Hyundai Motor India believes that diesel variants will proceed to make vital contribution to the volumes of the brand new Tucson, which was unveiled by the nation’s second-largest passenger automotive producer on Wednesday.
The share of diesel variants stood at 67% of the Tucson volumes in CY2021. “It could be on similar lines (for the new Tucson),” Tarun Garg, director — gross sales, advertising and marketing, and repair, Hyundai Motor India, instructed FE.
While bookings for the brand new Tucson, Hyundai’s flagship SUV within the nation, will open on July 18, its value can be introduced within the first week of August.
Since its launch in CY2004, the SUV has garnered gross sales of over 7 million models globally. It is now in its fourth era. In India, 68% of the Tucson volumes in CY2021 got here from prospects who had been already driving Hyundai automobiles. A majority of the shoppers had upgraded from Creta and Verna. “We have sold 1.2 million units of Creta and Verna over the past so many years. Our market research shows that many of these customers want to stick to Hyundai and they want a better proposition in terms of a more premium product,” Garg mentioned, including that “we believe the new Tucson will give us an opportunity to go back to these customers with a better proposition”.
“We have 2.0-litre petrol and 2.0-litre diesel powertrains for the new Tucson. In the diesel, we also have the 4WD. We have very good options for the customers,” he mentioned. The new Tucson shouldn’t be solely longer than the outdated mannequin, it has a greater wheelbase as properly, translating into more room within the cabin, Hyundai claimed.
According to Garg, among the many new Tucson’s USPs are its a number of segment-first options, world enchantment, massive buyer base of Hyundai, and the corporate’s extensive gross sales and repair community.
Hyundai presently has greater than 130,000 pending bookings. Garg mentioned whereas the semiconductor state of affairs is bettering, it will likely be significantly better within the second half of CY2022 in comparison with the primary half.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”