Hyundai puts a trip to India on the agenda to find herself or, more likely, to be reborn to a new life. According to what was reported by The Indian Express, an English-language Indian newspaper, the Korean automaker wants to produce some of its vehicles in the subcontinent, the second most important market after China. The company, which is about to launch a new compact – the Grand i10 – hopes to cater to the Indian market with products designed and built locally.
“Our goal is to have a fully developed car here in India. It won't happen any time soon, but it could happen in 5 years,” Shar Rukh Han, an executive at Hyundai's Indian division, said in an interview with the Press Trust of India news agency.
“Currently – continues Han – our engineers do a job of supporting the global development of Hyundai. But it is important that we start designing vehicles here on the spot, to strengthen the Korean company's position in the domestic market and satisfy hundreds of millions of motorists."
Hyundai's Indian brain is located in Hyderabad, a metropolis of over 6 million inhabitants, in the central part of the country. The R&D center was established in 2009, in support of the Korean headquarters, to tailor products to local requirements.
