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MUMBAI: Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the country’s second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter, won the most coveted Indian Car of the Year 2015 (ICOTY) Award for Elite i20. Within the second month of its launch, the Elite i20 forayed into the list of top 10 most selling brands in India receiving overwhelming appreciation and response. The un-compromising Elite i20 has received 60,000 bookings and has become the choice of 32,000 happy families within four months of launch, a release said.
Hyundai Elite i20 has earned the country’s most prestigious automotive award in a most competitive and rapidly growing market. The ICOTY award has been instituted by the most eminent jury of Senior Editors of all the prominent automotive publications in the country like Top Gear, Motoring World, Car India, Overdrive, Auto Bild, AutoX, Hindu Business Line and EVO.
B.S Seo MD and CEO, HMIL said, “We are honoured to win the most prestigious automotive award, The Indian Car of the Year 2015 for our world-class product Elite i20. Winning two successive ICOTY awards symbolises Hyundai’s commitment to Indian customers by offering world class standards of quality products, design and branding. With this, we intend to thank all our customers, media and jury who have chosen Elite i20 as the Indian Car of the year and made Hyundai as the most loved and trusted car manufacturer in India and global markets. With such a challenging spirit, we will be consistently pursuing the development of modern premium technologies to innovate at every step to strengthen our brand globally.”
Congratulating the winning car Elite i20, Bob Rupani, Founder Member ICOTY and Chairman of the Jury, Indian Car of the Year 2015 said, “The 2015 Indian Car of the Year title represents the most prestigious recognition for the Elite i20, which embodies the Hyundai’s values of excellence. In our collective votes it has come out on top as a whole package which has led its way from innovation, design, superior technology, safety and value for money”. “It was very challenging to select one product from the entire line-up of the contenders, since all the products have done very well in their respective segments and I am happy to see a car as good as the Elite i20 being awarded as ICOTY 2015”, he added.
