the company said in a filing to the regulators. Revenue of the Seol based company increased 11 percent to 20.5 trillion won.

Car makers are actively using Bollywood movies to attract Indian customers to various models by showcasing the vehicles in various sequences.

The latest Don 2, the sequel to the Don (2006) features several cars like Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Sonata Fe, BMW 5-Series and Alfa Romeo MiTo. The action sequence attracts the attention of Indian audiences and helps companies get their cars noticed by the masses.

A high-speed car chase shown in the teaser of the movie has created much excitement among the Indian audiences. The sequence shows destruction of 67 cars. On the other hand, Players movie is also attracting customers with models including Mini Cooper, Mazda MX5 and the Chrysler 300C stretch limo.

Several car makers in India are now offering attractive discounts towards the end of the year in order to improve sales in the country.

Manufacturers are offering rebates on petrol and some diesel models to sell the stock of older models before the new year. Car sales have fallen in the country by 3.53% to 1.2 million units in the April-November period compared to the same period of 2010.

South Korean electronics giant, Hyundai’s new i40 saloon model will come with a starting price of £17,395 in the UK.

The new model is available with the Touring’s three main trim levels - Active, Style and Premium. The buyers will have a choice two engines, including the 1.6-litre Gdi Blue Drive or the 1.7-litre CRDi in 113bhp or 134bhp guises.

Hyundai’s UK MD Tony Whitehorn said, the new saloon “shares the same qualities found in the i40 Tourer - offering outstanding levels of fuel-efficiency, comfort, quality, and a high level of standard equipment all at an accessible price.”

South Korean automotive giant, Hyundai ha said that it will showcase its new ix35 FCEV though the EcoVelocity show next week in the UK.

The Hyundai ix35 FCEV (Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicle) is a variation on the electric vehicle. It gets power from a clean hydrogen fuel cell that only emits water vapour. The third-generation fuel-cell vehicle claims to run for 360 miles with a single hydrogen fill.

The company claims that the vehicle can go from 0-62mph in just 12.8 seconds and it has atop speed of 100mph. The fuel-cell mechanism is capable of working in temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius.

South Korean auto major, Hyundai has announce the launch of its greenest car yet, the new eco-friendly version of the i20 model.

The new i20 Blue releases just 98g/km of CO2, which is better than i10 Blue city car that was released this year. The model is based on the i20 in Comfort trim, with the 1.4 CRDI 89bhp engine.

The inclusion of stop and go technology, low rolling resistance tyres, a more aerodynamic panel and a deflector for the rear wheels allows the model to reduce emissions. It offers an impressive fuel economy of 76.4mpg.

Auto maker, Hyundai has released a new model, which is the company greenest car yet, in its eco-friendly Blue series.

The new eco-friendly version of the i20 releases just 98g/km of CO2, which is better than i10 Blue city car that was released this year. The model is based on the i20 in Comfort trim, with the 1.4 CRDI 89bhp engine.

The inclusion of stop and go technology, low rolling resistance tyres, a more aerodynamic panel and a deflector for the rear wheels allows the model to reduce emissions. It offers an impressive fuel economy of 76.4mpg.

Hyundai has launched the next generation of cars, Fluidic Verna sedan in India in May. Hyundai is the second largest car manufacturer in the country. In order to keep up with its demand, there has been an increase in production. So far, there have been 20,000 bookings and it is only increasing every day.

The care offers a 1.6 liter petrol tank and the diesel engines are mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission. The manual transmission is available for the four engine option.

New Delhi, March 1 : Automobile major Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) Tuesday reported a decline of 4.8 percent in its sales for February.

"HMIL's total sales for February 2011 stood at 52,007 units as against 54,610 units in February 2010, registering a decline of 4.8 percent," the company said in a statement.

Domestic sales picked up by 5.3 percent in February at 32,629 units as compared to 31,001 units in the corresponding period of last year.

A group of four people were detained by Anti-Posco activists at Dhinkia village of jagatsinghpur district. The people are South Korean employees of Hyundai working with the Indian Oil Corporation refinery at paradip. They were held in custody predicting that they were Posco employees.

Villagers have spotted four Hyundai employees straying into Posco’s proposed steel plant site in Dhinkia on Sunday, said by officials in Jagatsinghpur.

It has been reported by Hyundai Motors India (HMIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, that they have witnessed a fall of 17.7 per cent in their total sales during January. The real figure stood at 43,316 units during the month as compared to 52,628 units during the same period last year.

The good news, however, was that domestic sales were up although marginally by 2.4 per cent. As compared to last year when the figures stood at 29,601 units, this time around the units were at 30,306.

The nation's second biggest car maker and the major passenger car Hyundai Motor India Ltd, exporter attained the record sales of 34,725 units in the home market this month that is the uppermost ever since the group begin sales in September, 1998.

It's for the initial moment that HMIL in the preceding four preceding months has attained above 50,000 units of sale increasing.

HMIL's overall sales for the month of October, in the year 2010 sets at 52,225 units as next to 51,735 units in the year October, 2009 recording an hike of 0.9%.

On Thursday, in order to boost its existence in the packed in car section, Hyundai Motor India bring in its new rear door, i10 at a preliminary price of Rs. 3.49 lakhs-Rs 5.91 lakhs, ex-showroom, Delhi.

The innovative car, Next Gen i10 that built its worldwide first appearance here on Thursday, will re-establish the present i10 which was priced amid Rs. 3.48 lakhs and Rs. 5.58 lakhs. It will be displayed at the forthcoming Paris Motor Show, starting October 2.

India's biggest car maker Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) announced that it will roll out three new cars each year for the next three years.

This announcement was made by company's managing director and chief executive officer H W Park on Friday.

While announcing the launch of the company's Next Gen i10, he stated, "Our endevour is to come out with three new cars every year for the next three years as domestic market demand is increasing and we want to encash it.''

With a view to offer more financing options to its consumers in the Indian market, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL), the second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter has recently joined hands with Vijaya Bank.

It is to be mentioned here that both the parties have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed to mutually benefit both companies by better serving their customers.

It has been once again that the decision of the labour dispute among Hyundai and its workers has been deferred. with Tamil Nadu Labour Minister T M Anbarasan seeking more time to prepare a report on the issue, it is to be mentioned here that the decision is being postponed for the thirds time which is focusing on reinstating 35 dismissed workers of the Hyundai Motor India.

General Secretary of Centre for Indian Trade Union (CITU) A Soundararajan said that though the workers didn't like the decision to postpone the final verdict but they had no other choice.

While Hyundai has been unlucky for the past two attempts that it has made in the SUV segment, with the launch of Santa Fe planned for October this year, the company is expecting to be third time lucky in the domestic market.

As the industry watchers expect the product to be priced in the range of Rs 22-24 lakh, it has been learned that the company is targeting the festive season in October for the launch.

In fact, Hyundai motors India's Director – Sales & Marketing, Arvind Saxena said that the company is looking at the month of October as the month of launch for the SUV Santa Fe in the Indian market.

The Indian subsidiary of the Korean auto major, Hyundai Motor Corporation, Hyundai Motor India limited has recently said that the company will be raising its prices by close to 1-1.2% across all its models in its portfolio.

While the hike in the prices has come up because of the rising input costs, it is to be mentioned here that the company hinted earlier this month that it may hike it prices in the short-run.

Arvind Saxena, director of marketing & sales for Hyundai motors India Limited said that the hike in prices has come up because of the hike in raw material prices in the Indian market.