Hyundai to increase Elite i20 production to meet high demand

Click here to read our review of the Elite i20

The Elite i20 has been Hyundai's best-selling model in India. 10,000 units of the car are built at the company's Chennai factory every month. However, the demand for the Elite i20 is high and there is a waiting list of about two-and-a-half months for the car. Hyundai fears that it could lose customers if it is not able to supply enough units of the car. To address this issue, it is preparing to ramp up the production of the hatchback. 

At present, the plant is churning out the i20 at full capacity and with the increase in production, a few thousand more units of the car can be expected to be manufactured every month. Earlier this year, we had reported that the Santro had been discontinued so that production of models such as the i10 Grand and Elite i20 could be ramped up. Hyundai believed that it could take production of the i20 up to 14,000 units with the move.

Till March 16, 2015, the Elite i20 had managed to clock 4,68,184 enquiries and 1,03,960 bookings. Hyundai managed to sell more than 1,00,000 units of the car within 7 months of its launch. It has also launch a cross-hatch based on the Elite i20 called the i20 Active. Click here to read our review of the i20 Active.

Source: Autocar Professional