IPO-bound Hyundai Motor India and its rivals in the world’s third-biggest car market

Hyundai Motor India on Saturday sought regulatory approval for floating a stake in the Mumbai Share Market, in what could be the biggest IPO in the southern Asian country.

After China and the United States of America, India is the third largest car market in the world, and here Hyundai has tough competition with companies like Maruti, Suzuki and Tata Motors.

Hyundai Motor India
Hyundai Motor India

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Hyundai Motor India

Hyundai Motor is India’s second largest passenger car manufacturing company, which will have a market share of 15% of the 4.2 million passenger vehicles sold in the country by 2024. The car manufacturer was one of the first foreign brands to set up shop in India in 1996 and makes its popular “Creta” sports utility vehicles (SUV) and other models at a plant near Chennai in south India. 

The annual output of the Tamil Nadu plant is estimated at more than 820,000 units and with the purchase of other plants in western India, this will increase to more than 1 million units in the next few years.

 It currently sells only one imported electric vehicle (EV) model, the IONIQ5, and will launch its first locally produced EV next year

Maruti Suzuki

With a market share of 52 per cent, Maruti Suzuki is the biggest competitor of Hyundai in India and went public in 2003. This company, which is majority-owned by Suzuki Motors of Japan, has three plants in India with a combined capacity of 2.35 million units. 

Smaller cars like Wagon R and Swift are the best-selling models in India, and it is also known for its Brezza SUV. There is a plan to launch hybrid cars and  EVs in India.

Tata Motors

Tata Motors is the third largest car manufacturing company in India in terms of sales and it started its presence in the market in 1955. It is the base of operations in the Pune district of western Maharashtra and produces its products in the comfort of the state of Gujarat, due to which its combined total production capacity exceeds 1 million units annually. Tata’s Nexa and Five models are the best-selling vehicles in the country and have contributed to increasing its total market share to 14 per cent, just slightly above Hyundai. It is leading in sales of Eve in India, its market share is more than 70 lakh rupees.

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