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There is news from the stables of Hyundai Motor Co's India, India's second largest carmaker behind market leader, Maruti Suzuki. The Hyundai unit expects a 13 percent increase in sales in the country in 2015. The sales will be helped by strong demand for compact cars and utility vehicles. The South Korean automaker is forecasting a sale of 465,000 cars in India this year. This is in addition to an export of at about 200,000 units. The company may go for an expansion, but there are no reports to confirm this. Hyundai India's sales grew 8 percent in 2014 making up about 5 percent of the automakers global sales. The higher growth in 2015 is likely to take India's contribution to about 6 percent.

Hyundai and affiliate Kia Motors Corp have forecast global sales to grow by 2.5 percent this year. The company's focus will be on launching new products. Hyundai have come out with a new car - the i20 Active, a sportier version of its top-selling premium hatchback, Elite i20. This is targeted at younger drivers and will compete with similar vehicles from rivals at Toyota, Volkswagen and Fiat. The i20 joins the ranks of ‘cross hatchbacks’, with rugged looks, greater ground clearance and all its core strengths intact. Check More cars on AutoPortal .

The much anticipated Hyundai Cross Elite i20 Active was finally launched in India at a starting price of Rs. 6.38 lakh onwards. The car has been restyled on the exterior and interior. The reworked front grille looks good. The redesigned front and rear bumper along with large round frog-eye like fog lamp adds to its appeal. The i20 Active gets an all black plastic cladding and daytime LED running headlamps. The crossover also gets a new set of 16 inch alloy wheels and an increase in height by 20 mm. There is a better ground clearance of 190 mm as well. The i20 Active Cross gets a 1.2-litre, Kappa, dual VTVT petrol engine that is capable to deliver 83 PS power and 114 Nm torque and a 1.4-litre, U2, CRDi diesel mill that is able to belt out 90 PS and 220 Nm of max torque. Transmission in the Cross has been taken cared by a six speed manual gearbox in diesel variant and 5 speed manual gear box in petrol variant.

Another car news India is India’s First Formula E Car entering the race to build an affordable battery-powered vehicle. Formula E race cars are among the most progressive machines on any racetrack in the world. Mahindra is one of the first auto makers to have invested millions into participating in the series. Mahindra’s e2o is the only pure battery-operated car built in India. Mahindra will launch the city car in London later this year.
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