Hyundai’s new 800cc car on its way - Team-BHP

madsarmad · 30th August 2008, 22:15

Hyundai Motor India is developing a small car to compete in the Maruti dominated 800cc segment. The new car is expected to hit the Indian roads in another three to four years - that’s around 2012. Hope it’ll be worth the wait.
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blue_pulsar · 31st August 2008, 01:09

Here's one more link:
Hyundai's 800 cc car in next four years - The Financial Express

Interesting. Maruti added a cylinder to make the Alto engine a 1061cc WagonR engine. Could Hyundai do a reverse of that?

Just a thought, thats all.

SumitBahl · 31st August 2008, 01:20

I hope its better than M800.
With 800CC, let's see.

khanak · 31st August 2008, 03:10

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Originally Posted by amtak

Yeah, even I am with you on this front. He's merely copy pasted the information that he's posted on his blog.

OT - I dont see whats wrong with that. Hes written something for his blog and wanted to share that information with everyone. Since he created the content I think he should be free to do what he wants with it.

speedzak · 31st August 2008, 10:48

2012??
Why so late? By that time, there'll be no M800 coming out from MSIL I guess (ok, wish!).
So, is this car coming out to stand as a competition to the Alto? Or will it have no competition? Nano?

snaronikar · 31st August 2008, 10:55

Yeah...Even I think it is pretty late. By that time even Nano and Bajaj's new car will be on roads and would have made in roads into the small car segment. IMO, bringing 800cc at that time (2012) will be more of a disaster than anythng else...

Sandeep_K_Ram · 31st August 2008, 11:14

How is that publicity for the blog ? It doesn't matter where he has his info - as long as he gives a link and is not phishing the visitors .. I think he has every right to do so ! Puff ! heights !

Obviously he has some info he wants to share , he has it on his blog too and he is giving you a link to that ... dont see whats wrong here !!!

But 2012 is really late IMHO. The way the small car market is moving along now ... you would have thought they would be ready to launch it in a year or two. Seems more like its a concept right now .. ?

amit · 31st August 2008, 11:16

The way the Indian economy is growing, how big is the market going to be for a 800cc car in 2012? I suspect that Hyundai may launch the Santro with a 800cc engine in 2012

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jkdas · 31st August 2008, 11:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by amit

The way the Indian economy is growing, how big is the market going to be for a 800cc car in 2012? I suspect that Hyundai may launch the Santro with a 800cc engine in 2012

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Same opinion.

Felt the 1000cc to be tad underpowered and hence 800 should be so too.

karanraheja · 31st August 2008, 13:13

3-4 years!! Man why so long !! Instead of this why dont they work on a replacement for a Accent or a facelift Santro.

Steeroid · 31st August 2008, 13:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by amit

The way the Indian economy is growing, how big is the market going to be for a 800cc car in 2012?

The way oil prices are going up, I would suspect there will be a rather large market for a fuel-efficient car by then.

wolg · 31st August 2008, 15:59

There could still be a huge market for an 800cc car as the alto still sells in large numbers. Fuel efficiency is still a very big guiding factor in making a vehicle buying decision.

They could always price the santro lower with a new engine or with the same engine.

Mpower · 2nd September 2008, 10:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by blue_pulsar

Here's one more link:
Hyundai's 800 cc car in next four years - The Financial Express

Interesting. Maruti added a cylinder to make the Alto engine a 1061cc WagonR engine. Could Hyundai do a reverse of that?

Just a thought, thats all.

Absolutely! I wonder why they didn't do it sooner. For the past 25 years the #1 selling car in India has always had an 800 cc engine. Wonder why nobody decided to copy that.

But it should clearly be cheaper and more fuel efficient than the Santro 1.1
Not just for the heck of it.

