Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai Motor Company
Introduction
It is a South Korean Company. Entered Indian Car market in 1996 in Tamil Nadu near Chennai. Set up in India as a subsidiary of HMC Hyundai Motor India Limited(HMIL). Initially had a close study of Indian Automobile Industry. Had to launch Accent but launched Santro as first car. Has the capacity of producing 1.2 lakh cars and 1.3 lakh transmission engines.
Accent(1999): It has a technology and luxury of Japanese Mitsubishi Lancer. It has both petrol and diesel versions. Sonata(2002) Santro Xing(2003):The improved version of Santro. Elantra(2004) Getz: A competitor to WagonR. i10 & i20 in recent years. Hyundai eon with exiting features. Hyundai Verna-totally new car.
Price
Mostly used pricing strategy is Customer Value Perception. Santro at Rs. 2,89,000 which was below than that of Maruti Zen which was Rs. 3,45,000. Accents price was below than that of Lancer. Getz a car introduced with price between Santro & Accent. Hyundai eon for Rs.3,17,000 i10 & i20 for upper middle class. For both masses and high class society. Hyundai verna starts at above Rs. 7 lakh.
Place
HMC chose India as best place for setting up automobile industry for following reasons: Liberalised Indian economy & delicencing of Automobile Industry. Huge growth potential of India. Rural market was untapped. Cost of labour is low in India. Low manufacturing cost. Only one player was there i.e. MUL.
Advertising: Santro was promoted through advertising agency called Satchi Satchi Priety Zinta and Shahrukh Khan promoted Santro Xingthe sunshine car. Accent was promoted through print media i.e. newspaper.
Promotion
Sales promotion: Various road shows are conducted in order to tap the rural market. Workshops and seminars were held in colleges & exhibitions.Banners ,sign boards,etc. are also used. Personal selling: e.g. in showrooms.
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