The first avatar of the i10, one of the most popular of small vehicles from Korean car maker Hyundai, would have completed 10 years this October. It will now not happen.
Hyundai, second biggest car maker in this country, has decided to stop producing the hatchback. The brand, however, survives in the Grand i10, launched as an upgraded replacement in September 2013. Since then, the company has sold almost 430,000 units of the Grand in India and exported 162,000.
However, the Grand has a long way to go as it gets into the shoes of the i10. Hyundai's India operations have sold