Hemanth · 2nd September 2008, 10:20

The way Hyundai is going i don't think they are serious about it. They are more concentrated on the higher end cars and also there is a rumour that the Santro will be discontinued.

mjothi · 2nd September 2008, 10:33

Seems to be a long wait.
By that time, who knows we may have some more competitors in this 800cc segment from MM, Tata and may be others too.

30th August 2008, 22:15	#1 (permalink)
madsarmad Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 16	Hyundai’s new 800cc car on its way Hyundai Motor India is developing a small car to compete in the Maruti dominated 800cc segment. The new car is expected to hit the Indian roads in another three to four years - that’s around 2012. Hope it’ll be worth the wait. ----------------------------- Moderator's note: Post edited. Promotion of external sites disallowed on the forum. Last edited by theMAG : 31st August 2008 at 16:07.

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blue_pulsar BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore, San Francisco Posts: 538	Here's one more link: Hyundai's 800 cc car in next four years - The Financial Express Interesting. Maruti added a cylinder to make the Alto engine a 1061cc WagonR engine. Could Hyundai do a reverse of that? Just a thought, thats all. __________________ Maruti Suzuki Swift VDi (Jun 2007)(33K+ km) Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTS-i (2005)(20K+ km)

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SumitBahl BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chandigarh Posts: 254 View My Garage	I hope its better than M800. With 800CC, let's see. __________________ Dec '08 - Toyota Innova G4 Dec '08 - Hyundai Verna CRDi May '08 - Swift DZire VDi July '03 - M800

31st August 2008, 10:55	#6 (permalink)
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,777 View My Garage	Yeah...Even I think it is pretty late. By that time even Nano and Bajaj's new car will be on roads and would have made in roads into the small car segment. IMO, bringing 800cc at that time (2012) will be more of a disaster than anythng else... __________________ Love your job but Never love your company because you never know when your company stops loving you-NRN

31st August 2008, 11:16	#8 (permalink)
amit Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 3,238 Infractions: 0/1 (8)	The way the Indian economy is growing, how big is the market going to be for a 800cc car in 2012? I suspect that Hyundai may launch the Santro with a 800cc engine in 2012 . __________________ Have you ever noticed that everybody driving slower then you is an idiot and everybody going faster then you is a maniac?

31st August 2008, 10:48	#5 (permalink)
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,268	2012?? Why so late? By that time, there'll be no M800 coming out from MSIL I guess (ok, wish!). So, is this car coming out to stand as a competition to the Alto? Or will it have no competition? Nano?

31st August 2008, 11:14	#7 (permalink)
Sandeep_K_Ram BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 85	How is that publicity for the blog ? It doesn't matter where he has his info - as long as he gives a link and is not phishing the visitors .. I think he has every right to do so ! Puff ! heights ! Obviously he has some info he wants to share , he has it on his blog too and he is giving you a link to that ... dont see whats wrong here !!! But 2012 is really late IMHO. The way the small car market is moving along now ... you would have thought they would be ready to launch it in a year or two. Seems more like its a concept right now .. ?

31st August 2008, 13:13	#10 (permalink)
karanraheja Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 1,598	3-4 years!! Man why so long !! Instead of this why dont they work on a replacement for a Accent or a facelift Santro. __________________ Time's Not Wasted When You're Wasted all the Time!!!

31st August 2008, 15:59	#12 (permalink)
wolg BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: chandigarh Posts: 55	There could still be a huge market for an 800cc car as the alto still sells in large numbers. Fuel efficiency is still a very big guiding factor in making a vehicle buying decision. They could always price the santro lower with a new engine or with the same engine.

2nd September 2008, 10:20	#14 (permalink)
Hemanth BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mysore Posts: 169	The way Hyundai is going i don't think they are serious about it. They are more concentrated on the higher end cars and also there is a rumour that the Santro will be discontinued. __________________ Heman

2nd September 2008, 10:33	#15 (permalink)
mjothi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,154 View My Garage	Seems to be a long wait. By that time, who knows we may have some more competitors in this 800cc segment from MM, Tata and may be others too.

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